diff --git a/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/cronjob.yaml b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/cronjob.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff22fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/cronjob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# RPF-WP-0046: daily renew-self for the ESO parent tokens of the five
+# dynamic-database ClusterSecretStores. The Secrets are mounted, not read via
+# the API, so the ServiceAccount has no RBAC and no API token.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: eso-token-renewer
+  namespace: external-secrets
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: eso-token-renewer
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: railiance-platform
+automountServiceAccountToken: false
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: eso-token-renewer
+  namespace: external-secrets
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: eso-token-renewer
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: railiance-platform
+spec:
+  schedule: '40 2 * * *'
+  timeZone: Etc/UTC
+  suspend: false
+  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
+  startingDeadlineSeconds: 3600
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 5
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
+      backoffLimit: 2
+      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 604800
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: eso-token-renewer
+        spec:
+          serviceAccountName: eso-token-renewer
+          automountServiceAccountToken: false
+          restartPolicy: Never
+          securityContext:
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+            runAsUser: 65534
+            runAsGroup: 65534
+            fsGroup: 65534
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          containers:
+          - name: renew
+            image: python:3.12-slim@sha256:d764629ce0ddd8c71fd371e9901efb324a95789d2315a47db7e4d27e78f1b0e9
+            command: [python3, /worker/renew.py]
+            env:
+            - name: PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+              value: '1'
+            - name: BAO_ADDR
+              value: http://openbao.openbao.svc:8200
+            - name: ESO_TOKEN_ROOT
+              value: /var/run/eso-tokens
+            - name: MIN_TTL_SECONDS
+              value: '259200'
+            securityContext:
+              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+              capabilities:
+                drop: [ALL]
+            resources:
+              requests: {cpu: 10m, memory: 24Mi}
+              limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 64Mi}
+            volumeMounts:
+            - {name: worker, mountPath: /worker, readOnly: true}
+            - {name: audit-core, mountPath: /var/run/eso-tokens/audit-core, readOnly: true}
+            - {name: canned-prompts, mountPath: /var/run/eso-tokens/canned-prompts, readOnly: true}
+            - {name: core-hub, mountPath: /var/run/eso-tokens/core-hub, readOnly: true}
+            - {name: sbom-nexus, mountPath: /var/run/eso-tokens/sbom-nexus, readOnly: true}
+            - {name: tenant-engine, mountPath: /var/run/eso-tokens/tenant-engine, readOnly: true}
+          volumes:
+          - name: worker
+            configMap: {name: eso-token-renewer-worker, defaultMode: 0444}
+          - name: audit-core
+            secret: {secretName: openbao-audit-core-eso-token, defaultMode: 0440, items: [{key: token, path: token}]}
+          - name: canned-prompts
+            secret: {secretName: openbao-canned-prompts-eso-token, defaultMode: 0440, items: [{key: token, path: token}]}
+          - name: core-hub
+            secret: {secretName: openbao-core-hub-eso-token, defaultMode: 0440, items: [{key: token, path: token}]}
+          - name: sbom-nexus
+            secret: {secretName: openbao-sbom-nexus-eso-token, defaultMode: 0440, items: [{key: token, path: token}]}
+          - name: tenant-engine
+            secret: {secretName: openbao-tenant-engine-eso-token, defaultMode: 0440, items: [{key: token, path: token}]}
diff --git a/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/kustomization.yaml b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7551a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+# RPF-WP-0046. Read only by the railiance01 Application in
+# argocd/railiance01/drafts/eso-token-renewer.application.yaml. No coulombcore
+# Application points here.
+
+namespace: external-secrets
+
+resources:
+  - cronjob.yaml
+
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: eso-token-renewer-worker
+    files:
+      - renew.py
diff --git a/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/renew.py b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/renew.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6914ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/renew.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Renew the ESO parent tokens that project OpenBao dynamic database leases.
+
+ESO never renews a tokenSecretRef token, and OpenBao revokes every lease a
+token created when that token expires (RPF-WP-0046). Each token Secret is
+mounted read-only at <ESO_TOKEN_ROOT>/<lane>/token. For each lane this calls
+auth/token/renew-self and prints one JSON line with the lane, the resulting
+TTL and an error class. It never prints a token.
