.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -17,13 +17,69 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
       - run: python3 -m pytest tests/ -q
 
-  build-frontend:
+  build-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: lint
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Pack frontend
-        run: tar -czf frontend.tar.gz frontend
-      - name: Upload artifact
+      - name: Build deterministic release bundle
+        run: |
+          SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="$(git show -s --format=%ct "$GITHUB_SHA")"
+          python3 scripts/build_release.py \
+            --root . \
+            --output-dir dist \
+            --commit "$GITHUB_SHA" \
+            --source-date-epoch "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
+      - name: Upload tested release bundle
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with: { name: frontend, path: frontend.tar.gz }
+        with:
+          name: release-bundle
+          path: dist/
+
+  release-candidate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [lint, build-release]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Download tested release bundle
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: release-bundle
+          path: dist
+      - name: Verify and publish release candidate
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"
+          TAG="v0.1.0-rc.${{ github.run_number }}"
+          RELEASE_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases"
+
+          (cd dist && sha256sum -c ./*.sha256)
+          python3 scripts/verify_release.py --input-dir dist --commit "$TARGET"
+
+          printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target_commitish":"%s","name":"Release Candidate %s","body":"CI-tested release candidate for commit %s. Verify downloads with the attached SHA-256 checksum.","draft":true,"prerelease":true}\n' \
+            "$TAG" "$TARGET" "$TAG" "$TARGET" > /tmp/release.json
+          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$RELEASE_URL" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            --data-binary @/tmp/release.json > /tmp/release-response.json
+          RELEASE_ID="$(python3 -c 'import json; print(json.load(open("/tmp/release-response.json"))["id"])')"
+
+          for ASSET in dist/*; do
+            NAME="$(basename "$ASSET")"
+            ENCODED_NAME="$(python3 -c 'import sys,urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))' "$NAME")"
+            curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$RELEASE_URL/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$ENCODED_NAME" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+              --data-binary "@$ASSET"
+          done
+
+          printf '{"draft":false,"prerelease":true}\n' > /tmp/publish.json
+          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X PATCH "$RELEASE_URL/$RELEASE_ID" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            --data-binary @/tmp/publish.json

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  release-candidate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Create Gitea tag and release candidate
-        env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          TAG="v0.1.0-rc.${{ github.run_number }}"
-          TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"
-          TAG_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/tags"
-          RELEASE_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases"
-
-          printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target":"%s","message":"Automated release candidate %s"}\n' \
-            "$TAG" "$TARGET" "$TAG" > /tmp/tag.json
-          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$TAG_URL" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            --data-binary @/tmp/tag.json
-
-          printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target_commitish":"%s","name":"Release Candidate %s","body":"Automated release candidate for commit %s.","draft":false,"prerelease":true}\n' \
-            "$TAG" "$TARGET" "$TAG" "$TARGET" > /tmp/release.json
-          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$RELEASE_URL" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            --data-binary @/tmp/release.json

release/manifest.json

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "commit": "8ff742c0fe0970d43339b8931054d63b1029591d",
-  "buildDate": "2026-07-12T12:56:54Z",
-  "artifacts": [
-    {
-      "path": "./.gitea/workflows/ci.yml",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 662,
-      "sha256": "6ea3766610118ac34d6e9e8996eb13771ba6428ac8df6969f1150c0e719ed915"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./.gitea/workflows/release.yml",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 884,
-      "sha256": "647c8d8696fe77a04ab44a051816489a94d57caf33b8184a064fe8218193917c"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./README.md",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 94,
-      "sha256": "00230b3e64de86031df67093173ae57dd38490b6ca43ce188f046e59756d86e2"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./creative-deliverables/widget-board-5.html",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 799,
-      "sha256": "380da6f03fc3836ea2db2bbf15cd33a54991a48b67c22c6a4a02d58e1c82323a"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./docs/ops-fundamentals.md",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 1123,
-      "sha256": "1d4cb0620a1ae2576ba0eac7cd3dc45f74771cc69277a9b39c30a953a2aa81ac"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./frontend/index.html",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 19183,
-      "sha256": "5177c9fcf406ae13bd571f8d2679d075127af0eca0162f27a9021b209028304a"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./frontend/static/index.html",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 15834,
-      "sha256": "d4a930b6b6604093481c667a16c8bf55e720bbbab9c0f8f15dcb515b6e3fdba1"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./scripts/gitea_sync.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 2987,
-      "sha256": "15be3cf91384e4bc972d227d96868e92a3a0f50c97cd05fa85eb8f131377321b"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/__init__.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 0,
-      "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/gitea_proxy.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 914,
-      "sha256": "6af2ba285d5c070e9bbc95c81c5366d375c7d3293302a82bbf1812917e2191e4"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/main.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 2771,
-      "sha256": "9f0de0f0ca911744bc6ac1796c84de4c11bb7f709f69a672e228117b322319c7"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/models.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 850,
-      "sha256": "f0fdde5620006fb05cfe688607fe6815e424bf9a2b9798586a2c86cb7a62ba5a"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/suggestion_engine.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 1774,
-      "sha256": "531d0187cfa348995e45ceacc510ac557d5ae4c7ef3d58fa56dc4b39e08ca3f8"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./src/views.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 219,
-      "sha256": "b511ee830c4ae2c1564a81dfb52da9ded643b0612c3f46e0693fecc05d954b63"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./tests/__init__.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 0,
-      "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
-    },\n    {
-      "path": "./tests/test_suggestion_engine.py",
-      "type": "file",
-      "bytes": 810,
-      "sha256": "d5c0ad9d51a9ec25556af190fe97a806bdfcee7d27e3f7666c584bbea2e3ef9c"
-    }
-  ]
-}

