Operate scheduled chain-head attestation (AUDIT-WP-0009-T12)

Apply the separate attestor identity, named-ConfigMap RBAC, attest
egress and daily CronJob. Bootstrap an empty chain-head ConfigMap
only because it was absent; drop the placeholder from the apply path
so a later apply cannot overwrite a live head. One-shot job published
a 59-event attestation; mounted readback and receiver write-denial
passed. Offsite copy stays the operator path.

Assistant: grok
Assistant-Session: 01a0a182-bab7-7f11-b32b-d06f3af52082

deploy/attest-cronjob.yaml

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ spec:
               type: RuntimeDefault
           containers:
             - name: attest
-              image: forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/audit-core@sha256:c82e0442de0fd181342916ae9cd5d6de41d859e1efda637bd93936c67873afa5
+              image: forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/audit-core@sha256:ec15f63d49226bfe507af2bc38ffbd5e83f549ba2c6d1ae7a338e7e053f34615
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
               command:
                 - python
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ spec:
                 - name: AUDIT_CORE_AUTO_MIGRATE
                   value: "0"
               resources:
-                requests: {cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi}
+                # 10m so a one-shot proof job can schedule on a node packed
+                # to 99% CPU requests; 50m would Pending (Insufficient cpu).
+                requests: {cpu: 10m, memory: 64Mi}
                 limits: {cpu: 500m, memory: 256Mi}
               securityContext:
                 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -146,18 +148,9 @@ spec:
               secret:
                 secretName: audit-core-database
                 defaultMode: 0440
----
-# Created empty by the operator so the CronJob's Role needs no `create`, and
-# so the Deployment can mount it before the first run. An absent or undated
-# attestation degrades the claim rather than breaking the receiver — that is
-# T01's `no_attestation` path, and it is the correct behaviour on day one.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: audit-core-chain-head
-  namespace: audit-core
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: audit-core
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: attest
-data:
-  chain-head.json: "{}"
+# ConfigMap audit-core-chain-head is NOT in this file. Applying a placeholder
+# `{}` would overwrite a live attestation. Bootstrap once if absent:
+#   kubectl -n audit-core create configmap audit-core-chain-head \
+#     --from-literal=chain-head.json='{}'
+#   kubectl -n audit-core label configmap audit-core-chain-head \
+#     app.kubernetes.io/name=audit-core app.kubernetes.io/component=attest

deploy/networkpolicies.yaml

@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ spec:
       ports:
         - {protocol: UDP, port: 53}
         - {protocol: TCP, port: 53}
-    # kube-apiserver. On this single-node k3s cluster the API server is the
-    # host itself, so this is a host-network destination rather than a pod
-    # selector; narrow it to the API port.
+    # kube-apiserver. In-cluster clients use kubernetes.default.svc:443;
+    # the host listener is 6443. Both, and no other ports.
     - ports:
+        - {protocol: TCP, port: 443}
         - {protocol: TCP, port: 6443}
 ---
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1

docs/evidence/2026-09-15-t12-attest-run.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "task": "AUDIT-WP-0009-T12",
+  "observed_at": "2026-09-15T19:15:40+00:00",
+  "job": "audit-core-attest-t12",
+  "job_succeeded": true,
+  "image": "forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/audit-core@sha256:ec15f63d49226bfe507af2bc38ffbd5e83f549ba2c6d1ae7a338e7e053f34615",
+  "published": true,
+  "schema": "audit-core.chain-head.v1",
+  "event_count": 59,
+  "head_prefix": "bb0937f02a772d1c",
+  "mounted_readback": true,
+  "receiver_patch": "URLError",
+  "rbac": {
+    "default_sa_can_patch_chain_head": false,
+    "attest_sa_can_patch_chain_head": true,
+    "attest_sa_can_create_configmaps": false
+  },
+  "cronjob": "audit-core-attest-chain",
+  "schedule": "17 3 * * *",
+  "offsite_copy": "not_written_here",
+  "readyz_tamper_evidence": false,
+  "readyz_note": "live image reports last-known claim on /readyz; the mounted file is the live attestation. Offsite copy remains RESOURCE-WP-0002-T06."
+}

tests/test_layer_conformance.py

@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@ def test_the_receiver_has_no_api_server_egress():
     attest = next(d for d in documents if "name: audit-core-attest-egress" in d)
     assert "component: attest" in attest
     assert "6443" in attest
+    assert "443" in attest
+    assert "6443" not in receiver
+    assert "443" not in receiver

workplans/AUDIT-WP-0009-evidence-role-conformance.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ flavor: implementation
 owner: claude
 topic_slug: railiance
 created: "2026-08-29"
-updated: "2026-09-14"
+updated: "2026-09-15"
 depends_on:
   - AUDIT-WP-0007
 state_hub_workstream_id: "46a96b03-bc08-53b5-9c93-4071adabf734"
@@ -608,14 +608,28 @@ runtime/spend gates remain separate. Factory attempts and paid calls remain 0.
 
 ```task
 id: AUDIT-WP-0009-T12
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "712ba035-edad-5528-8293-56375553d85a"
 ```
 
-Residual from the source-complete T02: the 2026-09-11 receiver rollout found
-no native attest CronJob or audit-core-chain-head ConfigMap. The new receiver
-correctly reports tamper_evidence=false while its 32-event chain is intact.
+Done 2026-09-15. Native attestor is live: ServiceAccount/Role/RoleBinding
+`audit-core-attest` (named ConfigMap get/update/patch only, no create),
+CronJob `audit-core-attest-chain` at 17:03 UTC, NetworkPolicy
+`audit-core-attest-egress` (Postgres, DNS, API 443/6443). Empty ConfigMap
+`audit-core-chain-head` was bootstrapped because it was absent; the
+placeholder is no longer in the apply path so a later apply cannot clobber
+a live head. One-shot Job `audit-core-attest-t12` published
+`audit-core.chain-head.v1` for 59 events at 2026-09-15T19:15:40Z. Receiver
+mount caught up; default SA cannot patch; attest SA cannot create ConfigMaps;
+receiver API PATCH is a URLError (no API egress). CPU request is 10m so the
+job schedules on the packed node.
+
+Offsite copy is still RESOURCE-WP-0002-T06 / operator — this job does not
+write Nextcloud. In-cluster attestation is a database-owner boundary only.
+`/readyz` still reports last-known `tamper_evidence: false` on the live
+image; the mounted file is the live claim. Receipt:
+`docs/evidence/2026-09-15-t12-attest-run.json`.
 Apply the reviewed separate attestor identity, exact-ConfigMap RBAC, component
 egress and scheduled job; bootstrap an empty ConfigMap only if absent, never
 overwrite a live attestation with the manifest placeholder. Prove one successful