docs(plans): Phase 1B COMPLETE — gate PASS 7/7, awaiting PR/merge

docs/plans/2026-08-06-clusterclient-to-grpc-tracking.md

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 | 0 | Proto + mappers + goldens; both auth interceptors; `IMeshPskProvider`; options/validators (+`Grpc` value, SplitTopology relaxation); rig dark config; stale-comment fixes; FleetStatus issue filed | `feat/grpc-phase0-contract-auth` | **MERGED to `master`** @ `10b6d209` (2026-08-06) — all 6 tasks complete @ `23555ed0`; every task spec ✅ + code ✅ (Batch B on Opus with a closed fix loop); issues #542 + #543 filed | `10b6d209` | **PASS 4/4** |
 | 1A | Central→node command plane (`NodeCommandService` on the Telemetry listener; `MeshGrpcCommandDialer`; third mode branch in `CentralCommunicationActor`) — **worktree A** | `feat/grpc-node-command` | **COMPLETE @ `e54883a8` — gate re-run PASSED 2026-08-06.** Run 1 @ `fbf7b708` FAILED on defect 4 (no admin node could boot, mode-independent); fixed by `c0475f2d` + `e54883a8` and re-gated. 1A.1 ✅ `64774652` + 1A.2 ✅ `6a862011` (+fixes `48dc2120`/`86633f14`) all reviewed spec ✅ + code ✅. **MERGED to `master`** @ `b360239e` (2026-08-06) | `b360239e` | **PASS 8/8** (check 3's AdminUI half closed by composition — the control is structurally unreachable, see carry-forwards) |
-| 1B | Node→central ack plane (`CentralCommandService` on the ConfigServe listener; `GrpcApplyAckSender`; third branch in `NodeCommunicationActor`) — **worktree B**, rebases on 1A | `feat/grpc-central-ack` | **1B.1 ✅ `14dd07d2` + 1B.2 ✅ `a5a789d4` (+fixes `e54711a2`/`4d607575`)** — all reviews ✅ (1B.2 on Opus: 1 Critical found+fixed, see defect log); awaiting 1A merge → rebase → 1B.3 gate | — | PENDING |
+| 1B | Node→central ack plane (`CentralCommandService` on the ConfigServe listener; `GrpcApplyAckSender`; third branch in `NodeCommunicationActor`) — **worktree B**, rebased on merged 1A | `feat/grpc-central-ack` | **DONE — AWAITING PR/MERGE (user-owned)** @ `a397cdad` (rebased on `a400b415`); 1B.1 ✅ + 1B.2 ✅ (Opus: deadline Critical found+fixed) + gate **PASS 7/7** incl. the 4b hang drill (~10 s failover = exactly one AckTimeoutSeconds — live proof of the fix); at-least-once duplicate absorbed idempotently exactly as traced | — | **PASS 7/7** |
 | 2 | Baseline reproduction on pre-flip build, then full-rig cutover (`OTOPCUA_MESH_MODE` default → `Grpc`) + soak + kill drills | (rig commit) | NOT STARTED | — | PENDING |
 | 3 | Delete ClusterClient (code/HOCON/config/tests); SplitTopology requires `Grpc`; grep-gates; docs sweep incl. scadaproj index | `feat/grpc-phase3-deletion` | NOT STARTED | — | — |
 | 4 | Terminal live gate on the post-deletion image (8 checks, provenance-guarded) | (on `master`) | NOT STARTED | — | PENDING |
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ Checks a gate could not drive, named + carried to the next gate (proportionate-g
 | Register item 3 (DI role-scoping pin: admin resolves provider+dialer, driver-only does NOT) — container-activation test exists, role-scoping pin outstanding | 1A.2 | `It_activates_from_the_container_despite_the_optional_client_factory_parameter`; starter-order half now covered by `ControlPlaneStarterOrderTests` | Phase 2 (or 1B.3) — note defect 4 shows the missing pin is not merely role-scoping but **starter-order**: the container-activation test resolves from a collection without `AddZbSecrets` |
 | `Resolve`-failure Error wording says "continuing without it" (reads permanent — the memoize heals it at first use) and the line fires on real boots (2/3 in the gate) — reword or whitelist it before the Phase 2 soak error-grep, else a healthy central scores as failing the soak | 1A.3 re-run | heal proven live: singleton moved onto the race-losing node, fan clean, no dialer-missing error | Phase 2 (soak grep design) |
 | A repaired `GrpcPort` takes effect only at the next contact refresh (≤60 s): a deploy 5 s post-restore was still skipped and honestly TimedOut — by design, operator-visible; document if it surprises in Phase 2 | 1A.3 re-run | check 7 evidence | Phase 2 (observe) |
+| I-4 (cold PSK cache on the inbound auth path after each refresh tick) is structurally unmeasurable on docker-dev — `ClusterPsks` config map answers ahead of the store, so the cache is always empty and `InvalidateAll` clears nothing | 1B.3 gate | every ack landed within the posting second | Phase 2+ (needs a store-backed rig) |
+| After a central restart, a node's cached `GrpcChannel` can sit in transient failure ~2 min (client backoff; TCP open, sibling reaches the same endpoint) — no ack lost, the walk absorbs it loudly. Expect a failover-line burst after any central restart in the Phase 2 soak | 1B.3 gate | 3 dispatches: 2 failed over, 3rd direct | Phase 2 (soak expectations) |
+| **The PreStart race fires on essentially EVERY admin boot** (4/4 in the 1B gate, 2/3 in 1A) and logs two FALSE Errors ("continuing without it", "gate will NEVER be published") that the memoize immediately heals — the wording fix is now a MUST before the Phase 2 soak error-grep, not a nicety | 1B.3 gate obs (b) | gate published + acks accepted on every one of those boots | Phase 2 opening task |
 | `RevisionHash` moved on byte-identical config after a direct SQL `UPDATE` bumped `Script.RowVersion` (hash covers a column content-identity does not); determinism itself holds (3 no-change dispatches → identical hash) | 1A.3 re-run | incidental, out of program scope | note only |
 | 1A checks 1/2/7 (deploy fan over gRPC, mixed-transport seal, NULL-`GrpcPort` skip) and the central half of 4 | 1A.3 gate run 1 | — | **CLOSED in 1A.3 run 2** — all driven live and PASS |
 | Check 8 is vacuous for telemetry + config-serve — central never booted, so neither plane carried a call | 1A.3 gate run 1 | — | **CLOSED in 1A.3 run 2** — both planes carried authenticated traffic (28 KB artifact fetches from `:4055`, telemetry streams open on all six) with 0 denials |

docs/plans/2026-08-06-clusterclient-to-grpc.md.tasks.json

@@ -179,11 +179,13 @@
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       "classification": "small",
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+      "status": "completed",
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+      ],
+      "commit": "gate record a397cdad (rebase fixup 4a2a3d3a)",
+      "gate": "PASS 7/7 incl. 4b hang drill (~10s failover, per-endpoint deadline proven live)"
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