scripts/build_release.py

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build a reproducible, verifiable Stackchain Dashboard release bundle."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import gzip
+import hashlib
+import io
+import json
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+RUNTIME_DIRECTORIES = ("docs", "frontend", "src")
+RUNTIME_FILES = ("README.md", "requirements.txt")
+
+
+def sha256(data: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+
+def runtime_files(root: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    files = [root / name for name in RUNTIME_FILES if (root / name).is_file()]
+    for name in RUNTIME_DIRECTORIES:
+        directory = root / name
+        if directory.is_dir():
+            files.extend(path for path in directory.rglob("*") if path.is_file())
+    return sorted(files, key=lambda path: path.relative_to(root).as_posix())
+
+
+def manifest_for(root: Path, files: list[Path], commit: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "schema_version": 1,
+        "commit": commit,
+        "files": {
+            path.relative_to(root).as_posix(): {
+                "sha256": sha256(path.read_bytes()),
+                "size": path.stat().st_size,
+            }
+            for path in files
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def json_bytes(payload: dict) -> bytes:
+    return (json.dumps(payload, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n").encode()
+
+
+def tar_info(name: str, size: int, epoch: int, executable: bool = False) -> tarfile.TarInfo:
+    info = tarfile.TarInfo(name)
+    info.size = size
+    info.mtime = epoch
+    info.mode = 0o755 if executable else 0o644
+    info.uid = info.gid = 0
+    info.uname = info.gname = "root"
+    return info
+
+
+def build(root: Path, output_dir: Path, commit: str, epoch: int) -> tuple[Path, Path, Path]:
+    root = root.resolve()
+    files = runtime_files(root)
+    missing = [name for name in RUNTIME_FILES if not (root / name).is_file()]
+    if missing or not (root / "src").is_dir() or not (root / "frontend").is_dir():
+        raise ValueError("release root is missing required runtime files")
+
+    embedded_manifest = manifest_for(root, files, commit)
+    archive_members: dict[str, tuple[bytes, bool]] = {
+        path.relative_to(root).as_posix(): (
+            path.read_bytes(),
+            bool(path.stat().st_mode & 0o111),
+        )
+        for path in files
+    }
+    archive_members["release-manifest.json"] = (json_bytes(embedded_manifest), False)
+
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    stem = f"stackchain-dashboard-{commit[:12]}"
+    archive_path = output_dir / f"{stem}.tar.gz"
+    with archive_path.open("wb") as raw:
+        with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=raw, mode="wb", filename="", mtime=epoch) as compressed:
+            with tarfile.open(fileobj=compressed, mode="w", format=tarfile.PAX_FORMAT) as archive:
+                for name in sorted(archive_members):
+                    data, executable = archive_members[name]
+                    archive.addfile(tar_info(name, len(data), epoch, executable), io.BytesIO(data))
+
+    archive_data = archive_path.read_bytes()
+    digest = sha256(archive_data)
+    public_manifest = {
+        **embedded_manifest,
+        "artifact": {
+            "name": archive_path.name,
+            "sha256": digest,
+            "size": len(archive_data),
+        },
+    }
+    manifest_path = output_dir / f"{stem}.manifest.json"
+    checksum_path = output_dir / f"{stem}.sha256"
+    manifest_path.write_bytes(json_bytes(public_manifest))
+    checksum_path.write_text(f"{digest}  {archive_path.name}\n")
+    return archive_path, manifest_path, checksum_path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--root", type=Path, default=Path.cwd())
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", type=Path, default=Path("dist"))
+    parser.add_argument("--commit", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--source-date-epoch", type=int, required=True)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    for path in build(args.root, args.output_dir, args.commit, args.source_date_epoch):
+        print(path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/verify_release.py

