@everystack/cli 0.4.18 → 0.4.20

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@everystack/cli",
-  "version": "0.4.18",
+  "version": "0.4.20",
   "description": "CLI and OTA updates for Expo apps on everystack",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "author": "Scalable Technology, Inc. <licensing@scalable.technology>",
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudfront": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudfront-keyvaluestore": "3.1053.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs": "3.1053.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "3.1053.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.1053.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "3.1053.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-sts": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/signature-v4a": "3.1048.0",
     "glob": "13.0.6",
     "node-forge": "1.4.0",
@@ -87,18 +92,13 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@everystack/server": ">=0.1.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-rds": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner": "3.1053.0",
     "drizzle-orm": "0.41.0",
     "expo-updates": "55.0.21",
     "postgres": "3.4.9",
     "react": "19.2.0",
-    "react-native": "0.83.6",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-sts": "3.1053.0"
+    "react-native": "0.83.6"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "postgres": {
@@ -110,21 +110,9 @@
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch": {
       "optional": true
     },
-    "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "@aws-sdk/client-rds": {
       "optional": true
     },
-    "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "expo-updates": {
       "optional": true
     },
@@ -136,18 +124,11 @@
     },
     "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner": {
       "optional": true
-    },
-    "@aws-sdk/client-sts": {
-      "optional": true
     }
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/client-rds": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.1053.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "3.1053.0",
     "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner": "3.1053.0",
     "@types/jest": "29.5.14",
     "@types/node": "22.19.18",
@@ -156,8 +137,7 @@
     "drizzle-orm": "0.41.0",
     "jest": "29.7.0",
     "react": "19.2.0",
-    "ts-jest": "29.4.9",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-sts": "3.1053.0"
+    "ts-jest": "29.4.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",

package/src/cli/apply-authority.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  * by the command shell.
  */
 
+import { importOptionalAws } from './aws.js';
+
 /** The SSM parameter holding the approver set — a JSON array of entries. */
 export function approverParamName(appName: string, stage: string): string {
   return `/everystack/${appName}/${stage}/db-approvers`;
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ export function checkDestructiveAuthority({ approvers, identity }: AuthorityInpu
 
 /** Read the approver set from SSM. Null when the parameter does not exist. */
 export async function readApproverParam(region: string, appName: string, stage: string): Promise<string[] | null> {
-  const { SSMClient, GetParameterCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm');
+  const { SSMClient, GetParameterCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm'), '@aws-sdk/client-ssm', 'db:approvers',
+  );
   const client = new SSMClient({ region });
   try {
     const result = await client.send(new GetParameterCommand({ Name: approverParamName(appName, stage) }));
@@ -116,7 +120,9 @@ export function parseApproverValue(value: string): string[] {
 
 /** Declare (or replace) the approver set. Stored as a JSON array. */
 export async function writeApproverParam(region: string, appName: string, stage: string, approvers: string[]): Promise<void> {
-  const { SSMClient, PutParameterCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm');
+  const { SSMClient, PutParameterCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm'), '@aws-sdk/client-ssm', 'db:approvers',
+  );
   const client = new SSMClient({ region });
   await client.send(new PutParameterCommand({
     Name: approverParamName(appName, stage),
@@ -128,7 +134,9 @@ export async function writeApproverParam(region: string, appName: string, stage:
 
 /** Remove the declaration entirely — the stage returns to the undeclared (ceremony-only) posture. */
 export async function removeApproverParam(region: string, appName: string, stage: string): Promise<void> {
-  const { SSMClient, DeleteParameterCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm');
+  const { SSMClient, DeleteParameterCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm'), '@aws-sdk/client-ssm', 'db:approvers',
+  );
   const client = new SSMClient({ region });
   try {
     await client.send(new DeleteParameterCommand({ Name: approverParamName(appName, stage) }));
@@ -139,7 +147,9 @@ export async function removeApproverParam(region: string, appName: string, stage
 
