chainlesschain 0.166.91 → 0.166.92

package/src/lib/evolution/rrsi-registry-store-policy.js

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+/** Authenticated fresh store provisioning, before any Registry is constructed.
+ * This installs a writer floor, not content-origin or business admission.
+ * Existing stores and ambiguous partial publication are never adopted.
+ */
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { isProxy } from "node:util/types";
+import {
+  repairPrivatePath,
+  ensurePrivateFile,
+  inspectPrivatePath,
+} from "../secure-fs.js";
+import { withFileLock } from "../with-file-lock.js";
+import { withEvolutionFileIdentity } from "./evolution-file-identity.js";
+import { readBoundedDescriptor } from "./bounded-descriptor-read.js";
+import {
+  captureEvolutionLedgerFileBackend,
+  captureEvolutionLedgerFileBackendBinding,
+} from "./evolution-ledger-file-backend.js";
+import { isEvolutionLedgerV2Journal } from "./evolution-ledger-v2-journal.js";
+import {
+  EVOLUTION_LEDGER_MAX_EVENTS,
+  EVOLUTION_LEDGER_DOMAIN_EVENT_SCHEMA,
+  EVOLUTION_ARTIFACT_RESOLUTION_SCHEMA,
+  EVOLUTION_ARTIFACT_REF_SCHEMA,
+} from "./evolution-ledger.js";
+import {
+  EvolutionArtifactPorts,
+  EVOLUTION_DURABLE_ARTIFACT_RECORD_SCHEMA,
+  captureEvolutionLedgerArtifactResolverBinding,
+} from "./evolution-artifact-ports.js";
+import { deriveSkillCandidateTenantKey } from "./skill-candidate-registry.js";
+import { deriveSkillReleaseTenantKey } from "./skill-release-registry.js";
+import { captureSkillReleaseOperationReader } from "./evolution-ledger-ports.js";
+import {
+  snapshotRrsiData,
+  rrsiExact,
+  rrsiId,
+  rrsiHash,
+  rrsiCanonical,
+  rrsiEnvelope,
+  freezeRrsiData,
+  rrsiFail,
+} from "./rrsi-data.js";
+
+export const RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_SCHEMA =
+  "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-store-policy/v1";
+export const RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_EVENT_TYPE =
+  "rrsi.registry-store-policy.committed";
+export const RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_ARTIFACT_TYPE =
+  "skill-registry-store-policy";
+export const RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_HOLD_CODE =
+  "CC_RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_HOLD";
+export const RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_WRITER_FLOOR = 2;
+const EVENT_SCHEMA = "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-store-policy-event/v1";
+const PREPARED_SCHEMA = "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-store-prepared/v1";
+const PHASES = ["prepared", "markers-installed", "committed"];
+const POLICIES = new WeakMap();
+const COMPONENT_BINDINGS = new WeakMap();
+const ORIGIN_POLICY = freezeRrsiData({
+  schema: "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-origin-policy/v1",
+  revision: 1,
+  writerFloor: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_WRITER_FLOOR,
+  unknownContent: "hold",
+  contentKey: "tenant-and-content-digest",
+  originAdmissionImplemented: false,
+});
+const ORIGIN_POLICY_DIGEST = rrsiHash(ORIGIN_POLICY.schema, ORIGIN_POLICY);
+function hold(message, cause) {
+  try {
+    rrsiFail(message, RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_HOLD_CODE);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (cause) error.cause = cause;
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+const canonicalPath = (value) =>
+  process.platform === "win32" ? value.toLowerCase() : value;
+const physicalIdentity = (stat) => `${String(stat.dev)}:${String(stat.ino)}`;
+const headFields = [
+  "ledgerId",
+  "identityDigest",
+  "epoch",
+  "sequence",
+  "headDigest",
+];
+const headData = (head) =>
+  Object.fromEntries(headFields.map((key) => [key, head[key]]));
+const journalIdentity = (head) =>
+  Object.fromEntries(headFields.slice(0, 3).map((key) => [key, head[key]]));
+const equal = (left, right) => rrsiCanonical(left) === rrsiCanonical(right);
+const bytesFor = (value) => Buffer.from(`${rrsiCanonical(value)}\n`, "utf8");
+function ownOptions(input, names) {
+  if (
+    !input ||
+    isProxy(input) ||
+    Object.getPrototypeOf(input) !== Object.prototype ||
+    Reflect.ownKeys(input).length !== names.length
+  )
+    rrsiFail("store policy requires plain own composition fields");
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    names.map((name) => {
+      const field = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(input, name);
+      if (!field?.enumerable || !("value" in field))
+        rrsiFail("store policy cannot use option accessors");
+      return [name, field.value];
+    }),
+  );
+}
+function directory(value) {
+  // NTFS file IDs can exceed Number's exact integer range. Preserve the full
+  // identity so distinct directories cannot collide after numeric rounding.
+  const stat = fs.lstatSync(value, { bigint: true });
+  if (
+    !stat.isDirectory() ||
+    stat.isSymbolicLink() ||
+    canonicalPath(path.resolve(fs.realpathSync.native(value))) !==
+      canonicalPath(value)
+  )
+    hold("store directory is not a canonical physical directory");
+  return { path: value, identity: physicalIdentity(stat) };
+}
+function assertDirectory(expected) {
+  if (!equal(directory(expected.path), expected))
+    hold("store directory identity changed");
+}
+function assertPrivateParent(expected) {
+  assertDirectory(expected);
+  const permission = inspectPrivatePath(expected.path);
+  if (permission?.ok !== true || permission.exists !== true)
+    hold("provisioning parent must have verified owner-only permissions");
+  assertDirectory(expected);
+}
+function syncDirectory(value) {
+  let fd;
+  try {
+    fd = fs.openSync(value, "r");
+    fs.fsyncSync(fd);
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Node cannot flush directory handles on these Windows filesystems. The
+    // authenticated journal and reopen checks do not imply power-loss proof.
