Production Readiness Procurement Closeout

Production Readiness Procurement Closeout

This release gate closes the current public Community production-readiness batch by tying operational readiness, procurement evidence, security response, and release integrity into one validator. It is public-safe: it does not include Enterprise source code, customer records, live provider credentials, private signing keys, license-service internals, or SaaS backend code.

Validation Command

Run the validator from the repository root:

python scripts/validate-production-readiness-procurement-closeout.py

Expected success output:

CAVRA production readiness procurement closeout validation passed.

Closeout Matrix

Area	Public Control	Evidence Artifact
Performance	Go runtime performance smoke is documented through BenchmarkEvaluateAllowCommand.	docs/go-enforcement-production-hardening.md and go/cavra-runtime/runtime/decision_test.go.
Concurrency	Recurrence automation and worker deployment examples use explicit concurrency controls, and Go daemon lifecycle validation remains bounded to local enforcement paths.	examples/kubernetes/cavra-recurrence-automation-cronjob.yaml, .github/workflows/cavra-governance.yml, and Go runtime tests.
Backup and restore	Persistent API operations document active store inspection, checksum-backed backup, test restore, live restore with overwrite controls, and retention plans.	docs/persistent-api-operations.md and cavra ops backup / cavra ops restore.
Upgrade and migration	SQLite migrations are idempotent, release-candidate upgrades are validated, and release packets preserve upgrade evidence.	docs/evidence-metadata-migrations.md, docs/go-release-packaging.md, and cavra release validate-upgrade.
SOC 2 readiness	Procurement readiness maps public evidence to Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy readiness themes.	docs/procurement-readiness.md.
Security advisory drill	Vulnerability disclosure and release advisory docs define reporter intake, maintainer workflow, affected components, mitigation, fixed release evidence, and verification commands.	SECURITY.md, docs/vulnerability-disclosure.md, docs/release-security-advisories.md, and .github/workflows/release-security.yml.
Final release integrity	Release verification is tied to checksums, SBOM, SLSA provenance, detached signatures, signing operations metadata, GitHub keyless attestations, air-gapped verification, and release evidence.	docs/release-signing-operations.md, docs/go-release-packaging.md, scripts/package_go_release.py, and scripts/verify-community-release-artifacts.py.
Public boundary	Boundary validation blocks risky private/commercial terms in public code paths.	scripts/validate-boundaries.sh.

Operator Runbook

1. Run the complete validator chain:

   python scripts/validate-release-packets.py
   python scripts/validate-maintenance-release-evidence.py
   python scripts/validate-community-release-note-freshness.py
   python scripts/validate-community-release-index.py
   python scripts/validate-community-release-readiness-dashboard.py
   python scripts/validate-sandbox-portal.py
   python scripts/validate-console-closeout.py
   python scripts/validate-community-ga-path.py
   python scripts/validate-production-deployment-guide.py
   python scripts/validate-go-production-hardening.py
   python scripts/validate-enterprise-integration-readiness.py
   python scripts/validate-production-readiness-procurement-closeout.py
   bash scripts/validate-boundaries.sh .

2. Run the implementation test gates:

   python -m ruff check src tests scripts
   python -m pytest -q
   cd go/cavra-runtime && go test ./...
   cd go/cavra-runtime && go test -bench BenchmarkEvaluateAllowCommand ./runtime

3. Exercise operational continuity in a non-production workspace:

   cavra ops stores
   cavra ops backup --output .cavra/backups/procurement-closeout
   cavra ops restore .cavra/backups/procurement-closeout/manifest.json \
     --target-dir /tmp/cavra-procurement-restore-test
   cavra evidence migrate --sqlite .cavra/evidence/metadata.db

4. Exercise final release integrity verification:

   cavra release verify-go-package go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-<version>
   cavra release verify-airgap-bundle go/cavra-runtime/dist/cavra-go-runtime-<version>.zip
   cavra release validate-upgrade \
     go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-<previous-version> \
     go/cavra-runtime/dist/go-runtime-<candidate-version>

5. Run a security advisory drill using synthetic data:

   • open an internal advisory draft;
   • map affected components and fixed release artifacts;
   • document mitigation before upgrade;
   • attach verification commands;
   • confirm no exploit details, customer data, or private findings are committed to the public repository.

6. Assemble a procurement packet from public links:

   • README and release notes;
   • release packets and verification packets;
   • security policy and advisory docs;
   • procurement readiness map;
   • production deployment guide validation;
   • Enterprise integration validation;
   • release integrity documentation.

Public Boundary

This closeout is a public Community readiness gate. It must not contain private Enterprise source, paid policy pack implementation, production SaaS code, customer questionnaires, customer contracts, live support records, private SOC 2 workpapers, provider credentials, customer records, signing keys, license keys, or private vulnerability details.

User Stories

• As a procurement reviewer, I can see one evidence map for release integrity, vulnerability response, operational continuity, and SOC 2 readiness.
• As a platform owner, I can verify backup, restore, migration, and upgrade procedures before a pilot.
• As a security engineer, I can run a security advisory drill without exposing private exploit details or customer data.
• As a release manager, I can prove that Community artifacts and Go runtime packages have verification paths before publication.
• As an auditor, I can trace each public readiness claim to a command, page, workflow, or release packet.

Enterprise Challenge Solved

Enterprise adoption often stalls between technical evaluation and procurement. This gate gives CAVRA a public, repeatable closeout path that connects release verification, operational continuity, vulnerability response, SOC 2 readiness, and source-boundary evidence without exposing the private Enterprise product.

Next Recommendation

Node 24 readiness remains the completed workflow baseline for this release gate.

Merge the Community v1.0.0 metadata bump, create the community-v1.0.0 tag from main, build and upload final GitHub Release assets, then record final checksums, provenance, verifier defaults, and post-publication verification.