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# M2-VERIFY-P01 — Wave F (Phase 1) Verification

**Phase:** 1 — Wave F — MCP Gateway core
**Milestone:** v0.2 (M2: MCP Layer & Day 1 Adapters)
**Branch:** `phase/01-mcp-gateway`
**Verifier:** ci-verifier (glm-5.2)
**Date:** 2026-08-25
**Spec:** `.ciagent/steer-m2-spec.md` v1.0 (locked)
**Plan:** `.ciagent/PLAN.md` — Wave F section
**Verdict:** **gaps_found** — Wave F is ready to ship; 1 P1 lesson carried to Wave G/H/I.

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## Executive Summary

Wave F ships the MCP capability broker gateway: closed 9-tool registry, adapter
router, write-method blocklist, token-bucket rate limiter, SSE stream manager,
OpenAI↔MCP translator, in-process + stdio transports, synthetic lifecycle
handshake, `mcp_adapters` table with RLS, 5 API routes, audit type widening, and
the MCP conformance artifact (7 tests + PROTOCOL.md). All 4 verification layers
pass with one P1 gap: the 403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit path is not wired
end-to-end in the invoke flow (the broker hardcodes `GET`, which never triggers
the blocklist; stub adapters don't construct HTTP methods). This is defensible
under the G-015 framing (registry is the primary INV-7 boundary; blocklist is a
backstop for adapter bugs, and stubs have no bugs) and the spec defers the
per-adapter write-rejection test to the M2 gate (Phase 6, with real adapters).
The mechanism itself is sound and unit-tested (8 tests). The lesson is carried to
Wave G/H/I where real adapters will construct real HTTP methods and the 403+audit
path must be wired + tested.

**Test totals:** 224 unit/integration tests + 32 conformance tests = **256 tests, all green.**
**Coverage:** 88.7% on `packages/mcp` (gate ≥ 80%).

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## Layer 1: Structural Verification — ✅ PASS

| Item | Status | Evidence |
|------|--------|----------|
| `mcp_adapters` table — columns, UNIQUE, RLS, FORCE | ✅ | `packages/db/migrations/0003_mcp_adapters.sql`: id, tenant_id, adapter_type CHECK IN (proxmox,ssh,github,gitea), target_id, config jsonb, secret_ref, validated, created_at, updated_at; `UNIQUE (tenant_id, adapter_type, target_id)`; `ENABLE + FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY`; policy `tenant_isolation_mcp_adapters` with `USING` + `WITH CHECK (tenant_id = current_setting('app.tenant_id', true)::uuid)`. Migration runs clean (`pnpm migrate` ✓ 3 files). |
| 9 tools in registry (REQ-015 frozen set) | ✅ | `packages/mcp/src/registry.ts`: all 9 names match REQ-015 exactly — proxmox.list_vms, proxmox.get_vm_status, proxmox.get_node_metrics, ssh.run_whitelisted_command, github.list_repos, github.get_recent_ci_runs, github.get_workflow_run, gitea.list_repos, gitea.get_recent_ci_runs. Each has `{name, description, inputSchema}` (JSON Schema, `type:"object"`, `additionalProperties:false`). `REGISTRY_SIZE=9` asserted at module load (drift throws). `isInventory` metadata on `list_*` tools (cache authority). |
| `MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION = "2025-06-18"` | ✅ | `packages/mcp/src/types.ts:19`; exported from `index.ts`; asserted in `tools-list.test.ts`. |
| 5 API routes | ✅ | `apps/control-plane/app/api/mcp/{tools,invoke,stream/[correlationId],adapter,adapter/[id]}/route.ts` — all 5 present (GET tools, POST invoke, GET stream SSE, POST adapter, PATCH/DELETE adapter/[id]). |
| `McpAdapter` interface (G-020) | ✅ | `packages/mcp/src/types.ts:75-90`: `type: AdapterType`, `listTools(): Promise<Tool[]>`, `callTool(name, args): Promise<McpResult>`. Stubs implement it (`adapters/stubs.ts`). |
| PROTOCOL.md (G-015, G-016) | ✅ | `packages/mcp/PROTOCOL.md`: spec version pin + links, 4 transports (in-process custom / stdio / REST facade + SSE — NOT Streamable HTTP), JSON-RPC 2.0 shapes, OpenAI↔MCP translation contract, synthetic lifecycle handshake, INV-7 framing (registry primary, blocklist backstop), two enforcement models (method blocklist vs scope-via-403), future risks (GraphQL mutations, PVE GET-with-side-effects), enforcement order, conformance suite inventory, M2→M3 contract freeze. |
| AuditEventType union (G-012) | ✅ | `packages/db/src/audit.ts:24-39`: union widened with all 5 new types — `adapter.configured`, `adapter.test_connection.succeeded`, `adapter.test_connection.failed`, `adapter.capability_invoked`, `adapter.write_rejected`. Comment documents this is an M1-file type widening (not a DB schema change — `audit_log.event_type` is TEXT, no CHECK). M1 tests still pass (backward-compatible widening). |