+    if (
+      process.platform !== "win32" ||
+      !["EACCES", "EINVAL", "EISDIR", "EPERM"].includes(error?.code)
+    )
+      throw error;
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    if (fd !== undefined) fs.closeSync(fd);
+  }
+}
+function readMarker(file, linkCount = 1) {
+  return withEvolutionFileIdentity(fs, file, (samePathHandle) => {
+    const before = fs.lstatSync(file, { bigint: true });
+    const safe = (stat) =>
+      stat.isFile() &&
+      !stat.isSymbolicLink() &&
+      Number(stat.nlink) === linkCount &&
+      stat.size > 0 &&
+      stat.size <= 4096;
+    if (
+      !safe(before) ||
+      canonicalPath(fs.realpathSync.native(file)) !== canonicalPath(file)
+    )
+      hold("store marker is not a bounded regular file");
+    const fd = fs.openSync(
+      file,
+      fs.constants.O_RDONLY | (fs.constants.O_NOFOLLOW || 0),
+    );
+    try {
+      const opened = fs.fstatSync(fd, { bigint: true });
+      if (!safe(opened) || !samePathHandle(before, opened))
+        hold("store marker changed while opening");
+      const bytes = readBoundedDescriptor(fs, fd, Number(before.size), 4096);
+      const after = fs.lstatSync(file, { bigint: true });
+      if (
+        !samePathHandle(after, fs.fstatSync(fd, { bigint: true })) ||
+        !equal(
+          [
+            physicalIdentity(before),
+            String(before.size),
+            String(before.mtimeNs),
+            String(before.ctimeNs),
+          ],
+          [
+            physicalIdentity(after),
+            String(after.size),
+            String(after.mtimeNs),
+            String(after.ctimeNs),
+          ],
+        ) ||
+        !safe(after)
+      )
+        hold("store marker changed while reading");
+      return { bytes, identity: physicalIdentity(after) };
+    } finally {
+      fs.closeSync(fd);
+    }
+  });
+}
+function copyRef(value) {
+  const ref = Object.fromEntries(
+    ["schema", "ref", "digest"].map((key) => {
+      const field = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, key);
+      if (!field?.enumerable || !("value" in field))
+        hold("policy artifact reference differs");
+      return [key, field.value];
+    }),
+  );
+  if (ref.schema !== EVOLUTION_ARTIFACT_REF_SCHEMA)
+    hold("policy artifact reference schema differs");
+  return ref;
+}
+function storePaths(parent, namespaceId, tenantId) {
+  const namespace = path.join(parent, namespaceId);
+  const stores = Object.fromEntries(
+    ["candidate", "release"].map((name) => {
+      const tenantKey =
+        name === "candidate"
+          ? deriveSkillCandidateTenantKey(tenantId)
+          : deriveSkillReleaseTenantKey(tenantId);
+      const baseDir = path.join(namespace, name);
+      return [
+        name,
+        {
+          baseDir,
+          tenantKey,
+          rootDir: path.join(baseDir, "tenants", tenantKey),
+        },
+      ];
+    }),
+  );
+  const paths = [namespace];
+  for (const name of ["candidate", "release"])
+    paths.push(
+      stores[name].baseDir,
+      path.dirname(stores[name].rootDir),
+      stores[name].rootDir,
+    );
+  return { namespace, stores, paths };
+}
+function markerFor(prepared, component) {
+  const store = prepared[component],
+    peer = prepared[component === "candidate" ? "release" : "candidate"];
+  const core = {
+    schema: `chainlesschain.skill-${component}-tenant-marker/v2`,
+    component: `skill-${component}-registry`,
+    tenantId: prepared.tenantId,
+    tenantKey: store.tenantKey,
+    storeId: store.storeId,
+    peerStoreId: peer.storeId,
+    namespaceId: prepared.namespaceId,
+    operationId: prepared.operationId,
+    journalIdentity: prepared.journalIdentity,
+    storeEpoch: 1,
+    writerFloor: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_WRITER_FLOOR,
+    originPolicyDigest: ORIGIN_POLICY_DIGEST,
+    provisionDigest: rrsiHash(PREPARED_SCHEMA, prepared),
+  };
+  return { ...core, markerDigest: rrsiHash(core.schema, core) };
+}
+function normalizePrepared(value, descriptor, identity) {
+  rrsiExact(
+    value,
+    [
+      "operationId",
+      "tenantId",
+      "namespaceId",
+      "parent",
+      "directories",
+      "candidate",
+      "release",
+      "journalIdentity",
+      "originPolicy",
+      "bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified",
+    ],
+    "prepared store",
+  );
+  rrsiId(value.operationId, "provision operation ID");
+  if (
+    value.tenantId !== descriptor.tenantId ||
+    !equal(value.journalIdentity, identity) ||
+    !equal(value.originPolicy, ORIGIN_POLICY) ||
+    typeof value.bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified !== "boolean" ||
+    !/^pair\.[a-f0-9-]{36}$/u.test(value.namespaceId)
+  )
+    hold("prepared store identity or policy differs");
+  const uuid =
+    /^[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-4[a-f0-9]{3}-[89ab][a-f0-9]{3}-[a-f0-9]{12}$/u;
+  if (!uuid.test(value.namespaceId.slice(5)))
+    hold("prepared namespace ID is invalid");
+  const validateDirectory = (entry) => {
+    rrsiExact(entry, ["path", "identity"], "prepared directory");
+    if (
+      typeof entry.path !== "string" ||
+      path.resolve(entry.path) !== entry.path ||
+      !/^[0-9]+:[0-9]+$/u.test(entry.identity)
+    )
+      hold("prepared directory identity is invalid");
+  };
+  validateDirectory(value.parent);
+  const expected = storePaths(
+    value.parent.path,
+    value.namespaceId,
+    value.tenantId,
+  );
+  if (
+    !Array.isArray(value.directories) ||
+    value.directories.length !== expected.paths.length
+  )
+    hold("prepared directory inventory differs");
+  value.directories.forEach((entry, index) => {
+    validateDirectory(entry);
+    if (entry.path !== expected.paths[index])
+      hold("prepared directory path differs");
+  });
+  if (