 /** The caller's real identity — the STS ARN. Null when credentials can't answer. */
 export async function resolveCallerIdentity(region: string): Promise<string | null> {
-  const { STSClient, GetCallerIdentityCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-sts');
+  const { STSClient, GetCallerIdentityCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-sts'), '@aws-sdk/client-sts', 'destructive apply authorization',
+  );
   const client = new STSClient({ region });
   try {
     const result = await client.send(new GetCallerIdentityCommand({}));

package/src/cli/aws.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ let rdsClient: InstanceType<typeof import('@aws-sdk/client-rds').RDSClient> | nu
 
 async function getS3(region: string) {
   if (!s3Client) {
-    const { S3Client } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
+    const { S3Client } = await importOptionalAws(
+      () => import('@aws-sdk/client-s3'), '@aws-sdk/client-s3', 'this command',
+    );
     s3Client = new S3Client({ region });
   }
   return s3Client;
@@ -23,12 +25,49 @@ async function getS3(region: string) {
 
 async function getLambda(region: string) {
   if (!lambdaClient) {
-    const { LambdaClient } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+    const { LambdaClient } = await importOptionalAws(
+      () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'this command',
+    );
     lambdaClient = new LambdaClient({ region });
   }
   return lambdaClient;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A missing optional-peer dependency, marked so a command's catch block can print the install
+ * remedy INSTEAD of its default AWS/IAM advice. Blaming IAM for a missing npm package sends the
+ * operator to debug permissions they already have (a consumer field report).
+ */
+export class MissingOptionalDependencyError extends Error {
+  readonly missing: string[];
+  constructor(feature: string, missing: string[]) {
+    const plural = missing.length > 1;
+    super(
+      `${feature} needs ${missing.join(', ')}, which ${plural ? 'are' : 'is'} not installed `
+      + `(optional peer ${plural ? 'dependencies' : 'dependency'}). Install ${plural ? 'them' : 'it'}:\n`
+      + `  pnpm add ${missing.join(' ')}`,
+    );
+    this.name = 'MissingOptionalDependencyError';
+    this.missing = missing;
+  }
+}
+
+/** True when `err` is a missing optional dependency — the signal to skip IAM advice. */
+export function isMissingOptionalDependencyError(err: unknown): boolean {
+  return err instanceof MissingOptionalDependencyError;
+}
+
+/** Whether a caught error is Node's "package/module not found" (ESM or CJS). */
+function isModuleNotFound(err: unknown): boolean {
+  const code = (err as { code?: string })?.code;
+  const message = String((err as { message?: string })?.message ?? err);
+  return (
+    code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ||
+    code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ||
+    /Cannot find (package|module)/.test(message)
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Lazily load an optional-peer AWS SDK client, turning a missing dependency into a one-line
  * install remedy instead of a raw `ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND` at the call site. The `@aws-sdk/*`
@@ -44,21 +83,35 @@ export async function importOptionalAws<T>(
   try {
     return await load();
   } catch (err: unknown) {
-    const code = (err as { code?: string })?.code;
-    const message = String((err as { message?: string })?.message ?? err);
-    if (
-      code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ||
-      code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ||
-      /Cannot find (package|module)/.test(message)
-    ) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `${feature} needs ${pkg}, which isn't installed (it's an optional peer dependency). Install it:\n  pnpm add ${pkg}`,
-      );
-    }
+    if (isModuleNotFound(err)) throw new MissingOptionalDependencyError(feature, [pkg]);
     throw err;
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Preflight EVERY optional-peer package a command needs, and name the FULL missing set in one
+ * error — not one crash at a time. A command that uses ssm+s3 (secrets) reports both missing at
+ * once with a single `pnpm add` line, so the operator installs everything the step needs in one
+ * go instead of discovering them serially through repeated failures (a consumer field report).
+ * Each `load` is a literal `() => import('@aws-sdk/...')` so the specifiers stay statically
+ * analyzable; ESM caches the module, so the real call site re-imports for free.
+ */
+export async function ensureOptionalAws(
+  deps: Array<{ load: () => Promise<unknown>; pkg: string }>,
+  feature: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const missing: string[] = [];
+  for (const { load, pkg } of deps) {
+    try {
+      await load();
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      if (isModuleNotFound(err)) missing.push(pkg);
+      else throw err;
+    }
+  }
+  if (missing.length > 0) throw new MissingOptionalDependencyError(feature, missing);
+}
+
 async function getRds(region: string) {
   if (!rdsClient) {
     const { RDSClient } = await importOptionalAws(
@@ -206,7 +259,9 @@ export async function resolveFunctionName(
   // Include the trailing dash so the prefix can't match a longer resource name.
   const basePrefix = functionName.slice(0, lastDash + 1).toLowerCase();
 
