Surface redacted directory bind failures before native onboarding

Map uncaught HTTPError from LLDAP login to a structured
dependency_unavailable response, add /readyz as the provisioner-to-directory
preflight, keep /healthz as process liveness, and run the contract in CI.
Auth rejection is not retried during cooldown.

NK-WP-0036-T05 remains in progress until the immutable image is published,
pinned with /readyz, and one native login/create/password-setup journey is
verified.

Assistant: grok
Assistant-Session: 01a09dc6-3f0e-78f1-a884-c8c703c24ddf

.forgejo/workflows/identity-journeys.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: python:3.12-slim@sha256:d764629ce0ddd8c71fd371e9901efb324a95789d2315a47db7e4d27e78f1b0e9
     steps:
-      - name: Test the exact commit
+      - name: Run provider and directory-contract tests
         run: |
           set -eu
           mkdir -p identity-source

.forgejo/workflows/identity-provisioner-image.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Build and Publish identity-provisioner
+
+# Fleet image-publish pattern: build from a tarball of the pushed commit,
+# never from a workstation tree. Contract tests run in identity-journeys.yaml
+# on the same paths; do not promote a digest if that job failed.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "identity-provisioner/**"
+      - ".forgejo/workflows/identity-provisioner-image.yaml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: forgejo.coulomb.social
+  IMAGE_NAME: coulomb/identity-provisioner
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://127.0.0.1:2375
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: container-build
+    steps:
+      - name: Build and push image
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
+          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          REF="${GITHUB_SHA:-main}"
+          SHORT="${REF:0:7}"
+          mkdir -p buildctx "${HOME}/bin"
+          wget -qO /tmp/repo.tar.gz \
+            "https://forgejo.coulomb.social/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/archive/${SHORT}.tar.gz"
+          tar xzf /tmp/repo.tar.gz -C buildctx --strip-components=1
+          wget -qO- https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-27.3.1.tgz \
+            | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "${HOME}/bin" docker/docker
+          export PATH="${HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
+          echo "${REGISTRY_TOKEN}" | docker login "${REGISTRY}" -u "${REGISTRY_USER}" --password-stdin
+          IMAGE="${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
+          docker build -f buildctx/identity-provisioner/Containerfile \
+            -t "${IMAGE}:latest" -t "${IMAGE}:main-${SHORT}" \
+            buildctx/identity-provisioner
+          docker push "${IMAGE}:latest"
+          docker push "${IMAGE}:main-${SHORT}"
+          echo "pushed ${IMAGE}:latest and ${IMAGE}:main-${SHORT}"
+
+      - name: Report immutable digest
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          export PATH="${HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
+          IMAGE="${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
+          SHORT="${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}"
+          docker inspect --format='{{index .RepoDigests 0}}' "${IMAGE}:main-${SHORT}"

docs/identity-provisioner-bind-repair.md

@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ User Engine's display name is not necessarily its directory username: the
 current provider derives a name from email unless preferred_username is sent.
 Keep the requested demo login-name mapping explicit before provisioning.
 
-Follow-up remains necessary for credential custody/publication and a functional
-provisioner preflight: the current /healthz confirms process health while the
-directory connection is broken. The HTTP handler also fails to catch the
-upstream HTTPError. These are tracked in NK-WP-0036-T05.
+NK-WP-0036-T05 adds `/readyz` as a contained provisioner-to-directory preflight
+(one login plus one directory read), maps bind failures to a redacted
+`dependency_unavailable` JSON body, and keeps `/healthz` as process liveness.
+Auth rejection is not retried during a cooldown so kube probes cannot hammer a
+rejected password. Synthetic contract tests run in identity-journeys CI.
+Promotion still requires the immutable image digest, switching readiness to
+`/readyz`, and a native onboarding journey; see the T05 workplan note.

