Loki Mode v7.79.0

Enterprise + local foundation: one config knob, pluggable storage, hardened webhooks, real auth gating

The first of two enterprise-hardening releases. Everything here is local-first by
default (zero new dependencies, behavior byte-identical when you set nothing);
enterprise backends and controls are strictly opt-in. Council 3/3 after a
two-round adversarial review that caught and closed real defects before ship.

Features

• Unified config file (#691): loki start --config <file> (aliases --vars,
  --env-file) loads one .env / YAML / JSON file, so Docker / compose / k8s /
  Vault operators inject a single mounted file instead of a wall of LOKI_* env
  vars. Locked precedence: CLI flags > --config > ambient env > auto
  .loki/config.yaml > settings.json > defaults. Secrets are referenced via
  ${VAR} (resolved by bash indirect expansion, never eval), never inlined; a
  literal secret value warns on load and fails loki config validate. New
  loki config example|schema|validate, all generated from one canonical key map
  (the three config-mapping tables that used to drift are now one).
• Pluggable storage adapter (lokistore/): one local-first interface every
  durability feature binds to. Default is the same .loki/ files you already
  use (zero new deps; importing it loads no cloud SDK). Opt in to s3 / gcs /
  azure-blob (lazy-imported only when selected) via storage.backend.
• Object-store checkpoint sync (opt-in): with a non-local storage.backend, a
  build's checkpoints sync off-cluster and a pod rescheduled onto a fresh node
  hydrates and resumes. The Helm worker sets a stable LOKI_RUN_ID so keys match
  across pod restarts.
• Multi-build state isolation: per-build state is namespaced by LOKI_SESSION_ID,
  so two builds in one pod no longer clobber each other (legacy single-build path
  unchanged when unset).
• Post-release smoke CI: a new workflow installs and runs the PUBLISHED npm /
  Docker / Homebrew / SDK artifacts after each release and fails loud, replacing
  the previous manual post-release check.

Security and hardening

• Webhook trigger server rewrite: refuses to run (or accepts) any webhook when no
  HMAC secret is configured (was accept-all), constant-time signature compare,
  threaded with a bounded worker queue (no listener blocking, load-shed on
  storm), dispatches loki start (not the deprecated loki run), reaps children
  (no zombies), dedups redelivered webhooks, and rejects a malformed
  owner/repo so a webhook payload can never inject a CLI flag into the build.
• Two unauthenticated WebSocket paths closed: the /lab sub-app and the native
  /ws/collab endpoint were reachable without auth when enterprise auth was on
  (the collab path could mutate shared state); both now require a valid scoped
  token (close 1008 otherwise) and are pass-through when auth is off.
• Config-value validator fixed: validate_yaml_value used a regex bracket class
  that matched nothing and silently accepted shell metacharacters; it now
  rejects $(...), backticks, pipes, etc.
• LokiStore path-traversal read closed: a leaf symlink inside the store base that
  pointed outside it was followed on read; reads now realpath-check the full
  target.
• Dashboard RBAC consistency: seven /api/memory/* reads and the /api/collab/*
  routes that were missing scope checks now match their gated siblings.

Honest scope (NOT overclaimed)

• LOKI_ALLOWED_PATHS is PARTIAL enforcement: it restricts the sandbox custom
  --mount host path and an operator-supplied sandbox command. It does NOT
  restrict provider-driven agent file writes (those go through the provider CLI,
  not run.sh; the container is their containment). Docs say exactly this.
• Object-store sync covers the .loki checkpoint state; the git refs/loki/cp/*
  worktree snapshots are not synced. SSO/SAML, SCIM, app-level/tenant RBAC, and
  SOC2 remain roadmap, not shipped.

Every claim above maps to enforced, tested behavior: full local test suite green
(1376 pytest + the new bash suites), local-ci 85/0, bash/Bun parity intact.