+    new Set([
+      value.parent.identity,
+      ...value.directories.map((entry) => entry.identity),
+    ]).size !== 8
+  )
+    hold("prepared directories are not independent");
+  for (const name of ["candidate", "release"]) {
+    rrsiExact(
+      value[name],
+      ["baseDir", "rootDir", "tenantKey", "storeId"],
+      "prepared store component",
+    );
+    if (
+      !equal(value[name], {
+        ...expected.stores[name],
+        storeId: value[name].storeId,
+      }) ||
+      typeof value[name].storeId !== "string" ||
+      !value[name].storeId.startsWith("store.") ||
+      !uuid.test(value[name].storeId.slice(6))
+    )
+      hold("prepared component binding differs");
+  }
+  if (value.candidate.storeId === value.release.storeId)
+    hold("store identities must be independent");
+  for (const name of ["candidate", "release"])
+    if (bytesFor(markerFor(value, name)).length > 4096)
+      hold("store marker exceeds byte limit");
+  return value;
+}
+function assertLayout(prepared, markerPresence, ownTemporary = null) {
+  assertDirectory(prepared.parent);
+  prepared.directories.forEach(assertDirectory);
+  const roots = [prepared.candidate.rootDir, prepared.release.rootDir];
+  for (const entry of prepared.directories) {
+    const children = prepared.directories
+      .filter((other) => path.dirname(other.path) === entry.path)
+      .map((other) => path.basename(other.path));
+    const rootIndex = roots.indexOf(entry.path);
+    if (rootIndex !== -1 && markerPresence[rootIndex])
+      children.push("_tenant.json");
+    if (ownTemporary && path.dirname(ownTemporary) === entry.path)
+      children.push(path.basename(ownTemporary));
+    const actual = fs.readdirSync(entry.path);
+    if (actual.length > 8 || !equal(actual.sort(), children.sort()))
+      hold(
+        "fresh store bootstrap inventory changed or contains publication debris",
+      );
+  }
+  prepared.directories.forEach(assertDirectory);
+}
+function assertImmutableBoundary(prepared) {
+  assertDirectory(prepared.parent);
+  prepared.directories.forEach(assertDirectory);
+}
+function markerProof(prepared, boundaryOnly = false) {
+  const check = () =>
+    boundaryOnly
+      ? assertImmutableBoundary(prepared)
+      : assertLayout(prepared, [true, true]);
+  check();
+  const markers = Object.fromEntries(
+    ["candidate", "release"].map((name) => {
+      const expected = markerFor(prepared, name);
+      const stored = readMarker(
+        path.join(prepared[name].rootDir, "_tenant.json"),
+      );
+      if (!stored.bytes.equals(bytesFor(expected)))
+        hold("store marker bytes or writer floor differ");
+      return [
+        name,
+        { markerDigest: expected.markerDigest, identity: stored.identity },
+      ];
+    }),
+  );
+  check();
+  return markers;
+}
+
+export function createRrsiRegistryStorePolicy(input) {
+  const options = ownOptions(input, [
+    "backend",
+    "artifactPorts",
+    "ledgerArtifactResolver",
+    "descriptor",
+  ]);
+  const backend = captureEvolutionLedgerFileBackend(options.backend);
+  const binding = captureEvolutionLedgerFileBackendBinding(backend);
+  const ledger = backend.ledger;
+  if (!isEvolutionLedgerV2Journal(ledger) || !binding.matchesLedger(ledger))
+    rrsiFail("store policy requires the genuine original retained v2 journal");
+  const resolver = options.ledgerArtifactResolver;
+  const resolverBinding =
+    captureEvolutionLedgerArtifactResolverBinding(resolver);
+  if (
+    !binding.matchesArtifactResolver(resolver) ||
+    !resolverBinding.matchesArtifactPorts(options.artifactPorts) ||
+    isProxy(options.artifactPorts) ||
+    Object.getPrototypeOf(options.artifactPorts) !==
+      EvolutionArtifactPorts.prototype
+  )
+    rrsiFail("store policy requires the original artifact ports and resolver");
+  const configured = snapshotRrsiData(options.descriptor);
+  rrsiExact(
+    configured,
+    ["tenantId", "artifactTenantId", "audience", "purpose"],
+    "store policy descriptor",
+  );
+  Object.entries(configured).forEach(([key, value]) => rrsiId(value, key));
+  if (
+    configured.purpose !== "evolution-ledger" ||
+    configured.tenantId !== ledger.descriptor.tenantId ||
+    configured.artifactTenantId !== ledger.descriptor.artifactTenantId ||
+    configured.audience !== ledger.descriptor.audience ||
+    configured.artifactTenantId !== resolverBinding.tenantId ||
+    configured.audience !== resolverBinding.audience ||
+    configured.purpose !== resolverBinding.purpose
+  )
+    rrsiFail("store policy journal and artifact scope differ");
+  const descriptor = freezeRrsiData({
+    ...configured,
+    schema: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_SCHEMA,
+    scopeId: `registry-policy.${rrsiHash(RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_SCHEMA, configured).slice(7)}`,
+    writerFloor: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_WRITER_FLOOR,
+    originPolicyDigest: ORIGIN_POLICY_DIGEST,
+    existingStoreUpgradeImplemented: false,
+    originAdmissionImplemented: false,
+    grantsMutationOrPromotionAuthority: false,
+  });
+  const methods = Object.fromEntries(
+    ["read", "verify", "appendDomainEvent"].map((name) => {
+      const method = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(ledger, name)?.value;
+      if (typeof method !== "function" || !Object.isFrozen(ledger))
+        rrsiFail("store policy journal method is missing or mutable");
+      return [name, (...args) => Reflect.apply(method, ledger, args)];
+    }),
+  );
+  const lockTarget = path.join(
+    backend.descriptor.authorityRootDir,
+    "rrsi-registry-store-policy-operations",
+  );
+  let active = false;
+  const locked = (operation) => {
+    if (active) hold("store policy operation is already active");
+    active = true;
+    try {
