Add public registration cancellation

src/user_engine/adapters/registration_verification.py

@@ -45,12 +45,24 @@ class HTTPRegistrationVerificationAdapter:
         )
 
     def consume(self, opaque_handle: str) -> VerifiedRegistrationApplicant:
+        return self._resolve(
+            opaque_handle, "/v1/registration-verifications/consume",
+            "public-registration",
+        )
+
+    def cancel(self, opaque_handle: str) -> VerifiedRegistrationApplicant:
+        return self._resolve(
+            opaque_handle, "/v1/registration-verifications/cancel",
+            "public-registration-cancel",
+        )
+
+    def _resolve(
+        self, opaque_handle: str, path: str, expected_purpose: str
+    ) -> VerifiedRegistrationApplicant:
         if len(opaque_handle) < 32:
             raise ValueError("verification handle is invalid")
-        result = self._post(
-            "/v1/registration-verifications/consume", {"handle": opaque_handle}
-        )
-        if result.get("purpose") != "public-registration":
+        result = self._post(path, {"handle": opaque_handle})
+        if result.get("purpose") != expected_purpose:
             raise RuntimeError("verification evidence has the wrong purpose")
         return VerifiedRegistrationApplicant(
             verification_id=str(result["verification_id"]),

src/user_engine/ports.py

@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ class RegistrationVerificationPort(Protocol):
     def consume(self, opaque_handle: str) -> VerifiedRegistrationApplicant:
         """Atomically consume verified, unexpired applicant evidence."""
 
+    def cancel(self, opaque_handle: str) -> VerifiedRegistrationApplicant:
+        """Atomically cancel an unexpired applicant intent using mailbox evidence."""
+
 
 class UserEngineStore(Protocol):
     """Durable persistence boundary for user-engine service behavior.

src/user_engine/web.py

@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ class PortalApplication:
         path = str(environ.get("PATH_INFO", "/")).rstrip("/") or "/"
         if method == "POST" and path in {
             "/register", "/registration/verify", "/registration/resume",
+            "/registration/cancel",
             "/api/v1/public/registrations",
             "/api/v1/public/registrations/verify",
             "/api/v1/public/registrations/resume",
+            "/api/v1/public/registrations/cancel",
         } and not self._accept_registration_attempt(environ):
             return self._error(
                 start_response, "429 Too Many Requests", "rate_limited",
@@ -229,6 +231,23 @@ class PortalApplication:
             return self._resume_public_registration(
                 environ, start_response, correlation_id, body=body, browser=True
             )
+        if path == "/registration/cancel" and method == "GET":
+            query = parse_qs(str(environ.get("QUERY_STRING", "")))
+            handle = str(query.get("handle", [""])[0])
+            if len(handle) < 16:
+                raise ValidationError("cancellation handle is invalid")
+            token = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
+            return self._html(
+                start_response, self._registration_cancel_form(token, handle),
+                correlation_id,
+                extra_headers=[("Set-Cookie", self._registration_csrf_cookie(token))],
+            )
+        if path == "/registration/cancel" and method == "POST":
+            body = self._form_body(environ)
+            self._require_registration_csrf(environ, str(body.get("csrf_token", "")))
+            return self._cancel_public_registration(
+                environ, start_response, correlation_id, body=body, browser=True
+            )
 
         if path == "/api/v1/public/registrations" and method == "POST":
             return self._start_public_registration(
@@ -242,6 +261,10 @@ class PortalApplication:
             return self._resume_public_registration(
                 environ, start_response, correlation_id
             )
+        if path == "/api/v1/public/registrations/cancel" and method == "POST":
+            return self._cancel_public_registration(
+                environ, start_response, correlation_id
+            )
 
         actor = self._actor(environ)
         if path == "/api/v1/me" and method == "GET":
@@ -1058,6 +1081,51 @@ class PortalApplication:
             browser=browser,
         )
 