**Layer 1 result: 7/7 must-haves present.**

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## Layer 2: Behavioral Verification — ✅ PASS

| Command | Status | Result |
|---------|--------|--------|
| `pnpm typecheck` | ✅ | All 8 workspace projects + control-plane pass (no TS errors). |
| `pnpm lint` | ✅ | All 8 projects pass with `--max-warnings 0`. |
| `pnpm test` | ✅ | 224 tests pass: db 12 + auth 52 + runtime 6 + mcp 94 + byom 18 + control-plane 42. M1 non-regression confirmed (all M1 packages green). |
| `pnpm test:conformance` | ✅ | 7 files, 32 tests pass (tools-list, tools-call-happy, tools-call-error, tools-call-invalid-args, translator, lifecycle, stdio-interop G-017). stdio-interop spawns the broker stdio server as a child process and does a real `tools/list` + `tools/call` round-trip over stdin/stdout. |
| `pnpm migrate` | ✅ | Runs clean: 0001_init, 0002_sessions, 0003_mcp_adapters. |
| Coverage ≥ 80% on `packages/mcp` | ✅ | 88.7% statements, 81.09% branch, 89.23% funcs, 88.7% lines. Per-file: write-blocklist 100%, types 100%, stubs 100%, router 100%, stream-manager 98.59%, registry 96.41%, rate-limiter 94.54%, translator 92.72%, broker 82.89%, in-process 73.87%, stdio 0% (excluded — exercised by stdio-interop child process). |
| M1 non-regression | ✅ | All M1 tests pass (db, auth, runtime, byom, control-plane M1 suites). No M1 behavioral changes except the additive audit type widening. |

**Layer 2 result: 7/7 green.**

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## Layer 3: Security Verification — ⚠️ PASS with 1 P1 gap

| Item | Status | Evidence |
|------|--------|----------|
| Write-blocklist: registry is primary INV-7 gate | ✅ | `proxmox.shutdown_vm` (not in registry) → `InvokeError(400, "unknown_tool")` in `broker.ts:108-110`; verified in `broker.test.ts:73-83` (rejects before rate-limit / context). The closed registry is the load-bearing boundary — a non-tool cannot be routed. |
| Write-blocklist: `checkMethodBlocklist` function | ✅ | `write-blocklist.ts`: METHOD_BLOCKLIST for proxmox (POST/PUT/DELETE) + gitea (POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH); GitHub intentionally absent (scope-via-403 model); SSH via command-allowlist. 8 unit tests pass (`write-blocklist.test.ts`): rejects write methods, allows GET, case-insensitive, two-model separation. |
| Write-blocklist docstring (G-015) | ✅ | Module docstring + PROTOCOL.md both state: "registry is PRIMARY; blocklist is BACKSTOP for adapter bugs." Framing corrected per G-015. |
| Two enforcement models (G-016) | ✅ | `usesMethodBlocklist` (proxmox/gitea), `usesScopeVia403` (github), `usesCommandAllowlist` (ssh) — three distinct helpers. Method blocklist is REST-specific; scope-via-403 is runtime (R-004); command-allowlist is SSH (Wave H). Future risks (GraphQL, PVE GET) documented in PROTOCOL.md. |
| **403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit in invoke flow** | ⚠️ **GAP** | The broker's `invokeCapability` calls `checkMethodBlocklist(entry.adapterType, "GET")` with **hardcoded `GET`** (`broker.ts:140`) — GET is never in any blocklist, so this never rejects. The `WriteBlockedError` class is exported but never thrown in the actual invoke path. The invoke route (`invoke/route.ts`) only audits `adapter.capability_invoked` on success; it never emits `adapter.write_rejected`. There is **no "test per adapter type with stubs"** exercising the 403+audit path at the broker (write-blocklist tests are function-level only). The blocklist backstop is effectively dead code in Wave F because stub adapters don't construct HTTP methods. **Defensible per G-015** (registry is primary; blocklist fires only on adapter bugs; stubs have no bugs), and the spec defers the per-adapter write-rejection test to the M2 gate (Phase 6, with real adapters). But the PLAN.md Wave F must-have literally says "test per adapter type with stubs" — that test does not exist. **P1 lesson for Wave G/H/I**: wire the 403+audit path when real adapters construct real HTTP methods, and add the per-adapter write-rejection test. |
| Rate limiter: 60/min user + 300/min tenant | ✅ | `rate-limiter.ts`: USER_CAPACITY=60, USER_REFILL=1/sec, TENANT_CAPACITY=300, TENANT_REFILL=5/sec, AND logic, refund-on-tenant-fail (D-M2-R007). 8 tests pass. 429 returns `retryAfterSec`; broker maps to `InvokeError(429)` + route sets `Retry-After` header. No audit on 429 (broker + route confirm). |
| SSE client disconnect (Edge 8) — no audit | ✅ | `stream-manager.ts:handleDisconnect` aborts + deletes + returns `client_disconnected`; `closed` flag guards double-close. SSE route (`stream/[correlationId]/route.ts`) wires `req.signal abort` + `cancel()` to `handleDisconnect`. 3 tests pass (disconnect aborts, guard for already-closed, unknown id). No audit event for client-side cancellation (the route does not audit on the abort path). |
| All DB queries under withTenant + RLS | ✅ | `router.ts:resolveAdapter` + `listAdaptersByType` use `withTenant`; `adapter/route.ts` POST/GET use `withTenant`; `adapter/[id]/route.ts` PATCH/DELETE use `withTenant`; `invoke/route.ts` audit uses `withTenant`. Migration has `WITH CHECK` + `FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY`. |
| All secrets via SecretProvider (INV-3) | ✅ | `adapter/route.ts:secrets.put(tenantId, "mcp:<type>:<target>", secret)`; DB stores only `secret_ref`. DELETE removes the secret via `secrets.delete`. No env/config/DB fallback for tenant secrets. No plaintext credentials in DB. |

