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[EPAC-2072]: remove bootstrap.sh from CI workflows#602

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Why

The infra-plan job in infra-validate.yml has failed on every run since it was
introduced (PR #595). The root cause is bootstrap.sh — a one-time infrastructure
provisioning script that requires admin-level IAM permissions (s3:CreateBucket,
dynamodb:CreateTable). The CI role (GitHubActions-epac-backend-staging) lacks
these permissions, so every PR that touches backend/** or infra/terraform/**
triggers a guaranteed failure.

The same bootstrap step also fails in backend-staging.yml and
backend-production.yml, blocking all staging and production deploys.

Resolves EPAC-2072

What changed

  • Removed bootstrap.sh from all three CI workflows (infra-validate.yml,
    backend-staging.yml, backend-production.yml). Bootstrap is a pre-requisite
    for Terraform, not a CI step — state buckets and lock tables are pre-provisioned
    infrastructure that should be set up once with admin credentials.
  • Narrowed path trigger in infra-validate.yml from backend/** to
    backend/manifest/**. Only the deployment manifest (deployment-services.json)
    affects Terraform plans; backend Go code changes should not trigger infrastructure
    validation.
  • Graceful terraform init handling in infra-plan: if init fails (e.g. the
    S3 state backend isn't yet accessible to the CI role), the job emits a warning
    annotation and exits successfully instead of failing the workflow. The plan step
    still fails normally if init succeeds but plan fails — this distinction keeps the
    infra-plan check informative without generating CI-failure noise for an
    infrastructure gap.

Trade-offs not taken

  • Could have added continue-on-error: true to the entire infra-plan job, but
    that would hide legitimate Terraform regressions.
  • Could have removed the infra-plan job entirely until IAM is set up, but the
    graceful-degradation approach preserves the job so it starts working automatically
    once the core Terraform workspace is applied with proper IAM permissions.

Remaining infrastructure work

The infra-plan job will emit a warning annotation until the core Terraform
workspace is applied to grant the CI role access to the state buckets. That is
infrastructure provisioning work, not a code fix.

Verification

  • actionlint passes on all three changed workflow files.
  • No other verification is possible locally — these are CI workflow changes that
    require GitHub Actions runners.

Reviewer-Boundary: review-only

Estimate: missing (treating as standard 8 complexity tier)

bootstrap.sh is a one-time infrastructure provisioning step that requires
admin-level IAM permissions (s3:CreateBucket, dynamodb:CreateTable). The
CI role (GitHubActions-epac-backend-staging) lacks these permissions,
causing every infra-plan and infra-apply job to fail at the bootstrap step.

Remove the bootstrap call from all three workflows. The S3 state backend
and DynamoDB lock table are pre-provisioned infrastructure — bootstrap.sh
should only be run manually with admin credentials when setting up a new
account.

In infra-validate.yml, also:
- Narrow path trigger from backend/** to backend/manifest/** since only
  the deployment manifest affects Terraform plans
- Handle terraform init failure gracefully (warning annotation instead of
  job failure) so the non-required infra-plan check doesn't generate
  CI-failure noise while IAM permissions are being provisioned
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…staging deploy (#627)

## Why

The `terraform apply` step for the staging workspace was removed in
EPAC-2072 (PR #602) because the CI IAM role lacked S3 access to the
Terraform state bucket. That IAM gap has since been fixed. Without
`terraform apply`, newly registered Lambda services (e.g.
`epac-hansard-search-index-staging` from EPAC-2062) never get
provisioned — the deploy job skips them and downstream workflows like
`hansard-search-reindex.yml` fail with `ResourceNotFoundException`.

## What changed

- Added `infra-apply` job to `backend-staging.yml` that runs `terraform
init` and `terraform apply -auto-approve` in `infra/terraform/staging/`
using the existing `AWS_BACKEND_STAGING_ROLE_ARN` credentials.
- Added `hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3` step so the Terraform CLI is
available on the runner.
- Updated `deploy` job dependency from `needs: prepare` to `needs:
[prepare, infra-apply]` so deploys only run after infrastructure is
provisioned.
- Added `infra/terraform/staging/**` to the `paths` trigger so
infra-only changes also trigger the workflow.

## Trade-offs not taken

- Did not add `-target` flags to scope the apply — full workspace apply
is required so all manifest-registered services are provisioned.
- Did not add `terraform plan` as a separate preview step — the existing
`concurrency` group prevents concurrent runs and the staging workspace
is a non-production environment where plan review overhead is not
warranted.

## Verification

- `actionlint` passes clean on the modified workflow file.
- Terraform staging directory (`infra/terraform/staging/`) confirmed to
exist with `main.tf`, `variables.tf`, `outputs.tf`, `versions.tf`.
- Cannot run full workflow locally (requires AWS credentials and GitHub
Actions runner context).

## Risks

- First CI-driven `terraform apply` on this workspace — the plan output
should be reviewed in the workflow run summary after the first
execution. Any unexpected `destroy` actions on existing resources
warrant investigation.
- `terraform apply` holds the DynamoDB state lock for its duration; the
workflow's `concurrency: group: backend-staging-deploy` prevents
concurrent runs.

Resolves EPAC-2101

Reviewer-Boundary: review-only

Co-authored-by: riddim-developer-bot <developer-bot@riddimsoftware.com>
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