+      return withFileLock(
+        lockTarget,
+        (context) => {
+          if (context.locked !== true)
+            hold("store policy lock was not acquired");
+          context.assertOwnership();
+          const result = operation(context.assertOwnership);
+          context.assertOwnership();
+          return result;
+        },
+        { failIfUnavailable: true, timeoutMs: 0 },
+      );
+    } finally {
+      active = false;
+    }
+  };
+  const eventId = (operationId, phase) =>
+    `registry-policy.${rrsiHash(EVENT_SCHEMA, { operationId, phase }).slice(7)}`;
+  function resolveRecord(ref, identity) {
+    const resolution = Reflect.apply(resolver, undefined, [
+      {
+        ledgerId: identity.ledgerId,
+        epoch: identity.epoch,
+        ref: copyRef(ref),
+        tenantId: descriptor.artifactTenantId,
+      },
+    ]);
+    if (
+      resolution?.schema !== EVOLUTION_ARTIFACT_RESOLUTION_SCHEMA ||
+      resolution.authenticated !== true ||
+      resolution.found !== true ||
+      resolution.ref !== ref.ref ||
+      resolution.digest !== ref.digest ||
+      !Buffer.isBuffer(resolution.bytes) ||
+      resolution.bytes.length > 1024 * 1024
+    )
+      hold("store policy artifact cannot be authenticated");
+    const stored = snapshotRrsiData(
+      JSON.parse(
+        new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true }).decode(resolution.bytes),
+      ),
+    );
+    if (
+      stored.schema !== EVOLUTION_DURABLE_ARTIFACT_RECORD_SCHEMA ||
+      stored.tenantId !== descriptor.artifactTenantId ||
+      stored.audience !== descriptor.audience ||
+      stored.purpose !== descriptor.purpose ||
+      stored.type !== RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_ARTIFACT_TYPE ||
+      stored.retention !== "ledger"
+    )
+      hold("store policy artifact retention scope differs");
+    if (!Buffer.from(rrsiCanonical(stored), "utf8").equals(resolution.bytes))
+      hold("store policy artifact bytes are not canonical");
+    return stored.value;
+  }
+  function load() {
+    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++) {
+      const before = methods.verify();
+      if (
+        before.authenticated !== true ||
+        before.durable !== true ||
+        before.status !== "verified"
+      )
+        hold("store policy journal head is unauthenticated");
+      const events = methods.read({
+        afterSequence: 0,
+        limit: EVOLUTION_LEDGER_MAX_EVENTS,
+      });
+      if (events.length !== before.sequence) {
+        if (!equal(headData(before), headData(methods.verify()))) continue;
+        hold("store policy requires complete contiguous journal coverage");
+      }
+      if (events.some((event, index) => event.sequence !== index + 1))
+        hold("store policy requires complete contiguous journal coverage");
+      const identity = journalIdentity(before),
+        records = [];
+      let prepared = null,
+        proof = null;
+      for (const event of events) {
+        if (event.type !== RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_EVENT_TYPE) continue;
+        if (
+          records.length >= 3 ||
+          event.schema !== EVOLUTION_LEDGER_DOMAIN_EVENT_SCHEMA ||
+          event.tenantId !== descriptor.tenantId ||
+          event.artifactTenantId !== descriptor.artifactTenantId ||
+          event.correlationId !== descriptor.scopeId ||
+          event.skillName !== null ||
+          event.decision !== "committed"
+        )
+          hold("store policy event scope or phase count differs");
+        const record = resolveRecord(event.subjectRef, identity);
+        const coreNames = [
+          "descriptor",
+          "journalIdentity",
+          "operationId",
+          "phase",
+          "preparedDigest",
+          "previousRecordDigest",
+          "observedHead",
+          "payload",
+        ];
+        rrsiExact(
+          record,
+          [
+            "schema",
+            ...coreNames,
+            "recordDigest",
+            "structuralOnly",
+            "authenticated",
+            "readyForExecution",
+            "qualifiesForPromotion",
+          ],
+          "store policy event record",
+        );
+        const rebuilt = rrsiEnvelope(
+          EVENT_SCHEMA,
+          "recordDigest",
+          Object.fromEntries(coreNames.map((name) => [name, record[name]])),
+        );
+        const previous = records.at(-1);
+        if (
+          !equal(record, rebuilt) ||
+          !equal(record.descriptor, descriptor) ||
+          !equal(record.journalIdentity, identity) ||
+          record.phase !== PHASES[records.length] ||
+          record.previousRecordDigest !==
+            (previous?.record.recordDigest ?? null) ||
+          !equal(record.observedHead, {
+            ...identity,
+            sequence: event.sequence - 1,
+            headDigest: event.prevDigest,
+          }) ||
+          event.eventId !== eventId(record.operationId, record.phase) ||
+          !equal(event.sourceRefs.map(copyRef), previous ? [previous.ref] : [])
+        )
+          hold("store policy record identity, order or predecessor differs");
+        if (!prepared)
+          prepared = normalizePrepared(record.payload, descriptor, identity);
+        if (
+          record.operationId !== prepared.operationId ||
+          record.preparedDigest !== rrsiHash(PREPARED_SCHEMA, prepared)
+        )
+          hold("store policy operation or prepared bytes differ");
+        if (record.phase === "markers-installed") {
+          proof = record.payload;
+          rrsiExact(proof, ["candidate", "release"], "installed markers");
+          for (const name of ["candidate", "release"]) {
+            rrsiExact(
+              proof[name],
+              ["markerDigest", "identity"],
+              "installed marker",
