build: the Doorpost read before the image is built

Tablet 54 (2026-10-15): two spec edits in @spec_files shipped without
moving @expected_hash; the pod logged DOORPOST_DRIFT_AT_STARTUP,
readiness answered 503, and the gate — with every Claude Code session
behind it — went dark. The Doorpost test catches this only when the
suite runs on the exact commit that gets built, and the build script
never ran it.

scripts/doorpost_check.py computes the Doorpost identity the way the
module does (sha256 per spec file in listed order, "path\thash" joined
by newline, sha256 of that) with no Elixir, against the working tree
the image is copied from (default) or a git revision (--rev). On a
mismatch it exits 1 and names each file changed since --base
(origin/main). scripts/build_and_push.sh runs it before anything else
and refuses to build; DOORPOST_SKIP=1 is the written-down exception.

Proven: working tree and cb18f719 match their pins; 347f83cf (the
tablet 54 commit) reports DRIFT naming specs/bikoret_tamid.md and
specs/bishearecha.md; a blank line appended to specs/lo_tosif.md makes
both the check and the build script exit 1. KOHEN.md "Rolling out"
carries the procedure.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

KOHEN.md

@@ -566,6 +566,26 @@ is (Day 4). `scripts/upstream-key-set` stores a caller's model key for
 the gate scenario without echoing it (`~/.config/bikoret/upstream_keys`,
 0600) — run it from a real terminal, not through a non-interactive runner.
 
+**Before the image is built — the Doorpost read on the workbench.**
+`VavPipeline.Doorpost` bakes a hash over the category-grade spec files
+(`@spec_files` in `vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex`); a pod
+whose files do not match logs `DOORPOST_DRIFT_AT_STARTUP`, answers 503
+on readiness, and takes the gate dark (tablet 54: two spec edits shipped
+without the pin). `scripts/build_and_push.sh` now runs
+`scripts/doorpost_check.py` first and refuses to build on drift, naming
+the files that changed since `origin/main`. Hand builds should do the
+same:
+
+```bash
+python3 -I scripts/doorpost_check.py            # the working tree, as the image is built from
+python3 -I scripts/doorpost_check.py --rev HEAD # a commit
+python3 -I scripts/doorpost_check.py --print    # the hash the pin should be
+```
+
+A spec change and its pin move belong in ONE commit, with
+`mix test test/doorpost_test.exs` run on it. `DOORPOST_SKIP=1` exists
+for a deliberate, written-down exception; it is never the way to ship.
+
 ### Standing at the gate — *Bishe'arecha*
 
 A caller can put Bikoret between themselves and a model instead of
@@ -620,6 +640,56 @@ Each upstream call spends one `api_calls_external` of the day's manna
 the bedikah by hand still runs. Streaming is refused (422). A non-200
 from the model passes through as it came. Tamid §1.1 has the contract.
 
+**Fallback — when the gate is down, Claude Code here is down with it.**
+Every request of a session behind the gate goes to bikoret.ch; if the pod
+is not ready (503: stale manna at the day boundary, a Doorpost drift, a
+hung rollout) the session cannot reach Anthropic at all. Note that an
+`env` entry in `~/.claude/settings.json` OVERRIDES the shell environment
+(verified 2026-10-15): `env -u ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL … claude` does nothing
+while the gate is armed there. Three tools, all in `scripts/` (install to
+`~/.local/bin`), none of which holds a key:
+
+```bash
+claude-direct             # start Claude Code straight to Anthropic, whatever
+                          # settings.json says (a --settings JSON on the command
+                          # line outranks every settings file); OAuth as usual
+claude-key                # the same, on the Anthropic API KEY from
+                          # ~/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys instead of the
+                          # subscription's OAuth token: no browser, no /login.
+                          # Billed to the API console account, not the Max plan.
+claude-bikoret            # start behind the gate; probes the gate first and, if
+                          # it does not answer, says so and starts claude-direct.
+                          # BIKORET_STRICT=1 claude-bikoret refuses instead.
+bikoret-settings on|off|status
+                          # arm / disarm the gate for EVERY launcher (desktop,
+                          # background jobs, plain `claude`) via settings.json.
+                          # `on` writes the courtyard key there — the kohen runs
+                          # it, not the builder; `off` is the recovery.
+```
+
+Order of recovery: `claude-direct` (always works while the OAuth token
+is good), then `bikoret-settings off` if background sessions must also
+recover, then fix the pod (`curl -s https://bikoret.ch/kodesh/health`
+names the failed check), then `bikoret-settings on` and `claude-bikoret`
+again.
+
+**When it is the login, not the gate.** Every session on the VM shares
+one OAuth credential (`~/.claude/.credentials.json`); the access token
+lives eight hours and the daemon refreshes it ahead of time. On
+2026-10-15 21:08Z that refresh failed with no incident at Anthropic
+(most likely two processes racing on the single-use refresh token), the
+credential was dropped, and every session said "Login expired · Please
+run /login" for 2 h 43 min. The browser flow from a remote shell is
+fragile ("Login interrupted" twice before it took). Recovery:
+
+```bash
+claude-key                # work NOW on the API key; nothing to log in to
+claude auth login         # from the shell, not inside a session: prints the
+                          # URL, paste the code it gives back; `--console`
+                          # signs in to the API account instead of the plan
+claude auth status --text # says which credential a launch would use
+```
+
 ### The second scroll — *Mishneh haTorah*
 