-  const { LambdaClient, ListFunctionsCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+  const { LambdaClient, ListFunctionsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'this command',
+  );
   const client = new LambdaClient({ region });
 
   const candidates: Array<{ name: string; modified: number }> = [];
@@ -315,7 +370,9 @@ export async function invokeAction(
 
 /** Recent CloudWatch log text for a function's log group (last `windowMs`, capped). */
 async function fetchRecentLogText(region: string, logGroupName: string, windowMs = 5 * 60_000): Promise<string> {
-  const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs');
+  const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs'), '@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs', 'reading logs',
+  );
   const client = new CloudWatchLogsClient({ region });
   const res = await client.send(new FilterLogEventsCommand({
     logGroupName,
@@ -331,7 +388,9 @@ export async function fetchRecentLogEvents(
   logGroupName: string,
   windowMs: number,
 ): Promise<Array<{ timestamp?: number; message?: string }>> {
-  const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs');
+  const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs'), '@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs', 'reading logs',
+  );
   const client = new CloudWatchLogsClient({ region });
   const res = await client.send(new FilterLogEventsCommand({
     logGroupName,
@@ -376,7 +435,9 @@ async function defaultLogGroupIo(region: string): Promise<LogGroupIo> {
       return cfg.LoggingConfig?.LogGroup ?? undefined;
     },
     describeLogGroups: async (prefix, limit) => {
-      const { CloudWatchLogsClient, DescribeLogGroupsCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs');
+      const { CloudWatchLogsClient, DescribeLogGroupsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+        () => import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs'), '@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs', 'reading logs',
+      );
       const client = new CloudWatchLogsClient({ region });
       const res = await client.send(new DescribeLogGroupsCommand({ logGroupNamePrefix: prefix, limit }));
       return res.logGroups ?? [];
@@ -528,7 +589,9 @@ export async function presignGet(
 ): Promise<string> {
   const client = await getS3(region);
   const { GetObjectCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
-  const { getSignedUrl } = await import('@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner');
+  const { getSignedUrl } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner'), '@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner', 'db:backup:download',
+  );
   return await getSignedUrl(client as any, new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key }), { expiresIn });
 }
 

package/src/cli/commands/db.ts

@@ -207,9 +207,54 @@ export function buildProvisionSecretPlan(args: {
   return { updates, notes, warnings };
 }
 
+/** The provisioning core's shape (mirrors @everystack/server/provision — no compile-time dep,
+ *  same seam as pipeline-loader). */
+export interface ServerProvision {
+  runProvision(
+    payload: { authPassword?: string; adminPassword?: string },
+    deps: {
+      execute: (sql: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+      connection?: { host: string; port?: number | string; database: string } | null;
+      connectProbe?: (url: string) => Promise<void>;
+    },
+  ): Promise<any>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lazily load the provisioning core from the @everystack/server peer (runtime only —
+ * the CLI keeps no compile-time dependency on the server package). A missing peer gets
+ * the install remedy, not a raw ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND.
+ */
+export async function loadServerProvision(importer?: () => Promise<unknown>): Promise<ServerProvision> {
+  const spec = '@everystack/server/provision';
+  try {
+    return (await (importer ? importer() : import(spec))) as ServerProvision;
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    const code = (err as { code?: string })?.code;
+    const message = String((err as { message?: string })?.message ?? err);
+    if (code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' || code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' || /Cannot find (package|module)/.test(message)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'db:provision --database-url needs @everystack/server (>= 0.4.6) installed in this app — '
+        + 'it carries the provisioning logic:\n  pnpm add @everystack/server',
+      );
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+/** host/port/database from a postgres URL — the direct venue's connection info. */
+export function parseUrlConnection(url: string): { host: string; port: string; database: string } {
+  const u = new URL(url);
+  return {
+    host: u.hostname,
+    port: u.port || '5432',
+    database: u.pathname.replace(/^\//, ''),
+  };
+}
+
 export async function dbProvisionCommand(flags: Record<string, string>): Promise<void> {
   if (!flags.stage) {
-    fail('--stage is required for db:provision (it writes the DATABASE_URL secret for that stage)');
+    fail('--stage is required for db:provision (it writes the stage\'s DATABASE_URL secret — the new credentials are never displayed, so they must land in the secret store)');
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -222,7 +267,16 @@ export async function dbProvisionCommand(flags: Record<string, string>): Promise
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  info(`Region: ${config.region}, Function: ${opsFunction(config)}`);
+  // Venue: an explicit --database-url runs the role chain over a DIRECT connection — the
+  // bring-your-own-RDS shape, where the operator holds the master URL and the deployed app
+  // has no dbPlugin/Ops Lambda to dispatch to. --stage still names the secret store the new
+  // credentials are written to. No flag = the ops-Lambda venue, unchanged.
+  const directUrl = flags['database-url'];
+  if (directUrl) {
+    info(`Region: ${config.region}, venue: direct connection (bring-your-own database)`);
+  } else {
+    info(`Region: ${config.region}, Function: ${opsFunction(config)}`);
+  }
   info('Creating the least-privilege role chain on your EXISTING database (no database is created).');
   step('Provisioning roles...');
 
