net-kingdom/docs/crisis-custody-list.md

# Crisis custody list

NK-WP-0054-T07. Drafted 2026-10-24 from repository documents and the founder's statements
that day. **This list holds no secret value, ever.** It names what unlocks recovery, who
holds it, where, and whether using it needs the very services being recovered. Anything
the repository cannot establish is marked `TO CONFIRM`; the founder confirms each one.

It belongs with the backup documentation:
[disaster recovery guide](disaster-recovery-storage-share.md),
[identity restore drill](identity-restore-drill.md) and
[Credential Management Standard §4](../canon/standards/credential-management_v0.2.md).
That standard names the custody categories. This list makes them concrete.

## The one rule

For every row, answer: **does using this item work when SSO and OpenBao are down?**
A recovery path that is satisfied only by logging in to something being restored is a
circular dependency and is recorded as a gap, not as custody.

## Roles used below

| Role | Identity | Used for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crisis operator | `admin` | Runs recovery and routine validation (founder intent, 2026-10-24) |
| Authorizer | `platform-root` / king credential | Break-glass authority from offline custody; nothing routine |
| Developer | `tegwick` | Builds and tests tooling; holds no recovery keys |

## Items

| # | Item | Unlocks | Holder and location | Works with SSO and OpenBao down? | Last proven use | Gap or action |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Custodian/backup age private key (recipient `age1zvry…50syr3tsz`, labelled `railiance-backup`) | Decrypts the identity backup bundle and the SOPS custody files | Founder, independently held password safe or offline packet (Standard §4) | Yes, offline | Entered by the founder at hidden prompts 2026-10-24 (LLDAP, Authelia, privacyIDEA stages) | `TO CONFIRM`: number of copies, who else could recover if the founder cannot |
| 2 | Storage Share `Backup` account app password | Downloads the protected ciphertext without OpenBao or SSO | Founder, independent custody `TO CONFIRM` | Yes, provider is outside the platform | Fresh retrieval 2026-10-24 | One provider copy only; residual risk accepted until 2027-01-31 (G1, NK-WP-0053) |
| 3 | OpenBao unseal shares (2 of 3 required in the restore drill) | Unseals a restored or production OpenBao; with the shares, `generate-root` can mint a root token for break-glass (ceremony not yet documented) | Founder as `platform-root` holds all three shares (single-holder custody: accepted exception, hub decision `37464824`, 2026-10-27), in the founder's replicated browser password safe under the `kingpath.credentials` pseudo-URL entry (confirmed 2026-10-27) | Yes: the safe is independent of NetKingdom SSO and OpenBao; it depends on the browser vendor's sync account and its own factor | Original shares used in the isolated restore RPF-WP-0064-T07, 2026-10-24 | Single holder = single point of loss (reviewed at NK-WP-0055-T09). The founder holds the initial root token offline (2026-10-27); its validity is checked in the king-path drill (NK-WP-0055-T13) against an isolated restored OpenBao, never production |
| 4 | `platform-root` / king account and factors | Final authority; break-glass | Independently held password safe or offline packet (Standard §4; custody doc) | **No if used through KeyCape**: its login and OTP are validated by the services being recovered | OTP validated against restored privacyIDEA 2026-10-24 (isolated) | `TO CONFIRM` the offline path that works with SSO down (OpenBao shares, item 3) and record it |
| 5 | Founder admission signing key (SSH, principal `bernd`) | Signs attempt and restore admissions | Founder, workstation key; verifier anchor `/etc/secrets-engine/admission/allowed_signers` | Yes | Signed the T40 admission 2026-10-23 | `TO CONFIRM` which identity this key belongs to; the anchor is workstation-bound, so a backup of key and anchor is needed |
| 6 | `admin` password and OTP token | Day-to-day platform administration and, per intent, recovery operation | Founder; OTP enrolled 2026-10-24 | **No**: login and token checks need KeyCape, LLDAP and privacyIDEA | Token not yet in any restored backup; first restore proof after the 2026-10-25 03:45 UTC capture | Same account as the directory bind used by Authelia and privacyIDEA until the split in NK-WP-0054-T05 |
| 7 | `pi-admin` credentials (privacyIDEA internal admin) | Token repair and re-enrolment | Founder's replicated browser password safe (confirmed 2026-10-27) | Custody yes (replicated, independent of SSO); use needs a running privacyIDEA | Not yet drilled | Add a pi-admin check to the drill (NK-WP-0053-T04) |
| 8 | ~~Ops bundle (`make creds-bundle`)~~ **Retired 2026-10-27** (founder decision) | — | — | — | Never drilled; none existed on the workstation | Superseded by the daily identity backup, which carries the current service secrets. `make creds-bundle` packs only greenfield `creds-generate` output and stays a greenfield bootstrap step |
| 9 | Operator access to the production host or cluster for a real restore | Applying a restore to production | Cluster: ops-bridge tunnel `k3s-api-railiance01` (SSH as `tegwick` to `92.205.62.239` with a static key file, local port 16444) plus the attended admin kubeconfig `~/.kube/config-railiance01` (client certificate), today on the founder workstation only. Host: Host Europe provider interface with console and rescue access to railiance01 (confirmed 2026-10-27) | Yes: static key, client certificate and provider console need neither KeyCape nor OpenBao. **No** for ops-warden SSH certificates (warden's backend is OpenBao) | Cluster path used 2026-10-27 | Off-workstation copy uploaded and read back 2026-10-27: `Backup/railiance-backups/net-kingdom-kingpath/net-kingdom-kingpath-20261027T223050Z-8c9d48421f1b.tar.age` (10440 bytes, sha256 `8c9d4842…7dd4aa`, items `admin-kubeconfig`, `tunnel-ssh-key`, recipient `railiance-backup`; receipt on the founder workstation). Decrypt and use not yet drilled (NK-WP-0055-T13). Re-run `kingpath-offsite.py` whenever the kubeconfig or key changes. Open: runs as `tegwick` under an agent-labelled actor; provider console never drilled |

## Non-secret recovery assets

These need no custody but must be reachable: the published recovery kit on Storage Share
(guide, tools ZIP, checksum; verify the checksum against a trusted copy), the pinned
container images, and a trusted checkout of this repository. TLS for `kc.coulomb.social`
has no custody: it is reissued through ACME and needs working public DNS and HTTP-01.

## Maintenance

- Review at every restore drill (NK-WP-0053), and record the date each item was last
  proven. An item never proven stays marked as such.
- Loss or suspected exposure of any item goes to its owner's rotation and revocation
  process (Standard §6); this list rotates nothing.
- A machine-readable, non-secret record with a freshness check, modelled on
  `tools/custody-record`, is proposed in NK-WP-0054-T07. Until then this document is the list.