+
+Exit 1 if any lane fails or ends below MIN_TTL_SECONDS, so the Job is marked
+failed. A non-periodic token cannot be renewed past its max TTL, so it trips
+the threshold as it nears expiry instead of failing silently.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+
+ADDR = os.environ.get('BAO_ADDR', 'http://openbao.openbao.svc:8200').rstrip('/')
+ROOT = Path(os.environ.get('ESO_TOKEN_ROOT', '/var/run/eso-tokens'))
+MIN_TTL = int(os.environ.get('MIN_TTL_SECONDS', str(72 * 3600)))
+
+
+def renew(token, opener=urllib.request.urlopen):
+    request = urllib.request.Request(
+        ADDR + '/v1/auth/token/renew-self', data=b'{}', method='POST',
+        headers={'X-Vault-Token': token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
+    with opener(request, timeout=15) as response:
+        auth = json.load(response).get('auth') or {}
+    return {'ttl': auth.get('lease_duration'), 'renewable': auth.get('renewable')}
+
+
+def check_lane(lane_dir, opener=urllib.request.urlopen):
+    result = {'lane': lane_dir.name, 'ok': False}
+    try:
+        token = (lane_dir / 'token').read_text(encoding='utf-8').strip()
+        if not token:
+            return dict(result, error='empty_token')
+        result.update(renew(token, opener))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
+        return dict(result, error='http_%s' % error.code)
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, ValueError) as error:
+        return dict(result, error=type(error).__name__)
+    ttl = result.get('ttl')
+    if not isinstance(ttl, int) or ttl < MIN_TTL:
+        return dict(result, error='ttl_below_threshold')
+    return dict(result, ok=True)
+
+
+def main(opener=urllib.request.urlopen):
+    lanes = sorted(p for p in ROOT.iterdir() if p.is_dir() and not p.name.startswith('.'))
+    if not lanes:
+        print(json.dumps({'ok': False, 'error': 'no_lanes_mounted'}))
+        return 1
+    results = [check_lane(lane, opener) for lane in lanes]
+    for item in results:
+        print(json.dumps(item, sort_keys=True))
+    return 0 if all(item['ok'] for item in results) else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/argocd/railiance01/bootstrap/02-railiance-platform-addons-project.yaml b/argocd/railiance01/bootstrap/02-railiance-platform-addons-project.yaml
index 182b110..e61f072 100644
--- a/argocd/railiance01/bootstrap/02-railiance-platform-addons-project.yaml
+++ b/argocd/railiance01/bootstrap/02-railiance-platform-addons-project.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
       kind: ServiceAccount
     - group: apps
       kind: Deployment
+    - group: batch
+      kind: CronJob
     - group: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
       kind: Role
     - group: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/argocd/railiance01/drafts/eso-token-renewer.application.yaml b/argocd/railiance01/drafts/eso-token-renewer.application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e57b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argocd/railiance01/drafts/eso-token-renewer.application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# DRAFT for railiance01 (RPF-WP-0046-T04). Not synced by any root: move to
+# ../applications/ only in T04, with the founder's go-ahead, after the
+# platform-addons AppProject carries batch/CronJob. No automated sync, no
+# finalizer. Set targetRevision to the reviewed commit at adoption.
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: eso-token-renewer
+  namespace: argocd
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: railiance-gitops
+    railiance-platform/component: external-secrets
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+spec:
+  project: railiance-platform-addons
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/railiance-platform.git
+    targetRevision: PIN-AT-ADOPTION
+    path: argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: external-secrets
+  syncPolicy:
+    syncOptions:
+      - ApplyOutOfSyncOnly=true
+      - PruneLast=true
diff --git a/scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh b/scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7459d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# RPF-WP-0046-T03: re-mint the dynamic-database ESO parent tokens as PERIODIC
+# tokens, so the eso-token-renewer CronJob can keep them alive indefinitely.
+# A 768h max-TTL token cannot be renewed past its max TTL, and when it expires
+# OpenBao revokes every database lease it created (the 2026-09-23 outages).
+#
+# Derived from rapp-postgres scripts/apply-eso-token-attended.sh (3ebd984):
+# same policies per lane, same silent contract, but -period instead of -ttl.
+#
+#   python3 /home/worsch/railiance-platform/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py -- \
+#     /home/worsch/railiance-platform/scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh \
+#     --confirm RPF-WP-0046-PERIODIC-ESO-TOKEN --status <absolute status file> \
+#     audit-core canned-prompts core-hub sbom-nexus tenant-engine
+#
+# - Silent: warden fails closed on any child output. The status file (absolute,
+#   created 0600) gets a non-secret trace only.