+            );
+            if (
+              proof[name].markerDigest !==
+                markerFor(prepared, name).markerDigest ||
+              !/^[0-9]+:[0-9]+$/u.test(proof[name].identity)
+            )
+              hold("installed marker identity differs");
+          }
+          if (proof.candidate.identity === proof.release.identity)
+            hold("marker files must be independent");
+        }
+        if (
+          record.phase === "committed" &&
+          !equal(record.payload, {
+            installedRecordDigest: previous.record.recordDigest,
+            markers: proof,
+          })
+        )
+          hold("committed provisioning differs from installed proof");
+        records.push({
+          record,
+          ref: copyRef(event.subjectRef),
+          sequence: event.sequence,
+        });
+      }
+      const after = methods.verify();
+      if (!equal(headData(before), headData(after))) continue;
+      return { head: headData(after), identity, records, prepared, proof };
+    }
+    hold("store policy journal changed repeatedly while reading");
+  }
+  function append(state, phase, payload, assertOwnership) {
+    assertOwnership();
+    const prepared = phase === "prepared" ? payload : state.prepared;
+    const previous = state.records.at(-1);
+    const record = rrsiEnvelope(EVENT_SCHEMA, "recordDigest", {
+      descriptor,
+      journalIdentity: state.identity,
+      operationId: prepared.operationId,
+      phase,
+      preparedDigest: rrsiHash(PREPARED_SCHEMA, prepared),
+      previousRecordDigest: previous?.record.recordDigest ?? null,
+      observedHead: state.head,
+      payload,
+    });
+    const published = Reflect.apply(
+      EvolutionArtifactPorts.prototype.putCanonical,
+      options.artifactPorts,
+      [
+        RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_ARTIFACT_TYPE,
+        record,
+        {
+          audience: descriptor.audience,
+          purpose: descriptor.purpose,
+          retention: "ledger",
+        },
+      ],
+    );
+    if (
+      published?.receipt?.persisted !== true ||
+      published.receipt.readbackVerified !== true ||
+      published.receipt.integrityVerified !== true ||
+      published.receipt.retention !== "ledger" ||
+      !equal(resolveRecord(published.ref, state.identity), record)
+    )
+      hold("store policy artifact retention failed");
+    assertOwnership();
+    if (phase !== "prepared") {
+      const actual = markerProof(prepared);
+      if (!equal(actual, phase === "markers-installed" ? payload : state.proof))
+        hold("store marker identities changed before policy append");
+    } else assertLayout(prepared, [false, false]);
+    assertOwnership();
+    try {
+      const receipt = methods.appendDomainEvent(
+        {
+          type: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_EVENT_TYPE,
+          eventId: eventId(prepared.operationId, phase),
+          tenantId: descriptor.tenantId,
+          artifactTenantId: descriptor.artifactTenantId,
+          correlationId: descriptor.scopeId,
+          skillName: null,
+          decision: "committed",
+          reason:
+            "Authenticated fresh Registry provisioning; independent business admission remains required",
+          sourceRefs: previous ? [previous.ref] : [],
+          subjectRef: copyRef(published.ref),
+        },
+        {
+          expectedHeadDigest: state.head.headDigest,
+          expectedSequence: state.head.sequence,
+        },
+      );
+      if (receipt?.authenticated !== true || receipt.durable !== true)
+        hold("store policy append is uncertain");
+    } catch (cause) {
+      throw Object.assign(
+        new Error(
+          "store policy commit is uncertain; recover the original operation",
+          { cause },
+        ),
+        {
+          code: "CC_RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_POLICY_COMMIT_UNKNOWN",
+          operationId: prepared.operationId,
+        },
+      );
+    }
+    assertOwnership();
+    const readback = load();
+    if (readback.records.at(-1)?.record.recordDigest !== record.recordDigest)
+      hold("store policy committed record cannot be read back");
+    return readback;
+  }
+  function allocate(request, state, assertOwnership) {
+    const parent = directory(request.parentDir);
+    for (const protectedRoot of [
+      backend.descriptor.rootDir,
+      backend.descriptor.authorityRootDir,
+      path.dirname(backend.descriptor.witnessFilePath),
+    ]) {
+      const relation = path.relative(protectedRoot, parent.path);
+      if (
+        relation === "" ||
+        (!relation.startsWith(`..${path.sep}`) &&
+          relation !== ".." &&
+          !path.isAbsolute(relation))
+      )
+        hold("fresh stores cannot be provisioned inside journal storage");
+    }
+    const present = (target) => {
+      try {
+        fs.lstatSync(target);
+        return true;
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error.code === "ENOENT") return false;
+        throw error;
+      }
+    };
+    const assertOutsideRegistry = () => {
+      for (let ancestor = parent.path; ; ancestor = path.dirname(ancestor)) {
+        if (
+          present(path.join(ancestor, "_tenant.json")) ||
+          present(path.join(ancestor, "tenants")) ||
+          (present(path.join(ancestor, "candidate")) &&
+            present(path.join(ancestor, "release")))
+        )
+          hold("fresh stores cannot be nested inside a Registry tenant root");
+        if (ancestor === path.dirname(ancestor)) break;
+      }
+    };
+    // Invalid existing layouts need no permission helper. A valid allocation
+    // still verifies its original parent and repeats the ancestor check after
+    // that potentially slow read, before it creates any namespace.
