From 273c6c130a37e0f93dd7cdc80dd22585e3cdb30d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Heller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:31:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ci: replace sunset magic-nix-cache with a GCS-backed Nix
 binary cache
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magic-nix-cache (Determinate-sunset) threw 418/ResourceExhausted throttling on
large builds — it disabled the substituter mid-run during the desktop build.
Replace it everywhere with a persistent cache:
- .github/actions/setup-nix: composite that installs Nix + (if NIX_CACHE_URL/
  PUBKEY vars set) adds the GCS HTTPS prefix as a substituter. Graceful: with no
  vars it just falls back to cache.nixos.org (already more reliable than before).
- scripts/nix-cache-push.sh: best-effort push of built closures to
  gs://<bucket>/nix-cache via signed file:// copy + gsutil rsync (no-op without
  NIX_CACHE_BUCKET/SECRET_KEY). build-custom-image.sh calls it after each build,
  so both the GitHub and GCP lanes seed the cache → later custom builds pull warm.
- swapped all 5 workflows (release-images, build-custom, image-tests,
  nix-build-images, nix-ci) onto the composite; removed every magic-nix-cache use.
- docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md: one-time setup (keypair, public prefix, vars/secret).
All YAML + scripts validate.
---
 .github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml   | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/build-custom.yml     |  9 +++--
 .github/workflows/image-tests.yml      | 12 ++++---
 .github/workflows/nix-build-images.yml |  6 ++--
 .github/workflows/nix-ci.yml           |  7 ++--
 .github/workflows/release-images.yml   | 22 ++++++++----
 docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md                | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/build-custom-image.sh          |  9 +++++
 scripts/nix-cache-push.sh              | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml
 create mode 100644 docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md
 create mode 100755 scripts/nix-cache-push.sh

diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..311ddcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: setup-nix
+description: >
+  Install Nix (Determinate) and, if the SourceOS GCS binary cache is configured,
+  add it as a substituter. Replaces the sunset magic-nix-cache-action. Graceful:
+  with no cache vars set it just installs Nix (falls back to cache.nixos.org).
+inputs:
+  cache-url:
+    description: "Public HTTPS base of the GCS Nix cache, e.g. https://storage.googleapis.com/<bucket>/nix-cache"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  cache-pubkey:
+    description: "Trusted public key for the cache (form name:base64). Pair with the push secret."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Compose nix extra-conf (cache substituter, if configured)
+      id: conf
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [ -n "${{ inputs.cache-url }}" ] && [ -n "${{ inputs.cache-pubkey }}" ]; then
+          {
+            echo 'extra-conf<<NIXEOF'
+            echo "extra-substituters = ${{ inputs.cache-url }}"
+            echo "extra-trusted-public-keys = ${{ inputs.cache-pubkey }}"
+            echo 'NIXEOF'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "[setup-nix] GCS cache substituter enabled"
+        else
+          echo 'extra-conf=' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "[setup-nix] no cache vars — using cache.nixos.org only"
+        fi
+    - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
+      with:
+        extra-conf: ${{ steps.conf.outputs.extra-conf }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml b/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
index 605807c..16c81cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions: { contents: read, id-token: write }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Free disk space
         run: sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /usr/local/lib/android || true; df -h
 
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build custom image
         id: build
+        env:
+          NIX_CACHE_BUCKET: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_BUCKET }}
+          NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY }}
         run: |
           PREFIX="gs://${GCS_BUCKET}/user-builds/${{ github.event.inputs.uid }}/${{ github.event.inputs.build_id }}"
           printf '%s' '${{ github.event.inputs.spec }}' > /tmp/spec.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/image-tests.yml
index 2281c67..c61a3ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-tests.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ jobs:
             | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules >/dev/null
           sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm || true
           ls -l /dev/kvm || echo "no /dev/kvm (test will use slower TCG)"
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Free disk space
         run: sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /usr/local/lib/android || true; df -h
       - name: Run boot test
@@ -88,8 +90,10 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 90
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Enable KVM
         run: |
           echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-build-images.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-build-images.yml
index c343044..32cc62f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix-build-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-build-images.yml
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
 
       - name: Free disk space
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
index 39f952d..c5bd1b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
 