+# - Tokens move only through pipes on stdin: never in argv, output, or files.
+# - Secrets are written with server-side apply and without the last-applied
+#   annotation. The replaced token is left to expire; see RPF-WP-0046-T05 for
+#   the consumer restart that must precede its expiry.
+#
+# Exit codes: 0 all lanes applied and verified · 2 bad arguments or missing
+# tool · 3 mint failed · 4 token not periodic/renewable or wrong policies ·
+# 5 Kubernetes apply failed · 6 post-apply check failed.
+exec >/dev/null 2>&1
+set -u
+
+CONFIRM=RPF-WP-0046-PERIODIC-ESO-TOKEN
+TOKEN_PERIOD=${TOKEN_PERIOD:-168h}
+REMOTE_HOST=${REMOTE_HOST:-railiance01}
+SECRET_NAMESPACE=external-secrets
+STATUS=/dev/null
+ERR="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$ERR"; unset child_token token_json' EXIT
+
+note() { printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$STATUS"; }
+fail() { note "exit $1 at $2"; sed 's/^/  err: /' "$ERR" | head -5 >>"$STATUS"; exit "$1"; }
+
+# lane -> "secret-name policy[,policy...]"; keep in step with the renewer mounts.
+lane_spec() {
+  case "$1" in
+    audit-core) echo "openbao-audit-core-eso-token external-secrets-audit-core" ;;
+    canned-prompts) echo "openbao-canned-prompts-eso-token external-secrets-canned-prompts-database" ;;
+    core-hub) echo "openbao-core-hub-eso-token external-secrets-core-hub-database" ;;
+    sbom-nexus) echo "openbao-sbom-nexus-eso-token external-secrets-sbom-nexus-database" ;;
+    tenant-engine) echo "openbao-tenant-engine-eso-token credential-broker-tenant-engine-runtime,credential-broker-tenant-engine-migration" ;;
+    *) return 1 ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+[ "${1:-}" = "--confirm" ] && [ "${2:-}" = "$CONFIRM" ] || exit 2
+shift 2
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--status" ]; then
+  case "${2:-}" in /*) ;; *) exit 2 ;; esac
+  STATUS=$2
+  shift 2
+  ( umask 077; : >"$STATUS" ) || exit 2
+fi
+[ "$#" -ge 1 ] || { note "usage: --confirm $CONFIRM [--status FILE] <lane>..."; exit 2; }
+for lane in "$@"; do
+  lane_spec "$lane" >/dev/null || { note "unknown lane: $lane"; exit 2; }
+done
+for tool in bao python3 ssh; do
+  command -v "$tool" || { note "missing tool: $tool"; exit 2; }
+done
+note "BAO_ADDR=${BAO_ADDR:-unset} remote=$REMOTE_HOST period=$TOKEN_PERIOD lanes=$*"
+
+for lane in "$@"; do
+  spec=$(lane_spec "$lane")
+  secret=${spec%% *}
+  policies=${spec#* }
+  policy_args=$(printf '%s' "$policies" | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/^/-policy=/' | tr '\n' ' ')
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # policy_args is a controlled word list
+  token_json=$(bao token create $policy_args -period="$TOKEN_PERIOD" \
+    -renewable=true -orphan -format=json 2>"$ERR") || fail 3 "$lane token create"
+  child_token=$(printf '%s' "$token_json" | python3 -c \
+    'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["auth"]["client_token"], end="")' 2>"$ERR") \
+    || fail 3 "$lane parse token"
+  [ "${#child_token}" -ge 8 ] || fail 3 "$lane empty token"
+
+  printf '%s' "$child_token" | bao write -format=json auth/token/lookup token=- 2>"$ERR" \
+    | EXPECTED="$policies" python3 -c '
+import json, os, sys
+d = json.load(sys.stdin)["data"]
+got = sorted(p for p in d.get("policies", []) if p != "default")
+want = sorted(os.environ["EXPECTED"].split(","))
+print("  renewable=%s period=%s policies=%s orphan=%s" % (
+    d.get("renewable"), d.get("period"), ",".join(d.get("policies", [])), d.get("orphan")))
+sys.exit(0 if d.get("renewable") is True and int(d.get("period") or 0) > 0 and got == want else 1)
+' >>"$STATUS" 2>"$ERR" || fail 4 "$lane token lookup/verify"
+  note "$lane: minted periodic and verified"
+
+  printf '%s' "$child_token" | ssh -o BatchMode=yes "$REMOTE_HOST" "
+    set -e
+    kubectl -n '$SECRET_NAMESPACE' create secret generic '$secret' \
+      --from-file=token=/dev/stdin --dry-run=client -o yaml \
+      | kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts \
+          --field-manager=railiance-platform-attended -f - >/dev/null
+    kubectl -n '$SECRET_NAMESPACE' annotate secret '$secret' \
+      kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration- >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  " 2>"$ERR" || fail 5 "$lane kubernetes apply"
+  note "$lane: secret $secret applied"
+
+  check=$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes "$REMOTE_HOST" \