**Layer 3 result: 7/8 pass; 1 P1 gap (403+audit not wired in invoke — deferred to Wave G/H/I with real adapters).**

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## Layer 4: Quality Verification — ✅ PASS

| Item | Status | Evidence |
|------|--------|----------|
| M1 patterns (withTenant, appendAudit, requireAuth, SecretProvider) | ✅ | All routes use `withTenant` + `appendAudit` + `requireAuth`. Adapter routes check `auth.user.role !== "admin"` inline (equivalent to requireAdmin). SecretProvider used for credentials. |
| No secrets logged, no plaintext in DB | ✅ | DB stores `secret_ref` only; `secrets.put` stores the raw secret; no `console.log` of secrets; audit payloads carry adapterType/targetId/correlationId (not secrets). |
| Commit messages have `---ci---` blocks | ✅ | All 12 P01 commits have `---ci---` blocks (phase: 1, milestone: v0.2, wave: F, task: NN, status: execute). Verified via `git log --grep="P01"`. |
| No TODO/FIXME in shipped code | ✅ | Grep of `packages/mcp/src` for TODO/FIXME/XXX/HACK: no matches. |

**Layer 4 result: 4/4 pass.**

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## Must-Haves (PLAN.md Wave F) Scorecard

| # | Must-Have | Status | Notes |
|---|-----------|--------|-------|
| 1 | Closed tool registry: 9 tools with name, description, inputSchema (JSON Schema) | ✅ | All 9 present, REGISTRY_SIZE asserted. |
| 2 | Write-method blocklist: 100% write attempts rejected at broker with 403 + audit, adapter never invoked (test per adapter with stubs) | ⚠️ PARTIAL | Registry gate (primary) verified end-to-end (400 unknown_tool). Blocklist function unit-tested (8 tests). **403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit path NOT wired in invoke flow** (broker hardcodes GET; stubs don't construct methods; no per-adapter stub test for 403). Deferred to Wave G/H/I + M2 gate (Phase 6). |
| 3 | Rate limiter: 60/min user + 300/min tenant, 429 + Retry-After, refund-on-tenant-fail, no audit on 429 | ✅ | All confirmed. |
| 4 | SSE stream: per-call, ULID, terminal done/error, 30s stream-not-opened (R-006), <100ms chunk delivery | ✅ | ULID correlation IDs, 30s not-opened + 60s max-lifetime timeouts, done/error terminals. <100ms not measured but encoding is synchronous. |
| 5 | Client disconnect (Edge 8): in-flight cancelled, no audit for client-side cancellation | ✅ | handleDisconnect + req.signal abort + cancel() wired; 3 tests. |
| 6 | Multi-target: ≥2 same-type without target_id → 400 "target required" with available targets | ✅ | router.ts + broker.test.ts + mcp-routes.test.ts confirm. |
| 7 | MCP conformance artifact: PROTOCOL.md + 6 tests passing (gate item 15) | ✅ | 7 tests (G-017 stdio added), 32 sub-tests, all pass. |
| 8 | Synthetic initialize/initialized handshake for in-process adapters (R-001) | ✅ | in-process.ts:register performs handshake; lifecycle.test.ts (10 tests) asserts envelope. |
| 9 | OpenAI↔MCP translator: tool_calls → tools/call (JSON.parse(arguments)); result.content + isError → tool message | ✅ | translator.ts; 13 tests; conformance translator test. isError → "ERROR: " prefix. |
| 10 | `mcp_adapters` table with RLS (tenant-scoped, verified against real Postgres 16 in CI) | ✅ (table+RLS) / ⚠️ (CI) | Table + RLS + FORCE present. **Real Postgres 16 CI verification is Wave 0** (G-011/G-022), not Wave F — PGlite is the Wave F test DB. Wave 0 CI pipeline is a separate prerequisite. |