       - name: nix flake check
         run: nix flake check --system x86_64-linux --no-build 2>&1 | tee /tmp/flake-check.log || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-images.yml b/.github/workflows/release-images.yml
index 68766b5..88c17d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-images.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions: { contents: read, id-token: write }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Free disk space
         run: sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /usr/local/lib/android; df -h
       - name: Build ISO
@@ -71,8 +73,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions: { contents: read, id-token: write }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v8
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Free disk space
         run: sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /usr/local/lib/android || true; df -h
       - name: Build ISO
@@ -97,7 +101,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions: { contents: read }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Build m1n1 boot bundle
         run: |
           bash scripts/build-m1n1-bundle.sh out "${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}"
@@ -117,7 +124,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions: { contents: read }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v14
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
+        with:
+          cache-url: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_URL }}
+          cache-pubkey: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY }}
       - name: Build SourceOS Asahi OS package
         run: |
           sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" bash scripts/build-asahi-package.sh out "${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}" || \
diff --git a/docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md b/docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7576331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/NIX_CACHE_SETUP.md
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# SourceOS Nix binary cache — one-time setup
+
+Replaces the sunset `magic-nix-cache` (which threw `418 / ResourceExhausted`
+throttling on large builds) with a persistent, GCS-backed Nix binary cache.
+Builds **pull** warm over public HTTPS and **push** their closures so later
+builds — especially custom image builds — don't rebuild from scratch.
+
+Until the steps below are done, the pipelines simply install Nix and fall back
+to `cache.nixos.org` (a strict reliability improvement over the throttling
+action). The cache turns on once the vars/secret are present — nothing breaks
+in the meantime.
+
+## How it works
+- **Pull**: `.github/actions/setup-nix` adds `https://storage.googleapis.com/<bucket>/nix-cache`
+  as an extra substituter (public-read prefix) + the trusted public key.
+- **Push**: `scripts/nix-cache-push.sh` copies built store paths to a signed
+  `file://` cache and `gsutil rsync`s them to `gs://<bucket>/nix-cache/`
+  (using the workflow's existing WIF GCP auth). `build-custom-image.sh` calls it
+  after every build, so both the GitHub and GCP build lanes seed the cache.
+
+## One-time setup
+1. **Generate a cache key pair** (ed25519, Nix's own format):
+   ```sh
+   nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key sourceos-nix-cache-1 cache-secret.key cache-public.key
+   cat cache-public.key   # e.g. sourceos-nix-cache-1:AbC123...=
+   ```
+2. **Make the cache prefix public-read** (pull is anonymous HTTPS):
+   ```sh
+   gsutil iam ch allUsers:objectViewer gs://sourceos-artifacts-socioprophet
+   # (or scope a bucket policy to the nix-cache/ prefix)
+   ```
+3. **Set repo Actions variables** (Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → Variables):
+   - `NIX_CACHE_URL` = `https://storage.googleapis.com/sourceos-artifacts-socioprophet/nix-cache`
+   - `NIX_CACHE_PUBKEY` = the `sourceos-nix-cache-1:…` line from step 1
+   - `NIX_CACHE_BUCKET` = `sourceos-artifacts-socioprophet`
+4. **Set the push secret** (Settings → Secrets → Actions → Secrets):
+   - `NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY` = contents of `cache-secret.key`
+5. Optional but recommended — **seed the editions** once so the first user
+   builds are fast: run `build-custom` for desktop/server/edge (the closures get
+   pushed automatically).
+
+## Notes
+- Push is best-effort: missing secret/bucket → no-op, never fails a build.
+- The GCP build-VM lane (`gcp-build-custom-startup.sh`) inherits the same env
+  via instance metadata if you pass `NIX_CACHE_*` there too (follow-up).
+- Pull is anonymous, so PRs from forks still benefit from a warm cache.
diff --git a/scripts/build-custom-image.sh b/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
index bfdbbeb..3f1af3f 100755
--- a/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
@@ -132,11 +132,13 @@ EOF
 log "composed build: target=$TARGET edition=$EDITION arch=$ARCH host=$HOSTNAME pkgs=[$(jq -rc '.packages // []' <<<"$SPEC")]"
 