identity-provisioner/password_setup.py

@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import hashlib
-import json
 import os
 import secrets
 import subprocess
 import threading
 import time
 from typing import Callable
-from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlsplit
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+from provisioner import directory_login
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -116,16 +117,12 @@ class LLDAPPasswordSetter:
         self.runner = runner
 
     def __call__(self, subject: str, password: str) -> None:
-        request = Request(
-            self.base_url + "/auth/simple/login",
-            data=json.dumps(
-                {"username": "admin", "password": self.admin_password}
-            ).encode(),
-            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-            method="POST",
+        token = directory_login(
+            base_url=self.base_url,
+            admin_password=self.admin_password,
+            opener=self.opener,
+            timeout=10,
         )
-        with self.opener(request, timeout=10) as response:
-            token = str(json.loads(response.read())["token"])
         env = dict(os.environ)
         env["LLDAP_USER_PASSWORD"] = password
         result = self.runner(

identity-provisioner/provisioner.py

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import json
 import re
-import secrets
+import time
 from typing import Any, Callable
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 
@@ -27,11 +28,38 @@ class DriftResult:
     changed: tuple[str, ...] = ()
 
 
+class DependencyFailure(RuntimeError):
+    """Directory dependency failed. Messages never carry credentials or upstream bodies."""
+
+    def __init__(self, code: str, *, dependency: str = "directory") -> None:
+        self.code = code
+        self.dependency = dependency
+        super().__init__("dependency_unavailable")
+
+    def payload(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        return {
+            "error": "dependency_unavailable",
+            "dependency": self.dependency,
+            "reason": self.code,
+        }
+
+
 class LLDAPProvisioner:
-    def __init__(self, *, base_url: str, admin_password: str, opener: Callable = urlopen) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        base_url: str,
+        admin_password: str,
+        opener: Callable = urlopen,
+        auth_rejected_cooldown: float = 30.0,
+        clock: Callable[[], float] = time.monotonic,
+    ) -> None:
         self.base_url = base_url.rstrip("/")
         self.admin_password = admin_password
         self.opener = opener
+        self.auth_rejected_cooldown = auth_rejected_cooldown
+        self.clock = clock
+        self._auth_rejected_until = 0.0
 
     def provision(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> Result:
         _required(payload, "user_id", "tenant", "primary_email", "idempotency_key", "correlation_id")
@@ -177,15 +205,27 @@ mutation Remove($userId: String!, $groupId: Int!) {
         status = "reconciled" if not remaining else "drifted"
         return DriftResult("netkingdom-lldap", subject, status, tuple(remaining), tuple(changed))
 
-    def _login(self) -> str:
-        request = Request(
-            self.base_url + "/auth/simple/login",
-            data=json.dumps({"username": "admin", "password": self.admin_password}).encode(),
-            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-            method="POST",
+    def preflight(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """One login plus one directory read. Auth rejection is not retried during cooldown."""
+        now = self.clock()
+        if now < self._auth_rejected_until:
+            raise DependencyFailure("auth_rejected")
+        try:
+            token = self._login(timeout=3)
+            self._gql(token, "query { groups { id } }", {}, timeout=3)
+        except DependencyFailure as exc:
+            if exc.code == "auth_rejected":
+                self._auth_rejected_until = now + self.auth_rejected_cooldown
+            raise
+        return {"status": "ready", "dependency": "directory"}
+
+    def _login(self, timeout: float = 10) -> str:
+        return directory_login(
+            base_url=self.base_url,
+            admin_password=self.admin_password,
+            opener=self.opener,
+            timeout=timeout,
         )
-        with self.opener(request, timeout=10) as response:
-            return str(json.loads(response.read())["token"])
 
     def _directory(self, token: str) -> tuple[list[dict], list[dict]]:
         value = self._gql(token, "query { users { id email displayName } groups { id displayName } }", {})
@@ -264,20 +304,74 @@ mutation Remove($userId: String!, $groupId: Int!) {
             drift.append("status:mismatch")
         return drift
 
-    def _gql(self, token: str, query: str, variables: dict[str, Any]) -> dict:
+    def _gql(self, token: str, query: str, variables: dict[str, Any], timeout: float = 15) -> dict:
         request = Request(
             self.base_url + "/api/graphql",
             data=json.dumps({"query": query, "variables": variables}).encode(),
             headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
             method="POST",
         )
-        with self.opener(request, timeout=15) as response:
-            payload = json.loads(response.read())
+        try:
+            with self.opener(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
+                payload = json.loads(response.read())
+        except HTTPError as exc:
+            status = int(getattr(exc, "code", 0) or 0)
+            _discard(exc)
+            if status in {401, 403}:
+                raise DependencyFailure("auth_rejected") from None
+            raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error") from None
+        except (TimeoutError, URLError, OSError):
+            raise DependencyFailure("unreachable") from None
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+            raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error") from None
         if payload.get("errors"):
             raise ValueError(str(payload["errors"][0].get("message", "LLDAP GraphQL error")))
         return dict(payload.get("data") or {})
 