@@ -233,17 +287,58 @@ export async function dbProvisionCommand(flags: Record<string, string>): Promise
   const adminPassword = randomBytes(24).toString('hex');
 
   let result: any;
-  try {
-    result = await invokeAction(config.region, opsFunction(config), 'db:provision', { authPassword, adminPassword });
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    fail(`db:provision failed: ${err.message}`);
-    for (const line of opsAdviceLines(err, [IAM_ADVICE])) info(line);
-    process.exit(1);
+  let conn: any;
+  if (directUrl) {
+    try {
+      const { runProvision } = await loadServerProvision();
+      const { createUrlRunner } = await import('../db-source.js');
+      const { runner, end } = await createUrlRunner(directUrl);
+      try {
+        result = await runProvision({ authPassword, adminPassword }, {
+          execute: async (statement) => runner(statement),
+          connection: parseUrlConnection(directUrl),
+          // Same probe as the ops-Lambda venue: a real login as the new role, DDL-capable.
+          connectProbe: async (probeUrl) => {
+            const { default: postgres } = await import('postgres');
+            const probe = postgres(probeUrl, { max: 1, connect_timeout: 5, ssl: 'prefer' });
+            try {
+              await probe`SELECT 1`;
+              await probe.unsafe('CREATE TEMP TABLE _everystack_provision_probe (x int)');
+              await probe.unsafe('DROP TABLE _everystack_provision_probe');
+            } finally {
+              await probe.end({ timeout: 1 });
+            }
+          },
+        });
+      } finally {
+        await end?.();
+      }
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      fail(`db:provision failed: ${err.message}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    conn = parseUrlConnection(directUrl);
+  } else {
+    try {
+      result = await invokeAction(config.region, opsFunction(config), 'db:provision', { authPassword, adminPassword });
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      fail(`db:provision failed: ${err.message}`);
+      if (/Unknown action/i.test(String(err.message))) {
+        info('The deployed handler has no dbPlugin (no Ops Lambda). For a bring-your-own database,');
+        info('run the DIRECT venue instead: everystack db:provision --stage <stage> --database-url <master-url>');
+      }
+      for (const line of opsAdviceLines(err, [IAM_ADVICE])) info(line);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
   }
   if (result?.error) {
     // Includes the admin-verification refusal: the action set NO authenticator password,
     // so nothing here rewrites DATABASE_URL — the working credentials are untouched.
     fail(`db:provision failed: ${result.error}`);
+    if (!directUrl && /Unknown action/i.test(String(result.error))) {
+      info('The deployed handler has no dbPlugin (no Ops Lambda). For a bring-your-own database,');
+      info('run the DIRECT venue instead: everystack db:provision --stage <stage> --database-url <master-url>');
+    }
     process.exit(1);
   }
   success(`Role chain ready: ${result.loginRole} (LOGIN, NOINHERIT, no BYPASSRLS) → can SET ROLE to ${result.appRoles.join(', ')}`);
@@ -252,11 +347,13 @@ export async function dbProvisionCommand(flags: Record<string, string>): Promise
   }
 