+    "kubectl -n '$SECRET_NAMESPACE' get secret '$secret' -o go-template='{{ with .metadata.annotations }}{{ if index . \"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration\" }}HAS-ANNOTATION{{ else }}clean{{ end }}{{ else }}clean{{ end }}'" 2>"$ERR") \
+    || fail 6 "$lane post-apply read"
+  note "$lane: annotation check $check"
+  [ "$check" = "clean" ] || fail 6 "$lane annotation still present"
+  unset child_token token_json
+done
+note "exit 0"
+exit 0
diff --git a/tests/test_eso_token_renewer.py b/tests/test_eso_token_renewer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fa5631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_eso_token_renewer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import importlib.util
+import io
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import subprocess
+import urllib.error
+
+import yaml
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+ADDON = ROOT / 'argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer'
+MINT = ROOT / 'scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh'
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('renew', ADDON / 'renew.py')
+m = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(m)
+
+
+class Response(io.BytesIO):
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc):
+        return False
+
+
+def opener_for(ttls):
+    seen = []
+
+    def opener(request, timeout):
+        token = request.headers['X-vault-token']
+        seen.append((request.full_url, request.get_method(), token))
+        ttl = ttls[token]
+        if isinstance(ttl, Exception):
+            raise ttl
+        return Response(json.dumps({'auth': {'lease_duration': ttl, 'renewable': True}}).encode())
+    return opener, seen
+
+
+def lanes(tmp_path, tokens):
+    for lane, token in tokens.items():
+        (tmp_path / lane).mkdir()
+        (tmp_path / lane / 'token').write_text(token + '\n')
+    m.ROOT = tmp_path
+
+
+def test_all_lanes_renewed_and_no_token_printed(tmp_path, capsys):
+    lanes(tmp_path, {'core-hub': 'tok-a', 'tenant-engine': 'tok-b'})
+    opener, seen = opener_for({'tok-a': 604800, 'tok-b': 604800})
+    assert m.main(opener) == 0
+    assert [s[1] for s in seen] == ['POST', 'POST']
+    assert all(s[0].endswith('/v1/auth/token/renew-self') for s in seen)
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert 'tok-a' not in out and 'tok-b' not in out
+    assert [json.loads(line)['lane'] for line in out.splitlines()] == ['core-hub', 'tenant-engine']
+
+
+def test_capped_ttl_and_http_errors_fail_the_job(tmp_path, capsys):
+    lanes(tmp_path, {'a': 't1', 'b': 't2', 'c': 't3'})
+    denied = urllib.error.HTTPError('u', 403, 'denied', {}, None)
+    opener, _ = opener_for({'t1': 604800, 't2': 3600, 't3': denied})
+    assert m.main(opener) == 1
+    rows = {r['lane']: r for r in map(json.loads, capsys.readouterr().out.splitlines())}
+    assert rows['a']['ok'] and rows['b']['error'] == 'ttl_below_threshold'
+    assert rows['c']['error'] == 'http_403'
+
+
+def test_no_lanes_is_a_failure(tmp_path):
+    m.ROOT = tmp_path
+    assert m.main() == 1
+
+
+def test_cronjob_mounts_match_mint_script_lanes():
+    docs = list(yaml.safe_load_all((ADDON / 'cronjob.yaml').read_text()))
+    cron = next(d for d in docs if d['kind'] == 'CronJob')
+    pod = cron['spec']['jobTemplate']['spec']['template']['spec']
+    mounted = {v['name']: v['secret']['secretName'] for v in pod['volumes'] if 'secret' in v}
+    script = MINT.read_text()
+    minted = dict(re.findall(r'^\s+([a-z-]+)\) echo "(openbao-[a-z-]+-eso-token) ', script, re.M))
+    assert mounted == minted
+    assert pod['automountServiceAccountToken'] is False
+    assert all(m_['readOnly'] for m_ in pod['containers'][0]['volumeMounts'])
+
+
+def test_mint_script_uses_period_and_is_silent():
+    script = MINT.read_text()
+    assert 'exec >/dev/null 2>&1' in script
+    assert '-period="$TOKEN_PERIOD"' in script and '-ttl=' not in script
+    assert subprocess.run(['sh', '-n', str(MINT)]).returncode == 0
+    assert subprocess.run(['sh', str(MINT), '--confirm', 'wrong', 'core-hub']).returncode == 2
+
+
+def test_mint_policies_exist_or_are_known_external():
+    script = MINT.read_text()
+    policies = set()
+    for group in re.findall(r'-eso-token ([a-z0-9,-]+)"', script):
+        policies.update(group.split(','))
+    declared = {p.stem for p in (ROOT / 'openbao/policies').glob('*.hcl')}
+    # Configured by rapp-postgres scripts (configure-*-openbao.sh), not as .hcl here.