 
+def directory_login(
+    *,
+    base_url: str,
+    admin_password: str,
+    opener: Callable = urlopen,
+    timeout: float = 10,
+) -> str:
+    request = Request(
+        base_url.rstrip("/") + "/auth/simple/login",
+        data=json.dumps({"username": "admin", "password": admin_password}).encode(),
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+    try:
+        with opener(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
+            payload = json.loads(response.read())
+    except HTTPError as exc:
+        status = int(getattr(exc, "code", 0) or 0)
+        _discard(exc)
+        if status in {401, 403}:
+            raise DependencyFailure("auth_rejected") from None
+        raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error") from None
+    except (TimeoutError, URLError, OSError):
+        raise DependencyFailure("unreachable") from None
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+        raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error") from None
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict):
+        raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error")
+    token = str(payload.get("token") or "")
+    if not token:
+        raise DependencyFailure("protocol_error")
+    return token
+
+
+def _discard(exc: BaseException) -> None:
+    read = getattr(exc, "read", None)
+    if callable(read):
+        try:
+            read(65536)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
 def dispatch(
     provisioner: LLDAPProvisioner, path: str, payload: dict[str, Any]
 ) -> Result | DriftResult:

identity-provisioner/server.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlsplit
 import secrets
 
-from provisioner import LLDAPProvisioner, _directory_username, dispatch
+from provisioner import DependencyFailure, LLDAPProvisioner, _directory_username, dispatch
 from password_setup import LLDAPPasswordSetter, PasswordSetupGrants
 
 
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         path = urlsplit(self.path)
         if path.path == "/healthz":
             return self._send(200, {"status": "ok"})
+        if path.path == "/readyz":
+            try:
+                return self._send(200, self.provisioner.preflight())
+            except DependencyFailure as exc:
+                return self._send(503, exc.payload())
+            except RuntimeError:
+                return self._send(503, {
+                    "error": "dependency_unavailable",
+                    "dependency": "directory",
+                    "reason": "unreachable",
+                })
         if path.path == "/setup/password":
             token = parse_qs(path.query).get("token", [""])[0]
             if not self.password_setups.valid(token):
@@ -41,6 +52,8 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             return self._send(404, {"error": "not_found"})
         except (ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
             return self._send(400, {"error": "invalid_request", "message": str(exc)})
+        except DependencyFailure as exc:
+            return self._send(503, exc.payload())
         except RuntimeError:
             return self._send(503, {"error": "dependency_unavailable"})
         response = asdict(result)
@@ -64,7 +77,7 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             return_to = self.password_setups.consume(token, password)
         except ValueError as exc:
             return self._html(400, _setup_page(token, str(exc)))
-        except RuntimeError:
+        except (DependencyFailure, RuntimeError):
             return self._html(503, _failed_page())
         return self._html(200, _complete_page(return_to))
 