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Verify a Stackchain Dashboard release bundle before promotion."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
+
+
+def one(directory: Path, pattern: str) -> Path:
+    matches = sorted(directory.glob(pattern))
+    if len(matches) != 1:
+        raise ValueError(f"expected exactly one {pattern} file, found {len(matches)}")
+    return matches[0]
+
+
+def digest(data: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+
+def verify(input_dir: Path, commit: str) -> None:
+    archive_path = one(input_dir, "*.tar.gz")
+    manifest_path = one(input_dir, "*.manifest.json")
+    checksum_path = one(input_dir, "*.sha256")
+    manifest = json.loads(manifest_path.read_text())
+
+    if manifest.get("commit") != commit:
+        raise ValueError("manifest commit does not match the tested commit")
+    artifact = manifest.get("artifact", {})
+    archive_data = archive_path.read_bytes()
+    archive_digest = digest(archive_data)
+    if artifact.get("name") != archive_path.name:
+        raise ValueError("manifest artifact name does not match the bundle")
+    if artifact.get("size") != len(archive_data) or artifact.get("sha256") != archive_digest:
+        raise ValueError("bundle does not match its manifest")
+
+    checksum_parts = checksum_path.read_text().strip().split()
+    if checksum_parts != [archive_digest, archive_path.name]:
+        raise ValueError("checksum file does not match the bundle")
+
+    expected_files = manifest.get("files")
+    if not isinstance(expected_files, dict):
+        raise ValueError("manifest files must be an object")
+    with tarfile.open(archive_path, "r:gz") as archive:
+        members = archive.getmembers()
+        for member in members:
+            path = PurePosixPath(member.name)
+            if path.is_absolute() or ".." in path.parts or not member.isfile():
+                raise ValueError("bundle contains an unsafe member")
+        names = {member.name for member in members}
+        if names != set(expected_files) | {"release-manifest.json"}:
+            raise ValueError("bundle contents do not match the manifest")
+        embedded_file = archive.extractfile("release-manifest.json")
+        if embedded_file is None:
+            raise ValueError("bundle manifest is missing")
+        embedded = json.load(embedded_file)
+        if embedded.get("commit") != commit or embedded.get("files") != expected_files:
+            raise ValueError("embedded manifest does not match the public manifest")
+        for name, metadata in expected_files.items():
+            bundled = archive.extractfile(name)
+            if bundled is None:
+                raise ValueError(f"bundle member is missing: {name}")
+            data = bundled.read()
+            if metadata != {"sha256": digest(data), "size": len(data)}:
+                raise ValueError(f"bundle member failed verification: {name}")
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--input-dir", type=Path, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--commit", required=True)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    try:
+        verify(args.input_dir, args.commit)
+    except (OSError, ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError, tarfile.TarError) as error:
+        print(f"release verification failed: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        raise SystemExit(1) from error
+    print(f"verified release bundle for {args.commit}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tests/test_ci_workflow.py

@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ def test_ci_installs_declared_requirements_before_tests():
     install = text.index("pip install -r requirements.txt")
     tests = text.index("python3 -m pytest tests/ -q")
     assert install < tests
+
+
+def test_release_promotion_waits_for_tests_and_bundle():
+    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
+    release = text[text.index("  release-candidate:") :]
+
+    assert "needs: [lint, build-release]" in release
+    assert "github.event_name == 'push'" in release
+    assert "actions/download-artifact@v3" in release
+    assert 'python3 scripts/verify_release.py --input-dir dist --commit "$TARGET"' in release
+    assert release.index("sha256sum -c") < release.index("curl --fail-with-body")

