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NK-WP-0055-T16: initial root token revoked at production entry; signing key in the safe
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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| 1 | **`railiance-backup` age private key** (recipient `age1zvry…50syr3tsz`). Not the custodian key (item 1b) | Decrypts the identity backup bundle and the break-glass copy on Storage Share (`net-kingdom-kingpath-*.tar.age`) | Founder, password safe (stored as `railiance-backup.key`) | Yes, offline | Identity stages 2026-10-24; king-path verify drill 2026-10-27 (the helper refused the custodian key three times before the correct key was entered, as designed) | `TO CONFIRM`: number of copies, who else could recover if the founder cannot |
| 1b | **Custodian age private key** (recipient `age1aq8t…qdepsh4`, `keys/age.pub` and `.sops.yaml`). Not the backup key | Decrypts the repository's SOPS custody files and greenfield bootstrap bundles (`docs/security-bootstrap-age-custody.md`) | Founder, password safe (stored as the custodian age private key) | Yes, offline | `TO CONFIRM` last proven use | Labels in the safe should name the recipient prefix so the two keys cannot be confused |
| 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` mints a root token for break-glass (ceremony in `railiance-platform/docs/openbao.md`; production loopback listener 8210 live since 2026-10-28) | 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; the king-path drill (2026-10-28) found it **valid** as of the 2026-10-14 snapshot (root policy, no TTL, orphan). Revoke on production or keep escrowed: founder decision pending |
| 3 | OpenBao unseal shares (2 of 3 required in the restore drill) | Unseals a restored or production OpenBao; with the shares, `generate-root` mints a root token for break-glass (ceremony in `railiance-platform/docs/openbao.md`; production loopback listener 8210 live since 2026-10-28) | 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; the king-path drill (2026-10-28) found it **valid** as of the 2026-10-14 snapshot (root policy, no TTL, orphan). Founder decision `7ce684ec` (2026-10-28): stays escrowed during builder mode, revoked at production entry (NK-WP-0055-T16) |
| 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 ed25519, principal `bernd`, fingerprint `SHA256:NekDABfw8K8IBYznjREg7jPpcK/BzCgO1pH1ebT/FXM`) | Signs restore and drill admissions for the OpenBao isolated restore (namespace `railiance-openbao-restore-attempt`) and secrets-engine admissions | Private key: founder workstation `~/.ssh/gexec_approver_ed25519` (passphrase-protected; signed the T40, `-02` and `-03` admissions); founder decision 2026-10-28: also keep it in the password safe under the kingpath entry, **not** in the Storage Share bundle, so the backup age key alone cannot admit a restore. Public anchor (non-secret, needed on any recovery workstation): `/etc/railiance-openbao-restore/allowed_signers` and `/etc/secrets-engine/admission/allowed_signers`, one line each: `bernd namespaces="railiance-openbao-restore-attempt" ssh-ed25519 ssh-ed25519` ; the secrets-engine file uses namespace `secrets-engine-recovery-attempt` | Yes, offline | Signed the T40 admission 2026-10-23 | Store the private key in the safe; re-create both anchor files from this row on a recovery workstation. The file name says `gexec_approver`, but the key's role is admission signing |
| 5 | Founder admission signing key (SSH ed25519, principal `bernd`, fingerprint `SHA256:NekDABfw8K8IBYznjREg7jPpcK/BzCgO1pH1ebT/FXM`) | Signs restore and drill admissions for the OpenBao isolated restore (namespace `railiance-openbao-restore-attempt`) and secrets-engine admissions | Private key: founder workstation `~/.ssh/gexec_approver_ed25519` (passphrase-protected; signed the T40, `-02` and `-03` admissions); founder decision 2026-10-28: also keep it in the password safe under the kingpath entry, **not** in the Storage Share bundle, so the backup age key alone cannot admit a restore. Public anchor (non-secret, needed on any recovery workstation): `/etc/railiance-openbao-restore/allowed_signers` and `/etc/secrets-engine/admission/allowed_signers`, one line each: `bernd namespaces="railiance-openbao-restore-attempt" ssh-ed25519 ssh-ed25519` ; the secrets-engine file uses namespace `secrets-engine-recovery-attempt` | Yes, offline | Signed the T40 admission 2026-10-23 | Private key stored in the password safe kingpath entry (founder, 2026-10-28). Re-create both anchor files from this row on a recovery workstation. The file name says `gexec_approver`, but the key's role is admission signing |
| 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 |

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1. **A standing, non-expiring root token very likely exists on production.** It was valid at the
2026-10-14 snapshot and has not been revoked since. The architecture asks that the initial root token
be revoked, or escrowed as break-glass material. The `generate-root` path now works on production and
is drilled, so it can replace that token. Founder decision needed: revoke it on production, or keep it
escrowed and record why.
is drilled, so it can replace that token. Founder decision `7ce684ec`: keep it escrowed during builder mode and
revoke it at production entry (NK-WP-0055-T16, guarded script in railiance-platform `95b5a19`).
2. **Production read-only SSO-down walk:** still to run (RPF-WP-0064-T10 runbook).
3. **Admission signing key:** it is `~/.ssh/gexec_approver_ed25519`. It needs a copy in the password safe
under the kingpath entry (crisis list item 5).
3. **Admission signing key:** it is `~/.ssh/gexec_approver_ed25519`. The founder stored a copy in the password
safe under the kingpath entry on 2026-10-28 (crisis list item 5).
4. **Not drilled:** using the restored kubeconfig and SSH key against the cluster. Provider console
access is not drilled either.