 # ── Build ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CACHE_PATHS=()   # store paths to push to the Nix binary cache (warms later builds)
 if [[ "$TARGET" == "iso" ]]; then
   log "nix build install-iso (long step)..."
   nix build --no-link --print-out-paths \
     "$WORK/build#packages.${ARCH}-linux.image" --print-build-logs > "$WORK/outpath" || die "nix build failed"
   RESULT="$(cat "$WORK/outpath")"
+  CACHE_PATHS+=("$RESULT")
   # NB: the store path itself ends in `.iso` but is a DIRECTORY (iso/ inside);
   # match files only, first hit, no pipe (avoids matching the dir + SIGPIPE).
   ISO="$(find -L "$RESULT" -type f -name '*.iso' -print -quit)"
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ elif [[ "$TARGET" == "netboot" ]]; then
   log "nix build netboot kernel + initramfs (long step)..."
   base="$WORK/build#nixosConfigurations.netboot.config.system.build"
   KDIR="$(nix build --no-link --print-out-paths "$base.kernel" --print-build-logs)" || die "kernel build failed"
+  CACHE_PATHS+=("$KDIR")
   KERNEL="$(find -L "$KDIR" -type f \( -name 'bzImage' -o -name 'Image' \) -print -quit)"
   [[ -n "$KERNEL" ]] || die "no kernel found in $KDIR"
   RAMDISK_DIR="$(nix build --no-link --print-out-paths "$base.netbootRamdisk")" || die "ramdisk build failed"
@@ -184,4 +187,10 @@ if [[ -n "$GCS_PREFIX" ]]; then
     log "netboot base URL: $GCS_PREFIX/"
   fi
 fi
+
+# ── Warm the Nix binary cache (best-effort; no-op without NIX_CACHE_* env) ─────
+if [[ "${#CACHE_PATHS[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+  _selfdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+  bash "$_selfdir/nix-cache-push.sh" "${CACHE_PATHS[@]}" || true
+fi
 log "done."
diff --git a/scripts/nix-cache-push.sh b/scripts/nix-cache-push.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a06a104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/nix-cache-push.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# nix-cache-push.sh — push built store paths (+ closure) to the SourceOS GCS Nix
+# binary cache so later builds pull them warm instead of rebuilding.
+#
+# Best-effort: a no-op (exit 0) unless both NIX_CACHE_BUCKET and
+# NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY are set, and never fails the build.
+#
+#   NIX_CACHE_BUCKET=sourceos-artifacts-socioprophet \
+#   NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY="$(cat cache.key)" \
+#   bash scripts/nix-cache-push.sh <store-path|installable> ...
+#
+# Pull side is configured by .github/actions/setup-nix (public HTTPS substituter
+# at gs://$BUCKET/nix-cache, served via https://storage.googleapis.com/...).
+set -uo pipefail
+
+BUCKET="${NIX_CACHE_BUCKET:-}"
+KEY="${NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY:-}"
+log() { printf '[nix-cache] %s\n' "$*"; }
+
+[ -z "$BUCKET" ] && { log "NIX_CACHE_BUCKET unset — skipping push"; exit 0; }
+[ -z "$KEY" ]    && { log "NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY unset — skipping push"; exit 0; }
+command -v gsutil >/dev/null 2>&1 || { log "gsutil absent — skipping push"; exit 0; }
+command -v nix    >/dev/null 2>&1 || { log "nix absent — skipping push"; exit 0; }
+[ "$#" -eq 0 ] && { log "no paths given — nothing to push"; exit 0; }
+
+tmpkey="$(mktemp)"; printf '%s' "$KEY" > "$tmpkey"
+localdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+cleanup() { rm -f "$tmpkey"; rm -rf "$localdir"; }
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Copy the installables + their full runtime closure into a signed file:// cache.
+if ! nix copy --to "file://$localdir?secret-key=$tmpkey" "$@" 2>&1; then
+  log "nix copy failed (non-fatal) — skipping rsync"; exit 0
+fi
+# Sync to GCS (uses ambient GCP auth from the workflow's WIF login).
+gsutil -m -q rsync -r "$localdir" "gs://$BUCKET/nix-cache/" \
+  && log "pushed closure of [$*] to gs://$BUCKET/nix-cache/" \
+  || log "gsutil rsync failed (non-fatal)"
+exit 0

From 5d5ba444402c5a05ba743d4a61a01fa13c6374d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Heller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:42:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] feat(provenance): self-managed minisign signing +
 SLSA/in-toto + OSImage
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Every built image now gets a self-sovereign signature + provenance bundle —
NO third-party signing authority (no Apple Developer ID, no Google/Play signing,
no notarization). The key is an ed25519 minisign keypair we generate ourselves.

scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh (best-effort, never fails the build):
- minisign-signs each artifact with SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY (graceful no-op
  without it — still emits unsigned provenance). Falls back to `nix run
  nixpkgs#minisign` when minisign isn't on PATH.
- emits an in-toto Statement (statementRef urn:srcos:attestation:…), a SLSA v1
  provenance predicate (slsaPredicateRef urn:srcos:slsa:…), a Nix-closure SBOM,
  and for ISOs a sourceos-spec v2 OSImage doc whose provenance refs resolve to
  the above. OSImage validated against schemas.srcos.ai/v2/OSImage.json (ajv).
- build-custom-image.sh calls it after the build and uploads the sidecars; the
  GCP lane passes the key (+version, +cache) via instance metadata.
scripts/verify-image.sh: anyone-can-verify with the public key; also cross-checks
the in-toto subject digest. Tampered artifacts are rejected (tested).
build-custom.yml: SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY secret + SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY var +
VERSION/SOURCE_REV. docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md: one-time keygen (minisign -W) + publish.

Closes the gap where OSImage.provenance had no real attestation behind it.
---
 .github/workflows/build-custom.yml  |   6 +
 docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md               |  68 +++++++++
 scripts/build-custom-image.sh       |  14 ++
 scripts/gcp-build-custom-startup.sh |   8 +
 scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh      | 222 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/verify-image.sh             |  46 ++++++
 6 files changed, 364 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md
 create mode 100755 scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh
 create mode 100755 scripts/verify-image.sh