identity-provisioner/tests/test_directory_contract.py

@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+"""Contained provisioner-to-directory contract: login, preflight, redacted failure."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import json
+import pathlib
+import sys
+import threading
+import unittest
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[1]))
+from password_setup import LLDAPPasswordSetter, PasswordSetupGrants
+from provisioner import DependencyFailure, LLDAPProvisioner, directory_login
+from server import Handler
+
+
+SECRET = "synthetic-only-directory-password"
+TOKEN = "synthetic-directory-token"
+
+
+class DirectoryState:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.password = SECRET
+        self.logins = 0
+        self.graphql = 0
+        self.users: dict[str, dict] = {}
+        self.groups: dict[str, int] = {}
+        self.next_group = 1
+        self.login_status = 200
+        self.login_body: dict | bytes = {"token": TOKEN}
+
+
+class FakeDirectory(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    state: DirectoryState
+
+    def do_POST(self):
+        raw = self.rfile.read(int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0")))
+        if self.path == "/auth/simple/login":
+            self.state.logins += 1
+            payload = json.loads(raw)
+            if self.state.login_status != 200:
+                body = self.state.login_body
+                if isinstance(body, dict):
+                    body = json.dumps(body).encode()
+                self._raw(self.state.login_status, body)
+                return
+            if payload.get("username") != "admin" or payload.get("password") != self.state.password:
+                leaked = json.dumps({"message": "invalid", "password": payload.get("password")}).encode()
+                self._raw(401, leaked)
+                return
+            self._send(200, {"token": TOKEN})
+            return
+        if self.path == "/api/graphql":
+            self.state.graphql += 1
+            if self.headers.get("Authorization") != f"Bearer {TOKEN}":
+                self._send(401, {"message": "unauthorized"})
+                return
+            self._send(200, self._graphql(json.loads(raw)))
+            return
+        self._send(404, {"error": "not_found"})
+
+    def _graphql(self, body: dict) -> dict:
+        query = str(body.get("query") or "")
+        variables = body.get("variables") or {}
+        if "createUser" in query:
+            user_id = str(variables["id"])
+            self.state.users[user_id] = {
+                "id": user_id,
+                "email": variables["email"],
+                "displayName": variables["display"],
+                "groups": [],
+            }
+            return {"data": {"createUser": {"id": user_id}}}
+        if "createGroup" in query:
+            name = str(variables["name"])
+            group_id = self.state.next_group
+            self.state.next_group += 1
+            self.state.groups[name] = group_id
+            return {"data": {"createGroup": {"id": group_id, "displayName": name}}}
+        if "addUserToGroup" in query:
+            user = self.state.users[str(variables["userId"])]
+            group_id = int(variables["groupId"])
+            name = next(n for n, i in self.state.groups.items() if i == group_id)
+            user["groups"].append({"id": group_id, "displayName": name})
+            return {"data": {"addUserToGroup": {"ok": True}}}
+        if "users {" in query and "groups {" in query:
+            return {
+                "data": {
+                    "users": [
+                        {"id": user["id"], "email": user["email"], "displayName": user["displayName"]}
+                        for user in self.state.users.values()
+                    ],
+                    "groups": [
+                        {"id": group_id, "displayName": name}
+                        for name, group_id in self.state.groups.items()
+                    ],
+                }
+            }
+        if "groups { id }" in query:
+            return {"data": {"groups": [{"id": group_id} for group_id in self.state.groups.values()]}}
+        return {"data": {}}
+
+    def _send(self, status: int, payload: dict) -> None:
+        self._raw(status, json.dumps(payload).encode())
+
+    def _raw(self, status: int, body: bytes) -> None:
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    def log_message(self, format, *args):
+        return
+
+
+def serve(handler):
+    server = ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), handler)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    return server, thread, f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.server_port}"
+
+
+class DirectoryContractTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.state = DirectoryState()
+
+        class Bound(FakeDirectory):
+            state = self.state
+
+        self.directory, self.directory_thread, self.directory_url = serve(Bound)
+        self.provisioner = LLDAPProvisioner(
+            base_url=self.directory_url,
+            admin_password=SECRET,
+            auth_rejected_cooldown=60,
+            clock=lambda: self.now,
+        )
+        self.now = 0.0
+
+        class App(Handler):
+            service_token = "fixture-only-service-token"
+            provisioner = self.provisioner
+            password_setups = PasswordSetupGrants(
+                public_url="https://kc.example/setup/password",
+                setter=LLDAPPasswordSetter(
+                    base_url=self.directory_url,
+                    admin_password=SECRET,
+                    helper="/bin/true",
+                    runner=lambda *args, **kwargs: type("R", (), {"returncode": 0})(),
+                ),
+            )
+
+        self.app, self.app_thread, self.app_url = serve(App)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for server, thread in (
+            (self.app, self.app_thread),
+            (self.directory, self.directory_thread),
+        ):
+            server.shutdown()
+            server.server_close()
+            thread.join()
+
+    def get(self, path: str):
+        try:
+            response = urlopen(self.app_url + path)
+        except HTTPError as error:
+            response = error
+        with response:
+            body = response.read().decode()
+            return response.status, json.loads(body) if body.startswith("{") else body
+
+    def provision(self):
+        payload = {
+            "user_id": "person-1",
+            "tenant": "tenant:trial:demo",
+            "primary_email": "person@example.test",
+            "display_name": "Person",
+            "idempotency_key": "fixture-long-idempotency",
