[immakermatty]

Status: ready for review

Closes the broker side of #30.

Why

A Conglomerate Host's access service derives SSH and network accesses from facts (membership, Teams, Owner roles, and the assignments and host keys in each served Organization's Deployment Repo). It can read them only through each served Organization's broker, and no route admits a host today. The product owner chose on 2026-11-02 how the host proves itself, by setup effort: its own key, which travels by itself (option A2 in #30). Joining an Organization to a host or rebuilding the host must need no broker change.

What changes

• Policy key conglomerate_hosts (optional): the broker's audience, its own Deployment Repo by id, a ref and a directory. With it a policy may declare no Workspace and no OIDC purpose. The token's permission set is fixed: contents: read + members: read.
• POST /v1/host/token (Worker only): a compact EdDSA JWS (kid = host id; claims exactly aud, iss, iat, exp ≤ 60 s later, jti). Order of gates: everything that needs no key and no GitHub request; a deny-only hourly read budget per broker; the host's key document read live (one-repository contents: read token, revoked at once; missing → host_unknown); document names exactly this host and Organization; Ed25519 signature via WebCrypto; jti once and an hourly grant budget per host; the live installation gate and the scoped mint. The caller chooses nothing.
• Who may write the key (review finding, product owner's decision of 2026-11-03): whoever can write a key document can obtain members: read through it, which repository access alone does not grant. The policy therefore names approved_writers (immutable ids, besides the Owners), and after the signature the broker checks live that every writer of the repository is an Owner or one of them (deployment_repository_writer_not_approved). One internal token (contents: read, members: read) reads the document, the Owners and the collaborators, and is revoked.
• No new dependency, class or migration: src/host.mjs imports nothing; both budgets live in the existing run guard's Durable Object under their own names.
• Node adapter: parses the key, lists it in policy check, answers 404 on the route.
• Docs: AGENTS.md invariants 6, 8, 11 and new 12; ARCHITECTURE.md "Conglomerate Host callers" with the threat model and revocation; README policy key, key document, API, refusals, rollout order. Version 0.15.0 (package.json, user agent).

Precondition (stated, verified, enforced)

The route assumes that only Owners write the Organization's Deployment Repo, plus the accounts the policy names in approved_writers (the product owner's decision of 2026-11-03: in the Deployment Repos where this is planned, a reviewer persona and sometimes the Organization's Steward persona have write access without being Owners, by design of their review mode). Git history keeps every change of a key document, without attributing who pushed it; on paid plans a ruleset nobody bypasses refuses deletion and non-fast-forward updates of the key ref, so that history stays. The broker checks the writer precondition live on every request, after the signature, and refuses otherwise. Verified on 2026-11-03 with the repositories' live collaborator lists; each Organization's approved_writers is set from them when its broker is deployed. An Owner-confirmed key fingerprint is the optional second step, #32, not a blocker.

Other write paths (review; product owner's decision of 2026-11-03)

• Deploy keys: the broker refuses while any deploy key can write the repository (deployment_repository_write_key); the installation must accept administration: read, which the brokers that serve rollouts already have.

• Other GitHub Apps with contents: write (common: review and CI apps): the broker cannot list them without organization_administration: read. On a paid plan, key_ref_protection: "ruleset" requires two active rulesets on the key ref, verified live (key_ref_unprotected): update with only this App and the Owners as bypass actors, which shuts every other App and deploy key out of the key documents, and deletion + non_fast_forward without any bypass actor, since a bypass covers every rule of its ruleset. On a plan without rulesets for private repositories, "none" states that the Organization accepts the rest.

• This App's own write tokens: the parser refuses a policy whose OIDC purpose could mint contents: write on the key repository without members: read (the Workspace write tier always carries it). A key document such a token wrote still outlives the token or grant: the broker checks the current writers, never who wrote a document. The product owner accepted that durable access on 2026-11-03 with its boundary: a document mints until it is removed or replaced, the Organization's next lane apply rewrites it with the host's own key. Git history keeps every change of a key document (what changed and when), but it does not attribute the writer: commit metadata is supplied by the writer, and every write through this App appears as this App. A contract test pins the boundary.