+    def _cancel_public_registration(
+        self, environ, start_response, correlation_id, *,
+        body: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None, browser: bool = False,
+    ):
+        if not self.public_registration or self.registration_verification is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("public registration is unavailable")
+        body = body if body is not None else self._body(environ)
+        evidence = self.registration_verification.cancel(
+            str(body.get("handle") or "")
+        )
+        session = self.service.store.registration_session(evidence.registration_id)
+        if session is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("registration not found")
+        if (
+            evidence.client_id != session.client_id
+            or evidence.tenant != session.tenant
+            or evidence.preferred_username != session.applicant_username
+        ):
+            raise AuthorizationDenied("cancellation evidence does not match registration")
+        actor = Actor(
+            issuer="urn:netkingdom:public-registration",
+            subject=str(session.started_by_subject), tenant=session.tenant,
+            principal_type=PrincipalType.HUMAN, audience=("user-engine",),
+            roles=("registration-applicant",), authorized_party=session.client_id,
+            preferred_username=session.applicant_username,
+        )
+        self.service.abandon_registration(
+            actor, session.registration_id, correlation_id=correlation_id
+        )
+        if browser:
+            return self._html(
+                start_response,
+                self._page_html(
+                    "Registration canceled",
+                    "<h1>Registration canceled.</h1>"
+                    "<p>The request can no longer be verified. You may start again at any time.</p>"
+                    '<p><a class="button" href="/register">Start again</a></p>',
+                ),
+                correlation_id,
+            )
+        return self._json(
+            start_response, "200 OK", {"status": "registration_canceled"},
+            correlation_id,
+        )
+
     def _provision_public_registration(
         self, start_response, actor, user, session, email, display_name,
         preferred_username, correlation_id,
@@ -1305,6 +1373,18 @@ class PortalApplication:
 <input type="hidden" name="resume_handle" value="{escape(resume_handle)}">
 <button type="submit">Try identity setup again</button></form>""",
         )
+
+    def _registration_cancel_form(self, csrf_token: str, handle: str) -> str:
+        return self._page_html(
+            "Cancel registration",
+            f"""<h1>Cancel this registration?</h1>
+<p>This verification request will stop working. No login identity will be created.</p>
+<form method="post" action="/registration/cancel">
+<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{escape(csrf_token)}">
+<input type="hidden" name="handle" value="{escape(handle)}">
+<button type="submit">Cancel registration</button></form>
+<p><a href="/register">Keep registration</a></p>""",
+        )
     def _admin(
         self, tenant: str, memberships: tuple[Any, ...],
         invitations: tuple[Any, ...], diagnostics: Any,

tests/test_registration_verification_adapter.py

@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@ class RegistrationVerificationAdapterTests(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "wrong purpose"):
             adapter.consume("x" * 32)
 
+    @patch("user_engine.adapters.registration_verification.urlopen")
+    def test_cancel_requires_cancellation_purpose(self, opener):
+        opener.return_value = Response(json.dumps({
+            "purpose": "public-registration-cancel",
+            "verification_id": "fvc_1", "registration_id": "reg_1",
+            "email": "person@example.test", "preferred_username": "person",
+            "client_id": "coulomb-social", "tenant": "tenant:coulomb",
+            "source_system": "mail-verifier",
+            "assurance": {"mailbox_control": True},
+        }).encode())
+        adapter = HTTPRegistrationVerificationAdapter(
+            base_url="http://verification", bearer_token="secret"
+        )
+        evidence = adapter.cancel("x" * 32)
+        self.assertEqual("reg_1", evidence.registration_id)
+        self.assertTrue(opener.call_args.args[0].full_url.endswith("/cancel"))
+
     @patch("user_engine.adapters.registration_verification.urlopen")
     def test_expired_and_replayed_handles_have_the_same_redacted_failure(self, opener):
         adapter = HTTPRegistrationVerificationAdapter(

tests/test_web.py

@@ -284,6 +284,35 @@ class PortalApplicationTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("200 OK", completed["status"])
         self.assertIn(b"Create password", html)
 