+            "correlation_id": "corr-fixture",
+            "roles": ["tenant-admin"],
+        }
+        request = Request(
+            self.app_url + "/v1/identities/provision",
+            data=json.dumps(payload).encode(),
+            headers={"Authorization": "Bearer fixture-only-service-token"},
+        )
+        try:
+            response = urlopen(request)
+        except HTTPError as error:
+            response = error
+        with response:
+            return response.status, json.loads(response.read())
+
+    def test_preflight_covers_login_and_directory_read(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {"status": "ready", "dependency": "directory"},
+            self.provisioner.preflight(),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.state.logins)
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.state.graphql)
+
+    def test_healthz_stays_ok_when_directory_rejects_bind(self):
+        self.state.login_status = 401
+        self.state.login_body = {"message": "invalid", "password": SECRET}
+        live_status, live = self.get("/healthz")
+        ready_status, ready = self.get("/readyz")
+        self.assertEqual(200, live_status)
+        self.assertEqual({"status": "ok"}, live)
+        self.assertEqual(503, ready_status)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {
+                "error": "dependency_unavailable",
+                "dependency": "directory",
+                "reason": "auth_rejected",
+            },
+            ready,
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET, json.dumps(ready))
+
+    def test_rejected_bind_is_not_retried_during_cooldown(self):
+        self.state.login_status = 401
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure) as failure:
+            self.provisioner.preflight()
+        self.assertEqual("auth_rejected", failure.exception.code)
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.state.logins)
+        self.now = 30.0
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure):
+            self.provisioner.preflight()
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.state.logins)
+        self.now = 60.0
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure):
+            self.provisioner.preflight()
+        self.assertEqual(2, self.state.logins)
+
+    def test_provision_returns_redacted_structured_failure_not_http_error(self):
+        self.state.login_status = 401
+        self.state.login_body = {"message": "invalid", "password": SECRET}
+        status, payload = self.provision()
+        self.assertEqual(503, status)
+        self.assertEqual("dependency_unavailable", payload["error"])
+        self.assertEqual("directory", payload["dependency"])
+        self.assertEqual("auth_rejected", payload["reason"])
+        serialized = json.dumps(payload)
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET, serialized)
+        self.assertNotIn("HTTPError", serialized)
+        self.assertNotIn("password", serialized)
+
+    def test_native_provision_and_password_setup_journey(self):
+        status, payload = self.provision()
+        self.assertEqual(200, status)
+        self.assertEqual("password_setup_required", payload["status"])
+        self.assertIn("uid=person,ou=people,dc=netkingdom,dc=local", payload["external_subject"])
+        self.assertIn("person", self.state.users)
+        self.assertIn("tenant:trial:demo:users", self.state.groups)
+        self.assertIn("tenant:trial:demo:admins", self.state.groups)
+        token = payload["password_setup_url"].partition("token=")[2]
+        request = Request(
+            self.app_url + "/setup/password",
+            data=urlencode({
+                "token": token,
+                "password": "recipient-long-password",
+                "confirmation": "recipient-long-password",
+            }).encode(),
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"},
+        )
+        with urlopen(request) as response:
+            body = response.read().decode()
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status)
+        self.assertIn("Password set", body)
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET, body)
+        self.assertNotIn("recipient-long-password", body)
+        self.assertNotIn(token, body)
+
+
+class DirectoryLoginMappingTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_http_401_becomes_auth_rejected_without_body_or_cause(self):
+        def opener(request, timeout=10):
+            raise HTTPError(
+                request.full_url,
+                401,
+                "Unauthorized",
+                hdrs=None,
+                fp=io.BytesIO(json.dumps({"password": SECRET, "token": "leaked"}).encode()),
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure) as failure:
+            directory_login(base_url="http://directory", admin_password=SECRET, opener=opener)
+        self.assertEqual("auth_rejected", failure.exception.code)
+        self.assertIsNone(failure.exception.__cause__)
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET, str(failure.exception))
+        self.assertNotIn("leaked", str(failure.exception.payload()))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {
+                "error": "dependency_unavailable",
+                "dependency": "directory",
+                "reason": "auth_rejected",
+            },
+            failure.exception.payload(),
+        )
+
+    def test_unreachable_directory_is_structured_and_not_retried(self):
+        calls = []
+
+        def opener(request, timeout=10):
+            calls.append(timeout)
+            raise URLError("connection refused")
+
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure) as failure:
+            directory_login(base_url="http://directory", admin_password=SECRET, opener=opener)
+        self.assertEqual("unreachable", failure.exception.code)
+        self.assertEqual([10], calls)
+
+    def test_password_setter_rejects_bind_once(self):
+        calls = []
+
+        def opener(request, timeout=10):
+            calls.append(json.loads(request.data)["password"])
+            raise HTTPError(request.full_url, 401, "Unauthorized", hdrs=None, fp=io.BytesIO(b"{}"))
+
+        setter = LLDAPPasswordSetter(
+            base_url="http://directory",
+            admin_password=SECRET,
+            opener=opener,
+            runner=lambda *args, **kwargs: (_ for _ in ()).throw(AssertionError("helper must not run")),
+        )
+        with self.assertRaises(DependencyFailure) as failure:
+            setter("person", "recipient-long-password")
+        self.assertEqual("auth_rejected", failure.exception.code)
+        self.assertEqual([SECRET], calls)
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET, str(failure.exception))