   // Resolve host/port/db (not secret) to build the connection strings in memory.
-  let conn: any;
-  try {
-    conn = await invokeAction(config.region, opsFunction(config), 'db:psql', {});
-  } catch {
-    /* handled below */
+  // Direct venue already knows them from the URL itself.
+  if (!directUrl) {
+    try {
+      conn = await invokeAction(config.region, opsFunction(config), 'db:psql', {});
+    } catch {
+      /* handled below */
+    }
   }
   if (!conn?.host) {
     fail('Could not resolve the database host to build DATABASE_URL.');

package/src/cli/commands/logs.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import { resolveConfig } from '../config.js';
-import { resolveLogGroup, fetchRecentLogEvents } from '../aws.js';
+import { resolveLogGroup, fetchRecentLogEvents, importOptionalAws } from '../aws.js';
 import { summarizeRuntimeFailures } from '../ops-diagnostics.js';
 import { queryLogArchive, type ObservabilityQuery } from '../observability.js';
 import { step, success, fail, info } from '../output.js';
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ export async function logsTailCommand(flags: Record<string, string>): Promise<vo
   step(`Tailing logs (filter: ${filterPattern || 'none'}, since: ${since})...`);
 
   try {
-    // Import AWS SDK dynamically
-    const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } =
-      await import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs');
+    const { CloudWatchLogsClient, FilterLogEventsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+      () => import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs'), '@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch-logs', 'logs:tail',
+    );
 
     const client = new CloudWatchLogsClient({ region: config.region });
 

package/src/cli/commands/secrets.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { step, success, fail, info, warn } from '../output.js';
 import { loadSstSecrets, putSstSecrets } from '../utils/secrets.js';
 import { parseDotenv, serializeDotenv } from '../utils/dotenv.js';
+import { isMissingOptionalDependencyError } from '../aws.js';
 
 interface SecretsContext {
   appName: string;
@@ -296,7 +297,11 @@ export async function secretsCommand(
     }
   } catch (err: any) {
     fail(err.message);
-    info('Ensure your IAM user/role has ssm:GetParameter, s3:GetObject, and kms:Decrypt permissions.');
+    // A missing npm package is not an IAM problem — the message already names the install.
+    // Printing IAM advice here is the field-reported misdirection.
+    if (!isMissingOptionalDependencyError(err)) {
+      info('Ensure your IAM user/role has ssm:GetParameter, s3:GetObject, and kms:Decrypt permissions.');
+    }
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }

package/src/cli/commands/status.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import { resolveConfig, opsFunction, type CliConfig } from '../config.js';
-import { invokeAction } from '../aws.js';
+import { invokeAction, importOptionalAws } from '../aws.js';
 import { fail, info, step } from '../output.js';
 
 export interface MetricSpec {
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ async function defaultGetMetric(
   spec: MetricSpec,
   hours: number,
 ): Promise<number | null> {
-  const { CloudWatchClient, GetMetricDataCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch');
+  const { CloudWatchClient, GetMetricDataCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch'), '@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch', 'status metrics',
+  );
   const client = new CloudWatchClient({ region: spec.region ?? region });
   const end = new Date();
   const start = new Date(end.getTime() - hours * 3600_000);

package/src/cli/commands/update.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,46 @@ export interface UpdateFlags {
   export?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The runtimeVersion as a STRING — the only shape the release path can carry.
+ * Expo's config allows a policy object; interpolating one into the S3 key
+ * produced `releases/dev/[object Object]/…` (a consumer field report). Locally
+ * derivable policies resolve here; the build-time ones (fingerprint,
+ * nativeVersion — computed by native tooling, undefined for a web publish)
+ * are refused with the remedies instead of silently corrupting the key.
+ */
+export function resolveRuntimeVersion(appConfig: {
+  runtimeVersion?: unknown;
+  version?: string;
+  sdkVersion?: string;
+}): string {
+  const rv = appConfig.runtimeVersion;
+  if (typeof rv === 'string') return rv;
+  const policy = (rv as { policy?: string } | undefined)?.policy;
+  if (policy === 'appVersion') {
+    if (!appConfig.version) {
+      throw new Error("runtimeVersion policy 'appVersion' needs a \"version\" field in app.json — add one, or set an explicit string runtimeVersion.");
+    }
+    return appConfig.version;
+  }
+  if (policy === 'sdkVersion') {
+    if (!appConfig.sdkVersion) {
+      throw new Error("runtimeVersion policy 'sdkVersion' needs an \"sdkVersion\" field in app.json — add one, or set an explicit string runtimeVersion.");
+    }
+    return appConfig.sdkVersion;
+  }
+  if (policy === 'fingerprint' || policy === 'nativeVersion') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `runtimeVersion policy '${policy}' is computed by the native build tooling (EAS / @expo/fingerprint) — `
+      + 'everystack update cannot resolve it, and for a web publish it is undefined. '
+      + 'Use an explicit string runtimeVersion, or { "policy": "appVersion" } to track your app version.',
+    );
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    `Unsupported runtimeVersion ${JSON.stringify(rv)} — use an explicit string, { "policy": "appVersion" }, or { "policy": "sdkVersion" }.`,
+  );
+}
+
 export async function updateCommand(flags: UpdateFlags & Record<string, string>): Promise<void> {
   // Signal publish context so app.config.js can detect it's not a dev session.
   // Without this, dotenv guards that skip .env.local for EAS_BUILD/EAS_UPDATE
@@ -98,15 +138,22 @@ export async function updateCommand(flags: UpdateFlags & Record<string, string>)
   // Read app config
   step('Reading app config...');
   const appConfig = await loadAppConfig();
-  const runtimeVersion = appConfig.runtimeVersion;
 