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml b/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
index 16c81cb..751ede9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-custom.yml
@@ -61,11 +61,17 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NIX_CACHE_BUCKET: ${{ vars.NIX_CACHE_BUCKET }}
           NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY }}
+          # Self-managed signing key (minisign, no third-party authority). If
+          # the secret is unset the build still produces unsigned provenance.
+          SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY }}
+          SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY: ${{ vars.SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY }}
         run: |
           PREFIX="gs://${GCS_BUCKET}/user-builds/${{ github.event.inputs.uid }}/${{ github.event.inputs.build_id }}"
           printf '%s' '${{ github.event.inputs.spec }}' > /tmp/spec.json
           SPEC_FILE=/tmp/spec.json OUT=out GCS_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
             TARGET="${{ github.event.inputs.target || 'iso' }}" \
+            BUILD_ID="${{ github.event.inputs.build_id }}" BUILD_UID="${{ github.event.inputs.uid }}" \
+            VERSION="${{ vars.SOURCEOS_VERSION || '26.11' }}" SOURCE_REV="${GITHUB_SHA}" \
             bash scripts/build-custom-image.sh
           echo "artifact=$(cat out/artifact-url.txt)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
diff --git a/docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md b/docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa17304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# SourceOS image signing + provenance — one-time setup
+
+Every built image gets a **self-sovereign** signature + provenance bundle. There
+is **no third-party signing authority** — no Apple Developer ID, no Google/Play
+app signing, no notarization service. The key is an ed25519 keypair *you*
+generate with [`minisign`](https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/); anyone can
+verify a download with the public key alone.
+
+## What each build emits (beside the artifact)
+
+| File | Purpose | Referenced by |
+|------|---------|---------------|
+| `<artifact>.minisig` | ed25519 detached signature | `OSImage.provenance.signatureRef` |
+| `<artifact>.intoto.json` | in-toto Statement (the attestation) | `OSImage.provenance.statementRef` (`urn:srcos:attestation:…`) |
+| `<artifact>.slsa.json` | SLSA v1 provenance predicate | `OSImage.provenance.slsaPredicateRef` (`urn:srcos:slsa:…`) |
+| `<artifact>.sbom.json` | Nix-closure SBOM (ISO only) | `OSImage.provenance.sbomRef` |
+| `<artifact>.osimage.json` | `OSImage` doc, sourceos-spec v2 (ISO only) | — |
+
+Graceful: with **no** signing key the build still emits provenance (just
+unsigned — `signatureRef` is omitted) and never fails.
+
+## One-time setup
+
+1. **Generate an unencrypted (CI-friendly) keypair.** `-W` writes a key with no
+   password so CI can use it non-interactively:
+   ```sh
+   minisign -G -W -p sourceos-pub.key -s sourceos-sec.key
+   # or, with nix and no minisign installed:
+   nix run nixpkgs#minisign -- -G -W -p sourceos-pub.key -s sourceos-sec.key
+   ```
+   Keep `sourceos-sec.key` secret. **Never commit it** (it belongs with the
+   SOPS material under `/etc/sourceos/`, not in git).
+
+2. **Set the signing secret** (repo → Settings → Secrets and variables →
+   Actions → Secrets):
+   - `SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY` = contents of `sourceos-sec.key`
+
+3. **Publish the public key** so users can verify:
+   - Set Actions variable `SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY` = the last line of
+     `sourceos-pub.key` (the `RWQ…` key line).
+   - Also host `sourceos-pub.key` on the download site so anyone can check a
+     download without trusting us at fetch time.
+
+4. **GCP build lane** (paid tier): the backend passes the same key to the build
+   VM as instance metadata `sourceos-sign-secret-key` (plus
+   `sourceos-version`, and the cache metadata). Unset → unsigned, same as CI.
+
+## Verifying a download
+
+```sh
+# pubkey can be the RWQ… line or a key file; or set $SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY
+scripts/verify-image.sh sourceos-desktop-x86_64.iso "RWQ...the-public-key-line..."
+```
+Exits 0 only if the signature verifies; it also cross-checks the in-toto
+subject digest against the file when `<artifact>.intoto.json` is present.
+
+Raw minisign equivalent:
+```sh
+minisign -V -P "RWQ...pubkey..." -m sourceos-desktop-x86_64.iso   # needs the .minisig beside it
+```
+
+## Notes
+- Rotating the key: generate a new pair, update the secret + the published
+  pubkey; old downloads stay verifiable with the old pubkey.
+- The SLSA predicate currently marks `reproducible: false` and does not attest
+  the full build environment/materials — it records the source repo + commit,
+  build parameters, and the artifact digest. Tightening to a hermetic,
+  reproducible attestation is a later step.
diff --git a/scripts/build-custom-image.sh b/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
index 3f1af3f..f28dbb5 100755
--- a/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-custom-image.sh
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ else
 fi
 log "built artifacts in $OUT:"; ls -lh "$OUT"
 
+# ── Sign + provenance (self-managed minisign key; graceful no-op without it) ───
+# Emits <artifact>.minisig + in-toto statement + SLSA predicate (+ SBOM/OSImage
+# for the ISO). No third-party signing authority is involved.
+_selfdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+OUT="$OUT" TARGET="$TARGET" EDITION="$EDITION" ARCH="$ARCH" NAME="${NAME:-}" \
+  HOSTNAME_="$HOSTNAME" BUILD_ID="${BUILD_ID:-}" BUILD_UID="${UID:-}" \
+  STORE_PATHS="${CACHE_PATHS[*]:-}" GCS_PREFIX="$GCS_PREFIX" \
+  bash "$_selfdir/sign-and-provenance.sh" || true
+
 # ── Upload ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 if [[ -n "$GCS_PREFIX" ]]; then
   log "uploading to $GCS_PREFIX/ ..."
@@ -186,6 +195,11 @@ if [[ -n "$GCS_PREFIX" ]]; then
     echo "$GCS_PREFIX/netboot-manifest.json" > "$OUT/artifact-url.txt"
     log "netboot base URL: $GCS_PREFIX/"
   fi
+  # Provenance sidecars (best-effort; only those that were produced).
+  shopt -s nullglob
+  prov_files=( "$OUT"/*.minisig "$OUT"/*.intoto.json "$OUT"/*.slsa.json "$OUT"/*.sbom.json "$OUT"/*.osimage.json )
+  shopt -u nullglob
+  [[ "${#prov_files[@]}" -gt 0 ]] && gsutil cp "${prov_files[@]}" "$GCS_PREFIX/" && log "uploaded ${#prov_files[@]} provenance sidecar(s)"
 fi
 