Verification

• npm test: 177 pass (25 new in test/host.test.mjs: policy parsing, every assertion refusal, canonical base64url, key document refusals incl. another Organization, grant and audit without the token, unknown host, another key, a signature over other claims, refusals before GitHub, replay, both budgets, mint outside scope, GitHub failure, route absent without the key or in the Node adapter, the writer check incl. that it runs only after the signature, a failed revocation of the internal token failing the request, a write-enabled deploy key, every way a ruleset can fail to protect the key ref and "none" reading no ruleset, an assertion expiring while its body or the GitHub reads are pending, the real GitHub client's read of the document, Owners and collaborators and its revoke incl. another owner and paths outside the directory, and the Worker end to end with the Durable Object guard and the installation gate before the read and the mint).
• npm run check: OK (incl. wrangler deploy --dry-run).
• Not proven live yet: Ed25519 in the deployed Workers runtime (the tests run Node's WebCrypto) GitHub's raw contents read at a non-default ref with a one-repository token, and whether the internal token (administration: read, contents: read, members: read) may list the repository's collaborators, deploy keys and rulesets with their bypass actors (GitHub's docs do not name the permission; if it may not, the route fails closed with token_unavailable). Both are checked on the first deployment, with the first host.

Rollout

Merge, then release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word. A 0.14.0 broker ignores the key (the host gets 404, fails closed). The key documents are written by the host Organization's own tooling, outside this repository.

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[immakermatty]

@agentrozjedemeai please review head b5a241aa76853dbef6025d9f95a148cf3254bb81: the host route for #30 (option A2). Please challenge in particular the order of gates, the deny-only read budget before any GitHub request and the trust placed in the key document. Merge follows after your approval of this exact head and green CI.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

1. ARCHITECTURE.md (Host route threat model) says a Deployment Repo writer can already read the Organization's membership. Repository write access does not itself grant organization-wide members: read (for example, an outside collaborator can write the repo without that access). A writer of the configured ref can install their own host key and obtain that broader token. Please correct the threat model and operator guidance to make this privilege expansion and the trust required of everyone who can write that ref explicit, so the Organization can evaluate the selected design before deployment.
2. src/core.mjs readHostKeyDocument suppresses every revocation error, so a failed DELETE can leave the internal contents-read token valid until expiry; nevertheless AGENTS.md invariant 12 and ARCHITECTURE.md say it is revoked at once. Make the behavior and security claims consistent, including the failure case, and cover that case with a test.

Non-blocking: @immakermatty this PR currently has no assignee; please designate the person responsible for carrying it through.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word, as stated in the rollout plan; the first host deployment must verify Workers Ed25519 and the scoped non-default-ref GitHub read.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

@agentrozjedemeai please review head 7e85c2a8ad57559abff3e9616c6dcc789d528409. Since the first request: the writer check (only Owners and approved_writers may write the Deployment Repo, checked live after the signature), after the product owner accepted on 2026-11-03 that those writers can read membership through a key document.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

1. The previous finding on revocation remains: readHostAdmission catches and discards every failure of DELETE /installation/token, yet invariant 12 and the architecture say the internal token is revoked at once. It now carries both contents and members read. Handle and report the failure consistently with the security contract, correct the claims where revocation cannot be guaranteed, and test the failed DELETE path.
2. The new writer gate lists repository collaborators, but repository write access is not limited to those user accounts: a write-enabled deploy key or an installed GitHub App with contents write can change the configured ref without appearing in that list. Its holder can install a host key and obtain the organization's membership token even when all listed collaborators are approved. Close or explicitly constrain and verify these additional write paths before claiming the gate covers every writer; include a denial or equivalent contract test for them.

Non-blocking: None.

Order and migrations: release 0.15.0 after merge, then deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the scoped non-default-ref contents read and the collaborators API permissions.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

Thanks, both blocking points are addressed:

1. Threat model (since 7e85c2a8): ARCHITECTURE.md and the README now say that a writer of the key ref can obtain members: read, which repository access alone does not grant. The product owner accepted that on 2026-11-03 on a precondition: only Owners and the accounts the policy names in approved_writers write the repository. The broker enforces it live after the signature (deployment_repository_writer_not_approved), and the README's new "Precondition" section is the operator guidance.
2. Revocation (560d335): a failed revocation of the internal token now fails the request, so no host token is minted while that token may still be valid. The docs (invariant 12, ARCHITECTURE step 3) say what happens then: it expires on GitHub's schedule inside the broker. A test covers it, also through the handler.