-  if (!runtimeVersion) {
+  if (!appConfig.runtimeVersion) {
     fail('No runtimeVersion found in app.json/app.config.js');
     info('Add "runtimeVersion" to your app.json, e.g.:');
-    info('  { "expo": { "runtimeVersion": { "policy": "fingerprint" } } }');
+    info('  { "expo": { "runtimeVersion": "1.0.0" } }        (explicit string)');
+    info('  { "expo": { "runtimeVersion": { "policy": "appVersion" } } }  (tracks "version")');
     info('See: https://docs.expo.dev/eas-update/runtime-versions/');
     process.exit(1);
   }
+  let runtimeVersion: string;
+  try {
+    runtimeVersion = resolveRuntimeVersion(appConfig);
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    fail(err.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
   success(`Runtime version: ${runtimeVersion}`);
 
   const distDir = path.resolve('dist');
@@ -561,13 +608,20 @@ export async function updateCommand(flags: UpdateFlags & Record<string, string>)
         );
         if (result?.error) {
           info(`DB mirror skipped: ${result.error}`);
+          // The dispatcher answers Unknown action as result.error, not a throw — explain
+          // there too, or the miss reads like a failure with no remedy.
+          if (/Unknown action/i.test(String(result.error))) {
+            info('This is optional — the S3 manifests are the source of truth for serving.');
+            info('For DB-backed release tracking, add updatesPlugin (from @everystack/cli/plugin) to the deployed handler.');
+          }
         } else {
           info(`Release mirrored to DB: channel=${result?.channel || channel}`);
         }
       } catch (err: any) {
         // register-web is optional — the S3 manifests are the source of truth.
         if (err.message?.includes('Unknown action')) {
-          info('Tip: add a "register-web" case to onAction for DB-backed release tracking.');
+          info('DB mirror skipped (optional — S3 manifests are the source of truth).');
+          info('For DB-backed release tracking, add updatesPlugin (from @everystack/cli/plugin) to the deployed handler.');
         } else {
           info(`DB mirror skipped: ${err.message}`);
         }

package/src/cli/deploy-probe.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 import { isOpsHandlerCrash } from './ops-diagnostics.js';
-import { diagnoseOpsCrash } from './aws.js';
+import { diagnoseOpsCrash, importOptionalAws } from './aws.js';
 import { step, success, fail, info } from './output.js';
 
 /** The raw outcome of one probe invoke, before classification. */
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ export function probeTargets(config: {
 /** One raw `_health` invoke → outcome. Never throws; every failure mode lands in the outcome. */
 async function probeFunction(region: string, functionName: string): Promise<ProbeOutcome> {
   try {
-    const { LambdaClient, InvokeCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+    const { LambdaClient, InvokeCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+      () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'the deploy health probe',
+    );
     const client = new LambdaClient({ region });
     const response = await client.send(new InvokeCommand({
       FunctionName: functionName,
@@ -160,7 +162,9 @@ async function invokeHttpGet(
   queryString = '',
 ): Promise<{ statusCode?: number; body?: string } | null> {
   try {
-    const { LambdaClient, InvokeCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+    const { LambdaClient, InvokeCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+      () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'the deploy health probe',
+    );
     const client = new LambdaClient({ region });
     const response = await client.send(new InvokeCommand({
       FunctionName: functionName,

package/src/cli/discover.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { importOptionalAws } from './aws.js';
 