 # ── Warm the Nix binary cache (best-effort; no-op without NIX_CACHE_* env) ─────
diff --git a/scripts/gcp-build-custom-startup.sh b/scripts/gcp-build-custom-startup.sh
index 4b7912e..0401b6c 100755
--- a/scripts/gcp-build-custom-startup.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcp-build-custom-startup.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ SPEC="$(md sourceos-spec)"
 UID_="$(md sourceos-uid)"
 BUILD_ID="$(md sourceos-build-id)"
 PREFIX="$(md sourceos-gcs-prefix)"
+# Optional: self-managed signing + cache (graceful if unset).
+SIGN_KEY="$(md sourceos-sign-secret-key || true)"
+CACHE_KEY="$(md sourceos-nix-cache-secret-key || true)"
+CACHE_BUCKET="$(md sourceos-nix-cache-bucket || true)"
+OS_VERSION="$(md sourceos-version || true)"; OS_VERSION="${OS_VERSION:-26.11}"
 
 status() { printf '%s' "$1" | gsutil cp - "$PREFIX/status.json" || true; }
 teardown() { gcloud --quiet compute instances delete "$NAME" --zone="$ZONE" || true; }
@@ -48,6 +53,9 @@ cd /root/source-os
 printf '%s' "$SPEC" > /tmp/spec.json
 