+    assertOutsideRegistry();
+    assertPrivateParent(parent);
+    assertOutsideRegistry();
+    const namespaceId = `pair.${randomUUID()}`;
+    const layout = storePaths(parent.path, namespaceId, descriptor.tenantId);
+    let bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified = true;
+    const captured = [];
+    // No recursive creation, existence fallback, caller RNG or orphan adoption.
+    for (const target of layout.paths) {
+      assertOwnership();
+      assertDirectory(parent);
+      captured.forEach(assertDirectory);
+      assertOwnership();
+      fs.mkdirSync(target, { mode: 0o700 });
+      const original = directory(target);
+      assertOwnership();
+      assertDirectory(parent);
+      captured.forEach(assertDirectory);
+      assertDirectory(original);
+      assertOwnership();
+      repairPrivatePath(target, {
+        failIfUnavailable: true,
+        applyWindowsAcl: true,
+      });
+      assertDirectory(original);
+      captured.push(original);
+      bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified =
+        syncDirectory(path.dirname(target)) && bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified;
+    }
+    const prepared = {
+      operationId: request.operationId,
+      tenantId: descriptor.tenantId,
+      namespaceId,
+      parent,
+      directories: captured,
+      candidate: {
+        ...layout.stores.candidate,
+        storeId: `store.${randomUUID()}`,
+      },
+      release: { ...layout.stores.release, storeId: `store.${randomUUID()}` },
+      journalIdentity: state.identity,
+      originPolicy: ORIGIN_POLICY,
+      bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified,
+    };
+    normalizePrepared(prepared, descriptor, state.identity);
+    assertLayout(prepared, [false, false]);
+    return prepared;
+  }
+  function install(prepared, name, presence, assertOwnership) {
+    assertOwnership();
+    assertLayout(prepared, presence);
+    assertOwnership();
+    const root = prepared[name].rootDir;
+    const target = path.join(root, "_tenant.json");
+    const temporary = path.join(root, `.rrsi-marker-${randomUUID()}.tmp`);
+    const bytes = bytesFor(markerFor(prepared, name));
+    const fd = fs.openSync(temporary, "wx", 0o600);
+    let written;
+    try {
+      assertOwnership();
+      assertLayout(prepared, presence, temporary);
+      assertOwnership();
+      fs.writeFileSync(fd, bytes);
+      fs.fsyncSync(fd);
+      written = fs.fstatSync(fd, { bigint: true });
+    } finally {
+      fs.closeSync(fd);
+    }
+    // Failures deliberately retain private debris. Never delete or overwrite a
+    // canonical marker or clean a path after ownership/identity has changed.
+    const staged = readMarker(temporary);
+    if (
+      !staged.bytes.equals(bytes) ||
+      String(written.ino) !== staged.identity.split(":")[1]
+    )
+      hold("store marker temporary identity differs");
+    assertOwnership();
+    assertLayout(prepared, presence, temporary);
+    assertOwnership();
+    ensurePrivateFile(temporary, {
+      failIfUnavailable: true,
+      applyWindowsAcl: true,
+    });
+    if (!equal(readMarker(temporary), staged))
+      hold("store marker changed during permission hardening");
+    assertOwnership();
+    assertLayout(prepared, presence, temporary);
+    assertOwnership();
+    fs.linkSync(temporary, target); // A v1 winner is never replaced.