 /** Mirrors CliConfig from config.ts — defined locally to avoid circular imports. */
 interface DiscoveredConfig {
@@ -141,10 +142,9 @@ export async function discoverFunction(
   prefix: string,
   resourceName: string,
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
-  const {
-    LambdaClient,
-    ListFunctionsCommand,
-  } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+  const { LambdaClient, ListFunctionsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'resource discovery',
+  );
 
   const client = new LambdaClient({ region });
   const needle = `${prefix}${resourceName}`.toLowerCase();
@@ -185,10 +185,9 @@ export async function discoverLambda(
   }
 
   // Get env vars for routerUrl (CDN_URL)
-  const {
-    LambdaClient,
-    GetFunctionConfigurationCommand,
-  } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda');
+  const { LambdaClient, GetFunctionConfigurationCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-lambda'), '@aws-sdk/client-lambda', 'resource discovery',
+  );
 
   const client = new LambdaClient({ region });
   const config = await client.send(
@@ -219,7 +218,9 @@ export async function discoverBuckets(
   region: string,
   prefix: string,
 ): Promise<BucketsResult> {
-  const { S3Client, ListBucketsCommand } = await import('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
+  const { S3Client, ListBucketsCommand } = await importOptionalAws(
+    () => import('@aws-sdk/client-s3'), '@aws-sdk/client-s3', 'resource discovery',
+  );
 
   const client = new S3Client({ region });
   const res = await client.send(new ListBucketsCommand({}));

package/src/cli/index.ts

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Usage:
   everystack db:psql           --stage <name>  Interactive ADMIN psql (IAM-gated; resolves the admin URL in-process)
   everystack db:psql           [--stage <name>] -c <command>  Run one query via Lambda (works for private RDS)
   everystack db:doctor         [--stage <name>]  Check the DB is least-privilege + RLS-subject (api vs operator connection)
-  everystack db:provision      [--stage <name>]  Create the least-privilege role chain on an EXISTING database (idempotent; creates no DB)
+  everystack db:provision      --stage <name> [--database-url <url>]  Create the least-privilege role chain on an EXISTING database (idempotent; creates no DB). --database-url = DIRECT venue for a bring-your-own database (no Ops Lambda needed); --stage names the secret store either way
   everystack db:snapshot       [--stage <name>] [--instance <id>]  Take a physical RDS snapshot (instant DR point; RDS only — use db:backup for portable logical backups)
   everystack db:snapshots      [--stage <name>] [--instance <id>]  List manual RDS snapshots for the instance
   everystack db:backup:probe   [--stage <name>]  Verify the pg_dump layer is attached + version-compatible with the server

package/src/cli/utils/secrets.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@
 
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 import { gunzipSync } from 'node:zlib';
+import { ensureOptionalAws } from '../aws.js';
+
+/**
+ * Preflight the two optional-peer clients EVERY secrets operation needs (ssm for the passphrase,
+ * s3 for the blob), naming both at once if missing — the operator installs everything in one
+ * `pnpm add` instead of discovering them one crash at a time (a consumer field report).
+ */
+function ensureSecretsAws(): Promise<void> {
+  return ensureOptionalAws(
+    [
+      { load: () => import('@aws-sdk/client-ssm'), pkg: '@aws-sdk/client-ssm' },
+      { load: () => import('@aws-sdk/client-s3'), pkg: '@aws-sdk/client-s3' },
+    ],
+    'secrets',
+  );
+}
 
 export interface LoadSecretsOptions {
   appName: string;
@@ -130,6 +146,8 @@ export async function loadSstSecrets(
 ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
   const { appName, stage, region } = options;
 
+  await ensureSecretsAws();
+
   // 1. Get the state bucket name from /sst/bootstrap
   const bucket = await getStateBucket(region);
 
@@ -166,6 +184,8 @@ export async function putSstSecrets(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { appName, stage, region } = options;
 
+  await ensureSecretsAws();
+
   const bucket = await getStateBucket(region);
   const passphrase = await getPassphrase(region, appName, stage);