+    external = {'external-secrets-canned-prompts-database', 'external-secrets-sbom-nexus-database',
+                'credential-broker-tenant-engine-runtime', 'credential-broker-tenant-engine-migration'}
+    assert policies - declared <= external
diff --git a/workplans/RPF-WP-0046-eso-database-token-renewal.md b/workplans/RPF-WP-0046-eso-database-token-renewal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c930d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workplans/RPF-WP-0046-eso-database-token-renewal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+---
+id: RPF-WP-0046
+type: workplan
+title: "Keep the dynamic-database ESO parent tokens alive: periodic tokens and a renewer"
+domain: financials
+repo: railiance-platform
+status: active
+owner: railiance-platform
+topic_slug: railiance
+created: "2026-09-23"
+updated: "2026-09-23"
+related: [RPF-WP-0045, RPF-WP-0037, RPF-WP-0036]
+---
+
+## Problem
+
+Five ClusterSecretStores read OpenBao dynamic database credentials
+(`path: database`) with a static `tokenSecretRef`. The stores are
+`openbao-audit-core-database`, `-canned-prompts-database`,
+`-core-hub-database`, `-sbom-nexus-database` and `-tenant-engine-database`.
+Each token is a 768h renewable orphan. Nothing renews it, and ESO never renews
+a `tokenSecretRef` token. When a token reaches its max TTL, OpenBao revokes
+every lease the token created. On 2026-09-23 this took down sbom-nexus
+(State Hub `/repos` returned 502), tenant-engine (742 restarts) and
+core-hub-api-candidate (43h unready). activity-core restored all three with
+fresh 768h tokens (rapp-postgres `3ebd984`, hub messages `200e2aae` and
+`42b0365c`). **Those tokens expire again around 2026-10-25T17:00Z.**
+
+## Decision (founder, 2026-09-23)
+
+Auto-renew, rather than switching to Kubernetes auth or static DB roles.
+
+Why Kubernetes auth is not a drop-in fix here: ESO v0.16.1
+(`pkg/provider/vault/client.go`, `Close()`) revokes a login-obtained token after
+each reconcile unless token caching is enabled. Revoking that token revokes
+the dynamic leases it just created, so the delivered DB password would die
+within seconds. RPF-WP-0045 was safe only because its stores read KV. Static
+database roles would remove the parent-token dependency. That change crosses
+rapp-postgres and four consumer repos, and remains a possible later plan.
+
+Design:
+
+- Re-mint each token once as a **periodic** token (`-period=168h`, renewable,
+  orphan, same policies). A periodic token has no max TTL; each renewal resets
+  it to the period.
+- A daily CronJob `external-secrets/eso-token-renewer` mounts the five token
+  Secrets read-only and calls `auth/token/renew-self`. The job fails if any
+  lane fails or ends below 72h. A token that was not re-minted as periodic
+  trips that threshold near its max TTL, so it cannot expire silently.
+- The CronJob ships through ArgoCD (`railiance-platform-addons`), not by
+  direct apply, per the change gate.
+
+## T01 Renewer worker and manifests
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T01
+status: done
+priority: high
+```
+
+`argocd/platform-addons/eso-token-renewer/` holds `renew.py`, the
+ServiceAccount (no RBAC, no API token), the CronJob and the kustomization. The
+kustomization generates the worker ConfigMap. The draft Application is
+`argocd/railiance01/drafts/eso-token-renewer.application.yaml`. The
+`railiance-platform-addons` AppProject gains `batch/CronJob` in git. That
+AppProject is applied by hand, so the git change alone is not live. Tests:
+`tests/test_eso_token_renewer.py`. A server-side dry run on railiance01 on
+2026-09-23 passed for all three objects.