 if SPEC_FILE=/tmp/spec.json OUT=/root/out GCS_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+     BUILD_ID="$BUILD_ID" BUILD_UID="$UID_" VERSION="$OS_VERSION" \
+     SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY="$SIGN_KEY" \
+     NIX_CACHE_SECRET_KEY="$CACHE_KEY" NIX_CACHE_BUCKET="$CACHE_BUCKET" \
      bash scripts/build-custom-image.sh; then
   ART="$(cat /root/out/artifact-url.txt 2>/dev/null || true)"
   status "$(printf '{"status":"complete","lane":"gcp","artifact":"%s"}' "$ART")"
diff --git a/scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh b/scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0da6642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sign-and-provenance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# sign-and-provenance.sh — Self-sovereign signing + provenance for a built image.
+#
+# Produces, alongside a built artifact:
+#   <name>.minisig        ed25519 detached signature (minisign, self-managed key)
+#   <name>.intoto.json    in-toto Statement (the attestation; OSImage.statementRef)
+#   <name>.slsa.json      SLSA v1 provenance predicate (OSImage.slsaPredicateRef)
+#   <name>.sbom.json      Nix-closure SBOM (OSImage.sbomRef)              [iso only]
+#   <name>.osimage.json   OSImage doc conforming to sourceos-spec v2      [iso only]
+#
+# NO third-party signing authority — no Apple Developer ID, no Google/Play
+# signing, no notarization. The signing key is an ed25519 keypair you generate
+# yourself with `minisign -W` (see docs/SIGNING_SETUP.md). Verification is
+# anyone-can-check with the public key.
+#
+# Graceful by design: with no SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY the artifact is left
+# unsigned but provenance is still emitted (signatureRef omitted). This script
+# never fails the build — it always exits 0.
+#
+# Env:
+#   OUT                       output dir holding the artifact(s)        (required)
+#   TARGET                    iso | netboot                             (default iso)
+#   EDITION                   desktop | server | edge                   (default desktop)
+#   ARCH                      x86_64 | aarch64                          (default x86_64)
+#   NAME                      iso filename in $OUT                      (iso target)
+#   BUILD_ID, BUILD_UID       build/user identifiers (for URNs)
+#   HOSTNAME_                 composed hostname (informational)
+#   VERSION                   os version, e.g. 26.11                    (default 0.0.0-dev)
+#   SOURCE_REV                source commit (default $GITHUB_SHA or unknown)
+#   SOURCE_REPO               source repo URL
+#   STORE_PATHS               space-separated Nix store paths (for SBOM closure)
+#   GCS_PREFIX                if set, *Ref fields that can be URLs point here
+#   SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY  minisign secret key contents (unencrypted, -W)  [secret]
+#   SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY      minisign public key line (informational ref)
+set -uo pipefail   # NB: no -e; this script is best-effort and must not fail builds.
+
+OUT="${OUT:-out}"
+TARGET="${TARGET:-iso}"
+EDITION="${EDITION:-desktop}"
+ARCH="${ARCH:-x86_64}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-0.0.0-dev}"
+SOURCE_REV="${SOURCE_REV:-${GITHUB_SHA:-unknown}}"
+SOURCE_REPO="${SOURCE_REPO:-https://github.com/SourceOS-Linux/source-os}"
+SPEC_VERSION="2.1.0"
+NOW="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+log() { printf '[sign-prov] %s\n' "$*"; }
+
+command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || { log "jq missing — skipping provenance"; exit 0; }
+
+# minisign may not be on PATH; fall back to `nix run` when nix is present.
+minisign_run() {
+  if command -v minisign >/dev/null 2>&1; then minisign "$@"
+  elif command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then nix run nixpkgs#minisign -- "$@"
+  else return 127; fi
+}
+
+# Map edition → OSImage.hostProfile (substrate persona, NOT a cybernetic role).
+case "$EDITION" in
+  desktop) HOST_PROFILE=workstation;;
+  server)  HOST_PROFILE=vm-base;;
+  edge)    HOST_PROFILE=edge-appliance;;
+  *)       HOST_PROFILE=vm-base;;
+esac
+
+# Lowercase, URN-safe local id: <edition>-<arch>-<build|rev short>.
+_raw_id="${BUILD_ID:-${SOURCE_REV}}"
+LOCAL_ID="$(printf '%s' "${EDITION}-${ARCH}-${_raw_id}" \
+  | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -c 'a-z0-9._-' '-' | sed -E 's/-+/-/g; s/^-+//; s/-+$//')"
+[[ -n "$LOCAL_ID" ]] || LOCAL_ID="build"
+
+# ── Per-artifact signing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Signs a single file (best-effort). Echoes the .minisig path on success.
+sign_file() {
+  local f="$1"
+  [[ -n "${SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY:-}" ]] || return 1
+  local keyf; keyf="$(mktemp)"
+  printf '%s\n' "$SOURCEOS_SIGN_SECRET_KEY" > "$keyf"
+  # Unencrypted (-W) key → no password prompt; </dev/null guards against a hang
+  # if an encrypted key was supplied by mistake.
+  if minisign_run -S -s "$keyf" -m "$f" -x "$f.minisig" \
+       -c "sourceos $LOCAL_ID" -t "sourceos:$LOCAL_ID" </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rm -f "$keyf"; printf '%s' "$f.minisig"; return 0
+  fi
+  rm -f "$keyf"; return 1
+}
+
+digest_of() { sha256sum "$1" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}'; }
+
+# Collect the subject files for this target.
+SUBJECTS=()
+if [[ "$TARGET" == "iso" ]]; then
+  [[ -n "${NAME:-}" && -f "$OUT/$NAME" ]] && SUBJECTS+=("$OUT/$NAME")
+else
+  for f in kernel initrd; do [[ -f "$OUT/$f" ]] && SUBJECTS+=("$OUT/$f"); done
+fi
+[[ "${#SUBJECTS[@]}" -gt 0 ]] || { log "no artifacts to attest in $OUT — skipping"; exit 0; }
+
+# Sign each subject; build the in-toto subject[] array as we go.
+SIGNED=0
+SUBJECT_JSON="$(jq -n '[]')"
+for f in "${SUBJECTS[@]}"; do
+  d="$(digest_of "$f")"
+  base="$(basename "$f")"
+  if sig="$(sign_file "$f")"; then SIGNED=1; log "signed $base"; else log "unsigned $base (no key / minisign unavailable)"; fi
+  SUBJECT_JSON="$(jq --arg n "$base" --arg d "$d" '. + [{name:$n, digest:{sha256:$d}}]' <<<"$SUBJECT_JSON")"
+done
+
+PRIMARY="${SUBJECTS[0]}"
+PRIMARY_DIGEST="$(digest_of "$PRIMARY")"
+PRIMARY_BASE="$(basename "$PRIMARY")"
+
+STATEMENT_URN="urn:srcos:attestation:${LOCAL_ID}"
+SLSA_URN="urn:srcos:slsa:${LOCAL_ID}"
+
+# signatureRef / sbomRef: URLs when uploading, else relative filenames.
+ref_for() { if [[ -n "${GCS_PREFIX:-}" ]]; then printf '%s/%s' "$GCS_PREFIX" "$1"; else printf '%s' "$1"; fi; }
+
+# ── SLSA v1 provenance predicate ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+SLSA_FILE="$OUT/${PRIMARY_BASE}.slsa.json"
+jq -n \
+  --arg repo "$SOURCE_REPO" --arg rev "$SOURCE_REV" --arg now "$NOW" \
+  --arg edition "$EDITION" --arg arch "$ARCH" --arg target "$TARGET" \
+  --arg hostname "${HOSTNAME_:-}" --arg builder "sourceos/build-custom-image" \
+  '{
+     buildType: "https://schemas.srcos.ai/buildtypes/nix-image/v1",
+     builder: { id: $builder },
+     invocation: {
+       configSource: { uri: $repo, digest: { gitCommit: $rev } },
+       parameters: { edition: $edition, arch: $arch, target: $target, hostname: $hostname }
+     },
+     metadata: {
+       buildStartedOn: $now,
+       completeness: { parameters: true, environment: false, materials: false },
+       reproducible: false
+     },
+     materials: [ { uri: $repo, digest: { gitCommit: $rev } } ]
+   }' > "$SLSA_FILE" 2>/dev/null && log "wrote $(basename "$SLSA_FILE")"
+
+# ── in-toto attestation statement (wraps the SLSA predicate) ───────────────────
+STATEMENT_FILE="$OUT/${PRIMARY_BASE}.intoto.json"
+jq -n \
+  --argjson subject "$SUBJECT_JSON" \
+  --slurpfile predicate "$SLSA_FILE" \
+  --arg urn "$STATEMENT_URN" \
+  '{
+     "_type": "https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1",
+     "id": $urn,
+     "subject": $subject,
+     "predicateType": "https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1",
+     "predicate": $predicate[0]
+   }' > "$STATEMENT_FILE" 2>/dev/null && log "wrote $(basename "$STATEMENT_FILE")"
+
+# ── SBOM (Nix closure of the build store paths) — iso only ─────────────────────
+SBOM_REF=""
+if [[ "$TARGET" == "iso" && -n "${STORE_PATHS:-}" ]] && command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  SBOM_FILE="$OUT/${PRIMARY_BASE}.sbom.json"
+  WORK_SBOM="$(mktemp)"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  if nix path-info --json -r $STORE_PATHS > "$WORK_SBOM" 2>/dev/null \
+     && jq -n --slurpfile c "$WORK_SBOM" --arg now "$NOW" --arg name "$PRIMARY_BASE" \
+        '{ bomFormat:"SourceOS-NixClosure", specVersion:"1.0", metadata:{timestamp:$now, component:{name:$name}},
+           components: ($c[0] | (if type=="object" then (to_entries|map(.value)) else . end)
+             | map({ "store-path": (.path // .key // ""), narHash: (.narHash // ""), narSize: (.narSize // 0) })) }' \
+        > "$SBOM_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
+    SBOM_REF="$(ref_for "$(basename "$SBOM_FILE")")"
+    log "wrote $(basename "$SBOM_FILE")"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── OSImage document (sourceos-spec v2) — iso target only ──────────────────────
+# Netboot kernel/initrd are not a single bootable "image artifact" in the schema's
+# artifact enum, so OSImage is emitted for the downloadable ISO only.
+if [[ "$TARGET" == "iso" ]]; then
+  SIG_REF=""
+  [[ "$SIGNED" -eq 1 ]] && SIG_REF="$(ref_for "${PRIMARY_BASE}.minisig")"
+  OSIMAGE_FILE="$OUT/${PRIMARY_BASE}.osimage.json"
+  prov="$(jq -n --arg s "$STATEMENT_URN" --arg p "$SLSA_URN" --arg sb "$SBOM_REF" --arg sg "$SIG_REF" \
+     '{statementRef:$s, slsaPredicateRef:$p}
+        + (if $sb != "" then {sbomRef:$sb} else {} end)
+        + (if $sg != "" then {signatureRef:$sg} else {} end)')"
+  jq -n \
+    --arg id "urn:srcos:osimage:${LOCAL_ID}" \
+    --arg specVersion "$SPEC_VERSION" \
+    --arg shortId "so1-${HOST_PROFILE}" \
+    --arg hostProfile "$HOST_PROFILE" \
+    --arg arch "$ARCH" \
+    --arg edition "$EDITION" \
+    --arg version "$VERSION" \
+    --arg rev "$SOURCE_REV" \
+    --arg repo "$SOURCE_REPO" \
+    --arg created "$NOW" \
+    --argjson provenance "$prov" \
+    '{
+       id: $id,
+       type: "OSImage",
+       specVersion: $specVersion,
+       shortId: $shortId,
+       family: "sourceos",
+       epoch: 1,
+       hostProfile: $hostProfile,
+       artifact: "iso",
+       architecture: $arch,
+       osRelease: {
+         ID: "sourceos",
+         VERSION_ID: $version,
+         IMAGE_ID: ("sourceos-" + $edition),
+         IMAGE_VERSION: $version
+       },
+       ociAnnotations: {
+         "org.opencontainers.image.version": $version,
+         "org.opencontainers.image.revision": $rev,
+         "org.opencontainers.image.source": $repo,
+         "org.opencontainers.image.created": $created,
+         "com.socioprophet.os.channel": "custom"
+       },
+       substrateCapabilities: [ "content-addressed-store", "self-update", "nlboot-capable" ],
+       provenance: $provenance
+     }' > "$OSIMAGE_FILE" 2>/dev/null && log "wrote $(basename "$OSIMAGE_FILE")"
+fi
+
+log "provenance complete (signed=$SIGNED) for $PRIMARY_BASE"
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/verify-image.sh b/scripts/verify-image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a46e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# verify-image.sh — Verify a downloaded SourceOS image against its signature
+# and provenance. Self-sovereign: needs only the public key (no account, no
+# third-party service).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   verify-image.sh <artifact> [pubkey]
+#     <artifact>  the downloaded file, e.g. sourceos-desktop-x86_64-custom.iso
+#                 (its <artifact>.minisig must sit beside it)
+#     [pubkey]    minisign public key line or file; defaults to $SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY
+#
+# Exit 0 only if the signature verifies. Also checks the in-toto subject digest
+# if <artifact>.intoto.json is present.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ART="${1:?usage: verify-image.sh <artifact> [pubkey]}"
+PUB="${2:-${SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY:-}}"
+SIG="$ART.minisig"
+[[ -f "$ART" ]] || { echo "no such file: $ART" >&2; exit 2; }
+[[ -f "$SIG" ]] || { echo "no signature beside artifact: $SIG" >&2; exit 2; }
+[[ -n "$PUB" ]] || { echo "no public key (pass as arg or set SOURCEOS_SIGN_PUBKEY)" >&2; exit 2; }
+
+minisign_run() {
+  if command -v minisign >/dev/null 2>&1; then minisign "$@"
+  elif command -v nix >/dev/null 2>&1; then nix run nixpkgs#minisign -- "$@"
+  else echo "minisign not found (install minisign, or have nix on PATH)" >&2; return 127; fi
+}
+
+# minisign accepts either a public-key file (-p) or an inline key (-P).
+if [[ -f "$PUB" ]]; then PUB_ARGS=(-p "$PUB"); else PUB_ARGS=(-P "$PUB"); fi
+
+echo "verifying signature of $(basename "$ART") ..."
+minisign_run -V "${PUB_ARGS[@]}" -m "$ART"
+
+# Optional: confirm the in-toto attestation's subject digest matches the file.
+INTOTO="$ART.intoto.json"
+if [[ -f "$INTOTO" ]] && command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  want="$(jq -r --arg n "$(basename "$ART")" '.subject[] | select(.name==$n) | .digest.sha256' "$INTOTO")"
+  have="$(sha256sum "$ART" | awk '{print $1}')"
+  if [[ -n "$want" && "$want" == "$have" ]]; then
+    echo "attestation subject digest matches ✅ ($have)"
+  elif [[ -n "$want" ]]; then
+    echo "ATTESTATION DIGEST MISMATCH ❌ want=$want have=$have" >&2; exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+echo "OK — $(basename "$ART") is authentic."