tests/test_release_bundle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import hashlib
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+PACKAGER = ROOT / "scripts" / "build_release.py"
+VERIFIER = ROOT / "scripts" / "verify_release.py"
+
+
+def _fixture(root: Path) -> None:
+    (root / "src").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (root / "frontend").mkdir()
+    (root / "src" / "main.py").write_text("print('ready')\n")
+    (root / "frontend" / "index.html").write_text("<h1>Stackchain</h1>\n")
+    (root / "requirements.txt").write_text("fastapi==1.0\n")
+    (root / "README.md").write_text("# Stackchain\n")
+
+
+def _build(source: Path, output: Path) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
+    return subprocess.run(
+        [
+            sys.executable,
+            str(PACKAGER),
+            "--root",
+            str(source),
+            "--output-dir",
+            str(output),
+            "--commit",
+            "a" * 40,
+            "--source-date-epoch",
+            "1720000000",
+        ],
+        text=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+
+def test_release_bundle_is_reproducible(tmp_path):
+    source = tmp_path / "source"
+    _fixture(source)
+
+    first = _build(source, tmp_path / "first")
+    second = _build(source, tmp_path / "second")
+
+    assert first.returncode == 0, first.stderr
+    assert second.returncode == 0, second.stderr
+    first_archive = next((tmp_path / "first").glob("*.tar.gz"))
+    second_archive = next((tmp_path / "second").glob("*.tar.gz"))
+    assert first_archive.read_bytes() == second_archive.read_bytes()
+
+    manifest = json.loads(next((tmp_path / "first").glob("*.manifest.json")).read_text())
+    checksum = next((tmp_path / "first").glob("*.sha256")).read_text().split()[0]
+    assert manifest["commit"] == "a" * 40
+    assert manifest["artifact"]["sha256"] == checksum
+    assert checksum == hashlib.sha256(first_archive.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
+    assert sorted(manifest["files"]) == [
+        "README.md",
+        "frontend/index.html",
+        "requirements.txt",
+        "src/main.py",
+    ]
+    with tarfile.open(first_archive, "r:gz") as archive:
+        names = archive.getnames()
+        embedded = json.load(archive.extractfile("release-manifest.json"))
+    assert names == [
+        "README.md",
+        "frontend/index.html",
+        "release-manifest.json",
+        "requirements.txt",
+        "src/main.py",
+    ]
+    assert embedded["commit"] == "a" * 40
+    assert embedded["files"] == manifest["files"]
+
+
+def test_release_bundle_verifier_enforces_integrity(tmp_path):
+    source = tmp_path / "source"
+    output = tmp_path / "dist"
+    _fixture(source)
+    built = _build(source, output)
+    assert built.returncode == 0, built.stderr
+
+    valid = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, str(VERIFIER), "--input-dir", str(output), "--commit", "a" * 40],
+        text=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+    assert valid.returncode == 0, valid.stderr
+
+    archive = next(output.glob("*.tar.gz"))
+    archive.write_bytes(archive.read_bytes() + b"tampered")
+    tampered = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, str(VERIFIER), "--input-dir", str(output), "--commit", "a" * 40],
+        text=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+    assert tampered.returncode != 0

tests/test_release_workflow.py

@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-WORKFLOW = Path(".gitea/workflows/release.yml")
+LEGACY_WORKFLOW = Path(".gitea/workflows/release.yml")
+CI_WORKFLOW = Path(".gitea/workflows/ci.yml")
+STALE_MANIFEST = Path("release/manifest.json")
 
 
-def test_release_workflow_uses_gitea_api_not_github_cli():
-    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
-    assert "gh release" not in text
-    assert "/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/tags" in text
-    assert "/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases" in text
+def test_independent_release_workflow_is_removed():
+    assert not LEGACY_WORKFLOW.exists()
 
 
-def test_release_workflow_targets_merge_commit_and_marks_rc():
-    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
-    assert 'TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"' in text
-    assert '"prerelease":true' in text
-    assert '"draft":false' in text
+def test_stale_static_release_manifest_is_removed():
+    assert not STALE_MANIFEST.exists()
 
 
-def test_release_workflow_fails_on_api_error():
-    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
-    assert "curl --fail-with-body" in text
-    assert "|| true" not in text
+def test_ci_publishes_a_draft_before_exposing_assets():
+    text = CI_WORKFLOW.read_text()
+    release = text[text.index("  release-candidate:") :]
+    create_draft = release.index('"draft":true')
+    upload_asset = release.index("/assets?name=")
+    publish = release.index('"draft":false')
+
+    assert create_draft < upload_asset < publish
+    assert '"prerelease":true' in release
+    assert 'TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"' in release
+    assert "curl --fail-with-body" in release
+    assert "|| true" not in release