+
+## T02 Periodic attended mint script
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T02
+status: done
+priority: high
+```
+
+The script is `scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh`. It is
+rapp-postgres's reviewed silent contract, changed only to use `-period` and
+to cover all five lanes. It verifies `period > 0`, `renewable` and the exact
+policy set before it writes the Secret with server-side apply. Lane-to-Secret
+parity with the CronJob mounts is tested.
+
+## T03 Re-mint the five tokens as periodic (live, founder)
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T03
+status: wait
+priority: high
+```
+
+This step is `ADMINISTER @ realm:kubernetes/railiance01`, `activation=APPROVED`,
+and needs an attended OIDC/MFA login:
+
+```sh
+python3 /home/worsch/railiance-platform/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py -- \
+  /home/worsch/railiance-platform/scripts/openbao-eso-db-token-periodic-attended.sh \
+  --confirm RPF-WP-0046-PERIODIC-ESO-TOKEN \
+  --status /home/worsch/railiance-platform/docs/evidence/<date>-eso-db-token-periodic.status \
+  audit-core canned-prompts core-hub sbom-nexus tenant-engine
+```
+
+Then force a refresh and check that all five stores are `Valid` and their
+ExternalSecrets are `SecretSynced`.
+
+## T04 Adopt the renewer through ArgoCD (live, founder)
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T04
+status: wait
+priority: high
+```
+
+1. Apply `argocd/railiance01/bootstrap/02-railiance-platform-addons-project.yaml`
+   by hand, which adds `batch/CronJob`.
+2. Pin `targetRevision` in the draft to the reviewed commit, move the draft to
+   `argocd/railiance01/applications/`, merge, and sync the root by hand.
+3. Sync `eso-token-renewer` manually. Then run one Job by hand:
+   `kubectl -n external-secrets create job --from=cronjob/eso-token-renewer eso-token-renewer-first`.
+   Every lane must print `ok: true` with a TTL of 604800.
+
+## T05 Move consumers off leases from the old tokens before 2026-10-25
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T05
+status: wait
+priority: high
+```
+
+The replaced 768h tokens still expire around 2026-10-25T17:00Z, and they
+revoke their leases when they do. ESO refreshes every 5 minutes, so within
+minutes of T03 each target Secret holds credentials from the new token. The
+mounted files update, but a process that reads its password only at startup
+keeps the old one. core-hub runs a credential watcher. Restart the others once
+after T03, at least 10 minutes later and well before 2026-10-25:
+`audit-core/audit-core`, `canned-prompts/canned-prompts`,
+`sbom-nexus/sbom-nexus`, `tenant-engine/tenant-engine`. Check readiness after
+each restart. Then confirm that core-hub-api and core-hub-api-candidate stay
+ready.
+
+## T06 Hand-offs and assurance
+
+```task
+id: RPF-WP-0046-T06
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+- rapp-postgres: the 768h mint scripts (`apply-*-eso-token*.sh`) would undo
+  T03 if rerun. Point them at this plan's periodic script, or change them to
+  `-period`.
+- audit-core: `scripts/renew-runtime-lease.sh` re-mints a 768h token. It needs
+  the same alignment.
+- railiance-telemetry: alert on a failed `eso-token-renewer` Job, or on no
+  successful run in 48h.
+- RPF-WP-0036: add the renewer's last successful run to `assurance-capture`.
+
+## Risks
+
+- **Renewer outage.** Seven days of slack at the 168h period, and the job
+  fails loudly. The alert (T06) is what makes it safe.
+- **Lease max TTL is unchanged.** Each dynamic lease is still capped by its
+  role or mount max TTL. A pod that reads its password once and runs longer
+  than that loses the lease, whatever the parent token does. This is a
+  consumer reload issue, noted in the T06 hand-offs to the consumer owners.
+- **Credential lifetime.** A periodic token lives as long as it is renewed.
+  The scope stays exact per lane, and the Secrets carry no last-applied
+  annotation. Revocation is `bao token revoke` on the accessor, or deleting
+  the Secret and letting the period lapse.
+- **Rollback.** Suspend the CronJob, or delete the Application with prune.
+  Re-minting 768h tokens with rapp-postgres `apply-eso-token-attended.sh`
+  restores today's state.