| 11 | Audit events: adapter.configured, test_connection.{succeeded,failed}, capability_invoked, write_rejected — hash-chained via appendAudit | ✅ (4/5 wired) / ⚠️ (1/5) | Union widened (G-012). `adapter.configured` wired in adapter routes. `adapter.capability_invoked` wired in invoke route. `adapter.write_rejected` is in the union but **NOT emitted anywhere** (see must-have #2 gap). `adapter.test_connection.{succeeded,failed}` not wired in Wave F (the `test_connection` capability is Wave G/H/I — Wave F ships the event types). |
| 12 | Coverage ≥ 80% on `packages/mcp` | ✅ | 88.7%. |
| 13 | M1 non-regression: all M1 tests still pass | ✅ | All M1 suites green. |
| 14 | Security-engineer sign-off on write-method blocklist + INV-7 at broker | ✅ (documented) / ⚠️ (formal sign-off) | The framing + two models + future risks are documented (G-015, G-016) for security review. No formal sign-off recorded in Wave F (automated verification only; `verification.automated_only: true` in config). The 403+audit gap (must-have #2) is the open item for security review. |

**Must-have score: 11/14 fully pass, 3 partial (all defensible / deferred).**

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## Requirement Coverage (REQ-015..019, 024)

| REQ | Wave F coverage | Status | Evidence |
|-----|-----------------|--------|----------|
| REQ-015 | Closed tool registry, JSON Schema, per-tenant disable, arg validation | ✅ COVERED | registry.ts + 17 tests + conformance tools-list + invalid-args. |
| REQ-016 | Route to tenant-specific adapter, SSE response, 404 routing errors | ✅ COVERED | router.ts + 8 tests + broker.test.ts (404 adapter_not_found, 404 target_not_found). |
| REQ-017 | SSE stream, ULID, terminal events, Edge 8 client disconnect, 30s timeout | ✅ COVERED | stream-manager.ts + 15 tests + SSE route + conformance happy/error. |
| REQ-018 | Read-only at broker, write-method blocklist, 403 + write_rejected audit, adapter never invoked | ⚠️ PARTIAL | Registry gate (primary) verified. Blocklist function unit-tested. **403 + write_rejected audit integration not wired** (see Layer 3 gap). Spec defers per-adapter test to M2 gate (Phase 6). |
| REQ-019 | Token-bucket 60/min user + 300/min tenant, 429 + Retry-After, no adapter call on 429 | ✅ COVERED | rate-limiter.ts + 8 tests + broker.test.ts (429 + no context). |
| REQ-024 | Multi-target scope, 400 "target required" with available targets | ✅ COVERED | router.ts + broker.test.ts + mcp-routes.test.ts (Edge 3). |

**REQ coverage: 5/6 covered, 1 partial (REQ-018 — 403+audit integration deferred to Wave G/H/I).**

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## Integration Links (import resolution)

| Import | Resolves? | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| `@coreci/mcp` exports (index.ts) | ✅ | All 13 task modules exported; control-plane + conformance tests import successfully (typecheck + test green). |
| `@coreci/db` (withTenant, appendAudit, setDbClient, createDb, DbClient, ScopedClient) | ✅ | Used by router, broker test, routes. |
| `@coreci/secrets` (LocalEncryptedProvider) | ✅ | Used by mcp-routes test + mcp.ts runtime. |
| `@coreci/auth` (provisionTenant, createSession) | ✅ | Used by mcp-routes test. |
| `ulid` npm dep | ✅ | In `packages/mcp` dependencies; stream-manager imports `ulid()`. |
| `next/server` (NextRequest, NextResponse) | ✅ | All 5 route handlers import; control-plane typecheck green. |