From f941a014fa4c76a78e955969777323fe0e78679f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Heller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:45:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix(tests): exit contract grep tolerates lib.mkForce on
 mesh role
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Pre-existing failure on main: 57c9cab added `lib.mkForce` to
hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix's `sourceos.mesh.role = "exit"` to resolve a
NixOS assertion conflict, but the contract grep matched the literal
`role = "exit"` and so broke. Make the grep tolerate the optional mkForce
wrapper — it validates the role value, not the exact syntax. Was blocking
nix flake check on every PR.
---
 tests/exit-x86_64-contract.nix | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/exit-x86_64-contract.nix b/tests/exit-x86_64-contract.nix
index fb4730a..77b4021 100644
--- a/tests/exit-x86_64-contract.nix
+++ b/tests/exit-x86_64-contract.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgs.runCommand "exit-x86_64-contract" {
   grep -q '../../profiles/linux-stable/default.nix' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
   grep -q 'networking.hostName = "exit-x86_64"' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
   grep -q 'sourceos.mesh = {' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
-  grep -q 'role = "exit"' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
+  grep -qE 'role = (lib\.mkForce )?"exit"' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
   grep -q 'exitdPackage = self.packages' ${../hosts/exit-x86_64/default.nix}
   mkdir -p $out
   echo validated > $out/result.txt