Also fixed: Greptile's expiry finding (the time is rechecked by a fresh clock after the body and before the grant). The assignee is set. @agentrozjedemeai please review head 560d3351e04bf95e6d199926d9fdcb86a11ae2b1.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The previous writer-gate finding remains unresolved. readHostAdmission checks user collaborators, but a write-enabled deploy key or GitHub App with contents: write can change the configured ref without appearing in that list. Its holder can install a host key and obtain members: read even when every listed collaborator is approved. Close these write paths or explicitly constrain and verify them before claiming the gate covers every writer; include a denial or equivalent contract test.

Non-blocking: None. The failed-revocation handling and fresh expiry checks address the other reported findings.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the scoped non-default-ref contents read and the collaborators API permissions.

— Pablo

[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The writer-gate finding remains open. The new deploy-key denial closes that path, but other Apps with contents: write are only assumed absent, with no verification step or evidence. The stated exception for Lazurio for GitHub also matters: its Workspace and OIDC routes can issue contents: write tokens for this repository; their holders can write a host key without appearing in the collaborator list. Either can obtain members: read through that key while the gate reports no unapproved writer. Constrain and verify all App-mediated write paths, including this broker’s own token holders, or use a separate trusted host-key approval; align the PR and threat-model claims with the actual guarantees and cover the chosen contract.

Non-blocking: None. The deploy-key denial and its focused tests address that part of the prior finding.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner’s word; first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the scoped non-default-ref read and the live GitHub API permissions for collaborator and deploy-key reads.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

The remaining blocking finding is addressed:

• Deploy keys (f02477f): refused while any deploy key can write the repository (deployment_repository_write_key), read live with administration: read, which the policy now requires of the installation.
• Other GitHub Apps (3d15050): the broker cannot list them without organization_administration: read. The product owner decided on 2026-11-03 that on a paid plan a ruleset must keep them off the key ref: key_ref_protection: "ruleset" requires an active ruleset with update, deletion and non_fast_forward and only this App and the Owners as bypass actors, verified live (key_ref_unprotected). On a plan without rulesets for private repositories, "none" states the Organization's acceptance; the docs never call it checked.

Contract tests cover the deploy key denial and every way a ruleset can fail to protect the ref. @agentrozjedemeai please review head 3d15050f44f9e523a3a35723e8213cbddf127acf.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The previous finding about this App’s own token holders remains open. The new ruleset explicitly allows this App to bypass the update rule, but the broker can issue an OIDC purpose token with contents: write on the Deployment Repo without members: read. Its holder can write a host key on the protected ref and then use the host route to obtain members: read, without appearing among the approved repository writers. Constrain or verify this App-mediated write path, or require a separately trusted key approval; align the threat model with the actual boundary and add a contract test for that case.

Non-blocking: None. The live deploy-key check and ruleset address the other paths on the stated terms; the free-plan exception is explicitly accepted in the policy.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner’s word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

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— Pablo

[immakermatty]

Addressed in c69a8024: every token this App mints that can write the key repository now provably already carries members: read, so the App-mediated write path gains nothing through a key document.

• A Workspace's write tier always carries members: read (unchanged; the contract test asserts it).
• The parser refuses a policy with conglomerate_hosts whose OIDC purpose could mint contents: write on the key repository without members: read: a purpose naming that repository, or a caller purpose whose listed own-Organization Deployment Repos (and callers, if any) include it; read-only rules do not count. The deployed deployment-apply purposes already carry members: read.
• AGENTS.md invariant 12, ARCHITECTURE.md's threat model and the README precondition say so.

@agentrozjedemeai please review head c69a8024dd18fb4d900695577ba446339966a75b.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The new members: read requirement does not close the App-mediated writer finding for the lifetime of access. A short-lived OIDC or Workspace token with contents: write can bypass the ruleset, install a host key, and then repeatedly obtain fresh host tokens for that key even after the original token expires or is revoked and the caller's original grant is removed. The host gate checks the current repository writers, not who inserted the key or whether that writer still has its grant. This creates durable membership access from temporary access; the new claim that the writer gains nothing is therefore incorrect. Constrain or independently authorize this key-writing path, or explicitly obtain and document acceptance of this durable access and its revocation boundary; add a contract test for the chosen behavior.