+    const linked = readMarker(target, 2),
+      source = readMarker(temporary, 2);
+    if (
+      linked.identity !== staged.identity ||
+      source.identity !== staged.identity ||
+      !linked.bytes.equals(bytes) ||
+      !source.bytes.equals(bytes)
+    )
+      hold("store marker publication identity differs");
+    presence[name === "candidate" ? 0 : 1] = true;
+    assertOwnership();
+    assertLayout(prepared, presence, temporary);
+    if (readMarker(temporary, 2).identity !== staged.identity)
+      hold("store marker temporary was replaced");
+    assertOwnership();
+    fs.unlinkSync(temporary);
+    syncDirectory(root);
+    assertLayout(prepared, presence);
+    const final = readMarker(target);
+    if (final.identity !== staged.identity || !final.bytes.equals(bytes))
+      hold("store marker final readback differs");
+  }
+  function status(
+    state,
+    operationId,
+    { boundaryOnly = false, verifyPermissions = true } = {},
+  ) {
+    if (!state.prepared || state.prepared.operationId !== operationId)
+      hold("store provisioning operation is unregistered");
+    if (verifyPermissions) assertPrivateParent(state.prepared.parent);
+    else assertDirectory(state.prepared.parent);
+    const actual = markerProof(state.prepared, boundaryOnly);
+    if (state.proof && !equal(actual, state.proof))
+      hold("installed marker physical identity changed");
+    if (!equal(state.head, headData(methods.verify())))
+      hold("store policy journal changed during physical readback");
+    return freezeRrsiData({
+      schema: "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-store-policy-readback/v1",
+      phase: state.records.at(-1).record.phase,
+      operationId,
+      prepared: state.prepared,
+      markers: actual,
+      records: state.records.map(({ record, ref, sequence }) => ({
+        phase: record.phase,
+        recordDigest: record.recordDigest,
+        ref,
+        sequence,
+      })),
+      currentHead: state.head,
+      historyAuthenticated: true,
+      freshPhysicalPairProvisioningCommitted: state.records.length === 3,
+      writerFloorInstalled: true,
+      bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified:
+        state.prepared.bootstrapDirectoryFsyncVerified,
+      markerDirectoryFsyncAttested: false,
+      originCutoverAuthenticated: false,
+      originClassificationAvailable: false,
+      legacyWriterDrainVerified: false,
+      productionAuthorityVerified: false,
+      grantsMutationOrPromotionAuthority: false,
+      readyForExecution: false,
+      qualifiesForPromotion: false,
+    });
+  }
+  function finish(state, operationId, assertOwnership) {
+    const verified = status(state, operationId); // Missing marker or debris never triggers repair.
+    // A committed operation performs no mutation. Its complete bookended
+    // readback already has the same checks as read(), with the outer ownership
+    // check still required before returning from the operation lock.
+    if (state.records.length === 3) return verified;
+    if (state.records.length === 1)
+      state = append(
+        state,
+        "markers-installed",
+        markerProof(state.prepared),
+        assertOwnership,
+      );
+    if (state.records.length === 2)
+      state = append(
+        state,
+        "committed",
+        {
+          installedRecordDigest: state.records[1].record.recordDigest,
+          markers: state.proof,
+        },
+        assertOwnership,
+      );
+    return status(state, operationId);
+  }
+  // Constructor verifies retained history but never installs missing markers.
+  load();
+  const policy = Object.freeze({
+    descriptor,
+    bindComponent(input) {
+      const request = snapshotRrsiData(input);
+      rrsiExact(
+        request,
+        ["operationId", "component"],
+        "Registry component binding",
+      );
+      rrsiId(request.operationId, "provision operation ID");
+      if (!["candidate", "release"].includes(request.component))
+        rrsiFail("Registry binding component is invalid");
+      // Do not take a policy operation lock or repair any Registry path. The
+      // retained head and both physical markers bookend this read-only open.
+      let original;
+      try {
+        original = status(load(), request.operationId);
+      } catch (cause) {
+        if (["ENOENT", "ENOTDIR"].includes(cause?.code))
+          hold("an authenticated Registry binding boundary is missing", cause);
+        throw cause;
+      }
+      if (!original.freshPhysicalPairProvisioningCommitted)
+        hold("Registry requires committed fresh store provisioning");
+      const prepared = original.prepared;
+      const component = request.component;
+      const store = prepared[component];
+      const peer =
+        prepared[component === "candidate" ? "release" : "candidate"];
+      const componentDescriptor = freezeRrsiData({
+        schema: "chainlesschain.rrsi-registry-component-binding/v1",
+        operationId: request.operationId,
+        component: `skill-${component}-registry`,
+        tenantId: prepared.tenantId,
+        ...store,
+        peerStoreId: peer.storeId,
+        journalIdentity: prepared.journalIdentity,
+        committedRecordDigest: original.records.at(-1).recordDigest,
+        writerFloor: RRSI_REGISTRY_STORE_WRITER_FLOOR,
+        registryRuntimeMode: "uninitialized-read-only",
+        persistentStoreIdentityAuthenticated: true,
+        originCutoverAuthenticated: false,
+        originClassificationAvailable: false,
+        grantsMutationOrPromotionAuthority: false,
+      });
+      function recheckUnchecked() {
+        // Invalid existing physical state needs no journal recovery or locks.
+        assertLayout(prepared, [true, true]);
+        if (!equal(markerProof(prepared, true), original.markers))
+          hold("Registry marker identity changed after capture");
+        const result = status(load(), request.operationId, {
+          boundaryOnly: true,
+          verifyPermissions: false,
+        });
+        if (
+          !equal(result.prepared, prepared) ||
+          !equal(result.markers, original.markers) ||
+          !equal(result.records, original.records)
+        )
+          hold("Registry component binding changed after capture");
+        // No origin or runtime attachment exists yet. Unknown content and
+        // even empty runtime containers remain HOLD, with no adoption/cleanup.