From 4f66baee3407b342d36741792c7df7a7898d56e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Heller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:49:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix(ci): silence SC2034 on intentional diagnostic probes

Second pre-existing nix-ci failure, previously masked by the exit-contract
failure: `shellcheck -S warning` flagged LIMA_KEY/IS_INTERNAL (deploy-stage2.sh)
and EFI_SIZE (install-on-device.sh) as unused. These are intentional diagnostic
probes in destructive disk scripts; annotate with shellcheck disable=SC2034
rather than touch the control flow. Verified clean with shellcheck 0.11.0.
---
 scripts/deploy-stage2.sh     | 2 ++
 scripts/install-on-device.sh | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/deploy-stage2.sh b/scripts/deploy-stage2.sh
index 9ba9405..9aba96c 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-stage2.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-stage2.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ if [[ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]]; then
             print(vm['sshLocalPort'] if vm else '')")
         [[ -n "${LIMA_PORT}" ]] || die "Could not determine lima SSH port"
 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # diagnostic capture, kept intentionally
         LIMA_KEY="$(limactl shell "${LIMA_VM}" -- \
             bash -c 'cat /proc/1/environ 2>/dev/null | tr \\0 \\n | grep SSH_AUTH' 2>/dev/null || true)"
 
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ diskutil info "${USB_DEV}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Device ${USB_DEV} not found"
 
 DISK_NAME=$(diskutil info "${USB_DEV}" | grep "Device / Media Name" | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | xargs)
 DISK_SIZE=$(diskutil info "${USB_DEV}" | grep "Disk Size" | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1,$2}')
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # informational probe, kept intentionally
 IS_INTERNAL=$(diskutil info "${USB_DEV}" | grep "Solid State" | head -1)
 
 echo
diff --git a/scripts/install-on-device.sh b/scripts/install-on-device.sh
index 2ad3c5f..94b0ee9 100644
--- a/scripts/install-on-device.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-on-device.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${FORMAT}" == "yes" ]]; then
     # Detect whether EFI partition needs formatting (0-byte size = no filesystem).
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # probe kept for diagnostics; format decision uses EFI_FS below
     EFI_SIZE=$(lsblk -bno SIZE "${EFI_DEV}" 2>/dev/null || blockdev --getsize64 "${EFI_DEV}" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
     EFI_FS=$(blkid -s TYPE -o value "${EFI_DEV}" 2>/dev/null || true)
     FORMAT_EFI="no"