Non-blocking: None.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

You are right that the previous claim was wrong: an App-mediated writer's key document outlives its token or grant. I put the choice to the product owner, who on 2026-11-03 accepted this durable access with its revocation boundary (the second option you named):

• the broker never asks who wrote a key document; a document mints until it is removed or replaced;
• the Organization's own tooling rewrites the document with the host's own key on every lane apply, so a foreign key lasts at most until that Organization's next apply, or until an Owner removes it;
• Git history shows who wrote it; an Owner-confirmed key stays the possible later step (Conglomerate Hosts: optionally require an Owner-confirmed key fingerprint (second step after 0.15.0) #32).

Changed in 8b301b40: AGENTS.md invariant 12, ARCHITECTURE.md's threat model and the README now state exactly this and no longer say the writer gains nothing; a contract test pins the behavior (minting while the document names the key, stopping when it is replaced or removed). @agentrozjedemeai please review head 8b301b4066ae212fdcf7b3b666bf68e6ae3397c7.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The new durable-access boundary says Git history shows who wrote a key document (AGENTS.md and ARCHITECTURE.md), and the README treats that history as an audit trail. Git commit author metadata is not proof of the person or token that pushed a change: it can be supplied by the writer, and several callers can write through the same App. The ruleset preserves history but does not establish that attribution. Please describe the audit boundary accurately, or establish and cite an authenticated attribution mechanism. Also correct the assertHostKeyWritersCarryMembers comment in src/host.mjs, which still says the writer gains nothing it did not hold: the accepted key can mint after the writer's token or grant ends, as the new threat model and test explain.

Non-blocking: None. The new acceptance and contract test address the prior finding about durable access itself.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

One more change from the Machines contract review (HumanAndMachine-ai/Machines#1042): a ruleset's bypass covers all of its rules, so the single ruleset with update, deletion and non_fast_forward would have let this App and the Owners rewrite or delete the key ref. In 7f3795e2 the broker requires two active rulesets on the ref: update with only this App and the Owners as bypass actors, and deletion + non_fast_forward with no bypass actor at all. Tests cover the single combined ruleset, each one alone and every way either fails; AGENTS.md, ARCHITECTURE.md and the README say so.

@agentrozjedemeai please review head 7f3795e28161d81d72cd515886c0fe26b82b5aa2.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The previous attribution finding remains unresolved. AGENTS.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, the README and the PR description still say Git history shows who wrote a key document. Commit author metadata can be supplied by the writer, and multiple callers can write through the same App; even the new no-bypass history ruleset preserves changes but does not authenticate who pushed them. Please describe this audit boundary accurately or establish and cite authenticated attribution. The comment on assertHostKeyWritersCarryMembers in src/host.mjs also still says the writer gains nothing it did not hold, although a written key can mint after its original token or grant ends; align it with the accepted durable-access boundary.

Non-blocking: None. The new separate history ruleset and its focused tests address the bypass problem on the stated terms.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

Both points fixed in e072fbac: the docs now say Git history keeps every change of a key document (what and when) and that it does not attribute the writer (commit metadata is the writer's own; every write through this App appears as this App); the assertHostKeyWritersCarryMembers comment states the accepted durable access instead of "nothing it did not hold". Head 7f3795e2 before it also added the two-ruleset requirement from the Machines review. @agentrozjedemeai please review head e072fbac531936c33f1019dba7a01c10b7195f0d.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking:

The previous attribution finding remains in the PR description: “Git history shows who wrote it.” The updated repository docs correctly explain that commit metadata is supplied by the writer and App-mediated writes share an identity, so history does not authenticate who pushed a key document. Please correct the PR description to match that boundary, so the accepted security decision is not presented with a false audit guarantee.

Non-blocking: None. The documentation and source comment changes resolve the remaining finding within the repository.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner’s word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

— Pablo

[immakermatty]

Fixed in the PR description (the head e072fbac531936c33f1019dba7a01c10b7195f0d is unchanged): it now says Git history keeps every change of a key document, what and when, and does not attribute the writer, since commit metadata is the writer's own and every write through this App appears as this App. @agentrozjedemeai please review the same head.

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[agentrozjedemeai]

Blocking: None. The PR description now states that Git history does not attribute the writer, resolving the last finding.

Non-blocking: None.

Order and migrations: after merge, release 0.15.0 and deploy per Organization only on the product owner's word; the first deployment must verify Workers Ed25519, the non-default-ref read, and the live GitHub API permissions.

— Pablo