Go Release Packaging

Go Release Packaging

CAVRA now includes a release packaging workflow for the Go enforcement-plane runtime.

Delivered

• .github/workflows/go-release.yml
• Linux, macOS, and Windows builds for amd64 and arm64.
• checksums.txt.
• SPDX-style SBOM: cavra-runtime.sbom.spdx.json.
• SLSA provenance: cavra-runtime.provenance.intoto.json.
• Managed endpoint deployment manifest: cavra-runtime.endpoint-deployment.json.
• Managed endpoint rollout evidence: managed-endpoint-rollout-evidence.json, managed-endpoint-rollout-evidence.md, and checksums.txt.
• Release evidence: release-evidence.json and release-evidence.md.
• Detached Ed25519 signature JSON files when CAVRA_GO_RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY is configured.
• Required signing for real release events and non-dry-run manual packaging.
• Dry-run mode for validation before production releases.
• GitHub Release asset attachment for signed production packages.
• CLI verification with cavra release verify-go-package.

How To Use

gh workflow run go-release.yml --repo Huzefaaa2/cavra \
  -f version=dry-run \
  -f dry_run=true

For production releases, configure CAVRA_GO_RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY with an Ed25519 private key PEM and publish a GitHub release. The workflow attaches cavra-go-runtime-<version>.zip to the release.

Verify a signed package:

cavra release verify-go-package go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-v0.1.0

Inspect managed endpoint deployment guidance:

jq '.deployment_targets[] | {id, surface, platform, installer_target}' \
  go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-v0.1.0/cavra-runtime.endpoint-deployment.json

The endpoint deployment manifest maps signed runtime binaries to approved CI runner and developer workstation channels. Package verification requires the manifest and validates its binary references, rollout controls, and installer smoke-test guidance before approval.

Capture rollout evidence:

cavra release capture-rollout \
  go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-v0.1.0 \
  --deployment-id github-actions-linux-amd64-runner \
  --change-record CHG-123

The rollout command verifies the signed package, selects approved deployment targets, and writes change-record evidence for endpoint rollout.

Verify and index rollout evidence:

cavra release verify-rollout \
  .cavra/release/rollout \
  --metadata-json .cavra/evidence/metadata.json \
  --sqlite .cavra/evidence/metadata.db

The verification command checks rollout checksums, source package checksums, package verification status, selected targets, and rollout controls before indexing metadata by rollout ID.

Verify an unsigned dry-run package:

cavra release verify-go-package go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-dry-run --allow-unsigned

User Stories

• As a release manager, I can publish Go binaries with release evidence, provenance, and GitHub keyless attestations.
• As a security engineer, I can validate checksums, SBOM metadata, SLSA provenance, detached signatures, and gh attestation verify results.
• As an enterprise architect, I can verify an air-gapped runtime zip before restricted-network transfer.
• As an endpoint engineering owner, I can approve deployment channels for CI runners and developer workstations before rollout.
• As an endpoint engineering owner, I can capture rollout status and change-record evidence for approved endpoint channels.
• As an endpoint engineering owner, I can verify rollout evidence and index it for audit retrieval.
• As an auditor, I can run a local verifier before approving runtime distribution.

Enterprise Challenge Solved

Signed Go release packaging gives regulated teams an auditable path from source commit to binary artifact before CAVRA is distributed to local developer machines, CI runners, or restricted environments. Release attachment, SLSA provenance, signed installer metadata, managed endpoint deployment manifests, rollout evidence capture, rollout evidence verification and indexing, installer smoke validation, GitHub OIDC-backed keyless attestations, offline trust bootstrap metadata, air-gapped zip verification, release-candidate upgrade validation, and CLI verification reduce manual release-review steps.

Next

Add rollout evidence search filters and console/API views for managed endpoint deployments.