sso-mfa/k8s/identity-provisioner/deployment.yaml

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ spec:
           resources:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 32Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 250m, memory: 128Mi}
+          # /healthz is process liveness only. After the T05 image is pinned,
+          # switch readiness to /readyz (timeoutSeconds >= 5) so a rejected
+          # directory bind takes the pod out of Service endpoints.
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet: {path: /healthz, port: http}
             periodSeconds: 10

workplans/NK-WP-0036-restore-user-portal-client-registration.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ status: active
 owner: the-custodian
 topic_slug: netkingdom
 created: "2026-09-11"
-updated: "2026-09-12"
+updated: "2026-09-14"
 related: [KEY-WP-0007, RAPPS-WP-0014, VERGABE-WP-0019]
 state_hub_workstream_id: "6e1358d6-87e4-52e7-b3dd-09abdc48cefc"
 ---
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ to export another live Secret. Retain NK-WP-0033's separate incident residuals.
 
 ```task
 id: NK-WP-0036-T05
-status: todo
+status: progress
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "46d33ab6-d76b-537f-8d60-32c4451675b5"
 ```
@@ -156,6 +156,27 @@ single native onboarding journey. Preserve credential secrecy and avoid
 unbounded password-check retries. Actual demo users and application admission
 remain RAPPS-WP-0014 and VERGABE-WP-0019.
 
+2026-09-14 agent implementation (not yet done): source now maps directory
+HTTPError/URLError to redacted `{"error":"dependency_unavailable",
+"dependency":"directory","reason":"auth_rejected|unreachable|protocol_error"}`.
+`GET /healthz` remains process liveness; `GET /readyz` runs one login plus one
+directory read. Auth rejection is cached for 30s so probes do not retry a
+rejected password unbounded. 28 provider tests pass locally, including the new
+directory-contract suite. identity-journeys CI discovers those tests;
+identity-provisioner-image.yaml is the immutable publish lane.
+
+Remaining operator steps before T05 can be marked done:
+1. Push this commit to `main` so identity-journeys and identity-provisioner-image
+   run. Confirm journeys green, then record the image digest from
+   `coulomb/identity-provisioner`.
+2. Pin that digest in `sso-mfa/k8s/identity-provisioner/deployment.yaml`, switch
+   readiness to `/readyz` with `timeoutSeconds: 5` or higher, keep liveness on
+   `/healthz`, apply, and confirm Ready 1/1 with `/readyz` returning
+   `{"status":"ready","dependency":"directory"}`.
+3. Verify one native onboarding journey: provider login, user create/linkage,
+   password setup. Do not retry a rejected password in a loop. Demo users and
+   application admission stay RAPPS-WP-0014 and VERGABE-WP-0019.
+
 
 ## Admit the canonical users hostname and preserve callback validation