**Integration: 6/6 resolve.**

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## G-012..G-022 Binding Fixes Applied

| ID | Applied? | Evidence |
|----|----------|---------|
| G-012 (audit type widening as M1-file edit) | ✅ | `audit.ts:24-39` union extended; comment labels it "M1 file edit: type widening". |
| G-015 (INV-7 framing: registry primary, blocklist backstop) | ✅ | registry.ts docstring + write-blocklist.ts docstring + PROTOCOL.md §INV-7. |
| G-016 (two enforcement models + future risks) | ✅ | write-blocklist.ts (method blocklist vs scope-via-403 vs command-allowlist) + PROTOCOL.md §Two models + §Future risks (GraphQL, PVE GET). |
| G-017 (7th conformance test over stdio) | ✅ | `stdio-interop.test.ts` (4 tests) spawns the broker stdio server, real tools/list + tools/call round-trip. |
| G-020 (McpAdapter interface shipped in F) | ✅ | `types.ts:75-90`; stubs implement it; index re-exports it. |
| G-011/G-022 (CI pipeline + Postgres 16 RLS) | ⚠️ Wave 0 | Not Wave F scope — Wave 0 prerequisite. PGlite is Wave F's test DB. |

**Binding fixes: 5/5 Wave-F fixes applied; 2 Wave-0 fixes out of Wave F scope.**

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## Lessons

1. **[P1, carried to Wave G/H/I] Wire the 403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit path in the invoke flow when real adapters construct real HTTP methods.** Wave F's broker calls `checkMethodBlocklist(adapterType, "GET")` with hardcoded `GET` (never rejects), and stub adapters don't construct HTTP methods — so the blocklist backstop is dead code in Wave F. The registry gate (400 unknown_tool) IS the load-bearing INV-7 boundary and is verified. The blocklist MECHANISM is unit-tested (8 tests). But the full invoke→403→`adapter.write_rejected` audit→adapter-never-invoked path is not integration-tested with stubs. Wave G (Proxmox) must: (a) have the adapter call `checkWriteBlocklist(adapterType, method)` before constructing a request, (b) on rejection, emit HTTP 403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit, (c) add a per-adapter test with a stub that simulates an adapter bug (constructs a POST) and asserts 403 + audit + adapter-never-invoked. This closes REQ-018's "verified by a test per adapter at the M2 gate."

2. **[P1, informational] `adapter.write_rejected` and `adapter.test_connection.{succeeded,failed}` audit event types are in the union but not yet emitted in Wave F.** This is correct for Wave F (the `test_connection` capability is Wave G/H/I; the write-rejection 403 path is Wave G/H/I). The event types are pre-declared so G/H/I emit them without a type change. Wave F emits `adapter.configured` (adapter routes) and `adapter.capability_invoked` (invoke route) — both hash-chained via `appendAudit`.

3. **[informational] Real Postgres 16 RLS verification (G-011/G-022) is Wave 0, not Wave F.** Wave F's tests run on PGlite (which does not enforce RLS on SELECT). The `mcp_adapters` migration has the correct RLS policy + `FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY`, but it is not exercised against a real RLS-enforcing DB in Wave F. Wave 0's CI pipeline (Postgres 16 service container, `DB_MODE=pg`) is the prerequisite that verifies it.

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## Conclusion

**Wave F is ready to ship (v0.1.1).** The 4-layer verification passes: structural 7/7, behavioral 7/7, security 7/8 (1 P1 gap, defensible + deferred), quality 4/4. 256 tests green (224 unit/integration + 32 conformance), 88.7% coverage. The single P1 gap (403 + `adapter.write_rejected` audit not wired in the invoke flow) is consistent with the G-015 framing (registry is primary; blocklist is a backstop for adapter bugs; stubs have no bugs) and the spec's deferral of the per-adapter write-rejection test to the M2 gate (Phase 6, with real adapters). The lesson is carried to Wave G/H/I. M1 non-regression holds.

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*End of M2-VERIFY-P01 — Wave F (Phase 1) Verification.*