+    def test_public_registration_browser_cancellation_is_bound_and_terminal(self):
+        verifier = FakeRegistrationVerification()
+        self.app.registration_verification = verifier
+        self.app.registration_clients = frozenset({"coulomb-social"})
+        self.app.registration_tenants = frozenset({"tenant:coulomb"})
+        invoke(self.app, "/api/v1/public/registrations", method="POST", body={
+            "username": "cancel.person", "email": "cancel@example.test",
+            "client_id": "coulomb-social", "tenant": "tenant:coulomb",
+        })
+        verifier.registration_id = verifier.requested.registration_id
+        confirmation, html = invoke(
+            self.app, "/registration/cancel", query="handle=" + "x" * 32
+        )
+        cookie = confirmation["headers"]["Set-Cookie"]
+        token = re.search(rb'name="csrf_token" value="([^"]+)"', html).group(1).decode()
+        canceled, html = invoke(
+            self.app, "/registration/cancel", method="POST", cookie=cookie,
+            form={"csrf_token": token, "handle": "x" * 32},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual("200 OK", canceled["status"])
+        self.assertIn(b"Registration canceled", html)
+        session = self.app.service.store.registration_session(verifier.registration_id)
+        self.assertEqual("abandoned", session.status.value)
+        verify, _ = invoke(
+            self.app, "/api/v1/public/registrations/verify", method="POST",
+            body={"handle": "x" * 32}, remote_addr="127.0.0.2",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual("400 Bad Request", verify["status"])
+
     def test_public_registration_rejects_untrusted_password_setup_origin(self):
         verifier = FakeRegistrationVerification()
         self.app.registration_verification = verifier
@@ -885,6 +914,9 @@ class FakeRegistrationVerification:
             display_name=self.requested.display_name,
         )
 
+    def cancel(self, opaque_handle):
+        return self.consume(opaque_handle)
+
 
 class FakeProvisioning:
     def __init__(self, password_setup_url="https://kc.example/setup/password?token=opaque"):

workplans/USER-WP-0021-portal-product-expansion.md

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Expand user-engine portal beyond the proven Binky MVP"
 domain: communication
 repo: user-engine
-status: active
+status: blocked
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: netkingdom
 created: "2026-07-30"
 updated: "2026-08-10"
 depends_on:
   - USER-WP-0020
+  - TEN-WP-0005
 state_hub_workstream_id: "ba217f48-5fa5-4178-9c79-73aa225f3f2e"
 ---
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ holding the proven production MVP open. Activate according to tenant demand.
 
 ```task
 id: USER-WP-0021-T01
-status: progress
+status: wait
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "342299b8-d9a3-408d-bf0d-914496714d5f"
 ```
@@ -205,3 +206,9 @@ supports tenant creation plus role/plan operations, but exposes no tenant
 metadata-update or retirement operation. Portal update/retirement routes must
 remain out until that authority owns the corresponding lifecycle contract;
 user-engine will not simulate authoritative tenant state locally.
+
+TEN-WP-0005 is now registered and ready in tenant-engine for the authoritative
+metadata update, retirement, and reactivation contract. This task is waiting
+on that workplan and on the OpenBao-backed event/mail delivery credentials.
+The non-secret flex-auth runtime URL is live and verified, removing that item
+from the rollout gate.

workplans/USER-WP-0022-public-registration-and-jit-application-profiles.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Public registration and JIT application profiles"
 domain: communication
 repo: user-engine
-status: active
+status: blocked
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: netkingdom
 created: "2026-08-09"
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ redacted rejection without provider or account detail. The full suite passes
 130 tests with three environment-dependent skips. Cluster ingress throttling
 remains defense in depth before public enablement.
 
+2026-08-10 cancellation increment: each verification email now carries a
+fixed cancellation link using the same digest-only opaque handle. A
+CSRF-protected confirmation consumes purpose-bound cancellation evidence and
+terminally abandons the matching registration. Cancellation and verification
+atomically invalidate one another, replay fails closed, and no identity is
+created from cancellation. The full user-engine suite passes 133 tests with
+three environment-dependent skips; email-connect passes all 24 tests.
+
 ## T02 - Orchestrate provider identity creation
 
 ```task
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@ step-up. user-engine must not become the token assurance authority.
 
 ```task
 id: USER-WP-0022-T05
-status: progress
+status: wait
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "0a5a5f3a-0d47-4d5d-bda5-e2c7c737fee6"
 ```
@@ -204,3 +212,10 @@ linking to an existing account. Reusing an existing provider username fails at
 the identity-link uniqueness boundary, leaves the original link unchanged, and
 never transfers that identity to the later registration. The full suite passes
 131 tests with three environment-dependent skips.
+
+The latest tested image is published at
+`forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/user-engine@sha256:bbc4ae9373b09432e67bdc66bc32878b5c4ecbcb128ebed8c7ca25d2d4b3d741`.
+The cluster already applies a Traefik-wide rate limit, and the runtime manifest
+now explicitly configures the stricter application registration limit. Public
+registration remains disabled pending its OpenBao verification/delivery tokens
+and transactional SMTP configuration.