verify-chain was a no-op stub that printed "not enabled" and exited 0 without
contacting the server. It now sends VerifyAuditChain(Month) over
POST /management and maps the verdict to the exit code: 0 intact or not
chained, 3 broken (first break: partition, ChainSeq, EventId, kind), 1 error,
2 unauthorized. Table and JSON renderings.
ManagementActor: new HandleVerifyAuditChain arm, gated on the OperationalAudit
roles (Administrator, Viewer) and refusing a site-scoped caller because a
month's chain spans every site; INVALID_ARGUMENT for a bad month, CHAIN_BUSY
when the chain lock is held; long-running Ask timeout. Result enums serialise
as names.
Parity: RequiredRoleMatrixTests freezes the gate; ManagementSurfaceParityTests
now probes `audit verify-chain` (the one audit leaf that is a management
contract) instead of skipping the whole audit group.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
Joseph Doherty