+        assertLayout(prepared, [true, true]);
+        if (!equal(markerProof(prepared, true), original.markers))
+          hold("Registry markers changed during uninitialized inventory read");
+        if (!equal(result.currentHead, headData(methods.verify())))
+          hold("Registry journal changed during uninitialized inventory read");
+        return result;
+      }
+      function recheck() {
+        try {
+          return recheckUnchecked();
+        } catch (cause) {
+          if (["ENOENT", "ENOTDIR"].includes(cause?.code))
+            hold("an authenticated Registry boundary is missing", cause);
+          throw cause;
+        }
+      }
+      const componentBinding = Object.freeze({
+        descriptor: componentDescriptor,
+      });
+      COMPONENT_BINDINGS.set(
+        componentBinding,
+        Object.freeze({
+          descriptor: componentDescriptor,
+          boundaries: freezeRrsiData({
+            base: prepared.directories.find(
+              (entry) => entry.path === store.baseDir,
+            ),
+            tenants: prepared.directories.find(
+              (entry) => entry.path === path.dirname(store.rootDir),
+            ),
+            tenantRoot: prepared.directories.find(
+              (entry) => entry.path === store.rootDir,
+            ),
+          }),
+          marker: freezeRrsiData({
+            identity: original.markers[component].identity,
+            marker: markerFor(prepared, component),
+          }),
+          recheck,
+          recheckForOpen() {
+            try {
+              assertPrivateParent(prepared.parent);
+              return recheck();
+            } catch (cause) {
+              if (["ENOENT", "ENOTDIR"].includes(cause?.code))
+                hold(
+                  "an authenticated Registry open boundary is missing",
+                  cause,
+                );
+              throw cause;
+            }
+          },
+          matchesPolicy: (value) => value === policy,
+          assertTransactionLedger(value) {
+            let reader;
+            try {
+              reader = captureSkillReleaseOperationReader(value);
+            } catch (cause) {
+              hold("a genuine Registry transaction port is required", cause);
+            }
+            if (
+              !reader.matchesLedger(ledger) ||
+              !reader.matchesArtifactPorts(options.artifactPorts) ||
+              !equal(reader.scope, {
+                artifactTenantId: descriptor.artifactTenantId,
+                audience: descriptor.audience,
+                purpose: descriptor.purpose,
+              })
+            )
+              hold(
+                "Registry transaction ports require the original journal, artifact ports and exact scope",
+              );
+          },
+          assertMutationAllowed() {
+            hold(
+              "Registry origin admission and runtime initialization are not implemented",
+            );
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+      return componentBinding;
+    },
+    provisionFresh(input) {
+      const request = snapshotRrsiData(input);
+      rrsiExact(
+        request,
+        ["parentDir", "operationId"],
+        "fresh provisioning request",
+      );
+      rrsiId(request.operationId, "provision operation ID");
+      if (
+        typeof request.parentDir !== "string" ||
+        path.resolve(request.parentDir) !== request.parentDir
+      )
+        rrsiFail(
+          "provision parent must be an existing absolute canonical directory",
+        );
+      return locked((assertOwnership) => {
+        let state = load();
+        if (state.prepared) {
+          if (
+            state.prepared.operationId !== request.operationId ||
+            state.prepared.parent.path !== request.parentDir
+          )
+            hold(
+              "this tenant already has a bound store provisioning operation",
+            );
+          return finish(state, request.operationId, assertOwnership);
+        }
+        const prepared = allocate(request, state, assertOwnership);
+        state = append(state, "prepared", prepared, assertOwnership);
+        const presence = [false, false];
+        install(prepared, "candidate", presence, assertOwnership);
+        install(prepared, "release", presence, assertOwnership);
+        return finish(state, request.operationId, assertOwnership);
+      });
+    },
+    recover(operationId) {
+      rrsiId(operationId, "provision operation ID");
+      return locked((assertOwnership) =>
+        finish(load(), operationId, assertOwnership),
+      );
+    },
+    read(operationId) {
+      rrsiId(operationId, "provision operation ID");
+      return locked(() => status(load(), operationId));
+    },
+  });
+  POLICIES.set(
+    policy,
+    Object.freeze({
+      descriptor,
+      matchesBackend: (value) => value === backend,
+      matchesArtifactPorts: (value) => value === options.artifactPorts,
+      matchesArtifactResolver: (value) => value === resolver,
+      read: policy.read,
+    }),
+  );
+  return policy;
+}
+
+export function captureRrsiRegistryStorePolicy(value) {
+  const captured = POLICIES.get(value);
+  if (!captured) rrsiFail("a genuine Registry store policy is required");
+  return captured;
+}
+
+export function captureRrsiRegistryComponentBinding(value) {
+  const captured = COMPONENT_BINDINGS.get(value);
+  if (!captured) hold("a genuine Registry component binding is required");
+  return captured;
+}
+
+/** Current v1 constructors must never bootstrap in the reserved fresh namespace,
+ * including after marker loss and through a canonical filesystem alias. */
+export function assertOutsideRrsiRegistryNamespace(baseDir) {
+  const reserved = (value) =>
+    value.split(/[\\/]/u).some((part) => /^pair\.[a-f0-9-]{36}$/iu.test(part));
+  const requested = path.resolve(baseDir);
+  if (reserved(requested))
+    hold(
+      "reserved v2 Registry namespace requires its genuine component binding",
+    );
+  for (let current = requested; ; current = path.dirname(current)) {
+    try {
+      const target = path.resolve(
+        fs.realpathSync.native(current),
+        path.relative(current, requested),
+      );
+      if (reserved(target))
+        hold(
+          "reserved v2 Registry namespace cannot be opened through an unbound alias",
+        );
+      return target;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code !== "ENOENT") throw error;
+      if (current === path.dirname(current)) throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}