 `/kodesh/health` carries `mesorah_hash` beside `l1_hash`: the mesorah

deploy/k8s/configmap.yaml

@@ -60,3 +60,11 @@ data:
 
   # Pipeline latency budget (ms) — Construction spec §2.5
   PIPELINE_LATENCY_BUDGET_MS: "5000"
+
+  # Ecto pool size for vav-pipeline (runtime.exs default 20). The DBaaS
+  # is an Aiven hobbyist-2 shared with Gitea and Aiven's own monitor;
+  # a pool of 20 fills its connection ceiling by itself (2026-10-15:
+  # refusals "remaining connection slots are reserved" for 24 h, one
+  # pool worker looping, Aiven's monitor refused). Ten is ample for a
+  # single replica.
+  POOL_SIZE: "10"

scripts/bikoret-settings

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Arm or disarm the gate in Claude Code's settings.json (the `env` block is
+# applied to EVERY launcher — desktop, background jobs, the plain `claude`).
+#
+#   bikoret-settings on      put ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL + ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS in
+#   bikoret-settings off     remove them (the fallback when the gate is down)
+#   bikoret-settings status  say which
+#
+# `on` writes the courtyard key into a config file, so the transmitter runs it:
+# the builder is not allowed to write a credential there. `off` writes none.
+import json, os, sys
+p = os.path.expanduser("~/.claude/settings.json")
+KEYS = ("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", "ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS")
+mode = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "status"
+d = json.load(open(p))
+env = d.get("env", {})
+if mode == "on":
+    k = [l.split()[1] for l in open(os.path.expanduser("~/.config/shorashim/api_keys")) if l.startswith("courtyard")][0]
+    env.update({"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://bikoret.ch/gate/anthropic",
+                "ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS": "X-Bikoret-Key: " + k})
+    d["env"] = env
+elif mode == "off":
+    for key in KEYS:
+        env.pop(key, None)
+    if env: d["env"] = env
+    else: d.pop("env", None)
+elif mode != "status":
+    sys.exit("usage: bikoret-settings on|off|status")
+if mode in ("on", "off"):
+    json.dump(d, open(p, "w"), indent=2)
+    os.chmod(p, 0o600)
+armed = all(k in d.get("env", {}) for k in KEYS)
+print("gate in settings.json:", "ARMED (every launcher goes through bikoret.ch)" if armed else "off (direct to Anthropic)")

scripts/build_and_push.sh

@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ if [[ ! -d "deploy/docker" || ! -d "l1/torah" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Sanity: docker buildx
+# The Doorpost, read before the build: the spec files the image will carry
+# must hash to the pin baked into VavPipeline.Doorpost, or the pod drifts
+# at startup, readiness answers 503, and the gate goes dark (tablet 54,
+# 2026-10-15). scripts/doorpost_check.py computes the same hash the same
+# way and names the drifted files. DOORPOST_SKIP=1 only for a deliberate,
+# documented exception — never to ship a drift.
+if [[ "${DOORPOST_SKIP:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
+  python3 -I scripts/doorpost_check.py || exit 1
+fi
+
 if ! docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "ERROR: docker buildx not available — install Docker Desktop or buildx plugin" >&2
   exit 1

scripts/claude-bikoret

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Start Claude Code behind the gate (KOHEN "Claude Code behind the gate").
+# The courtyard key is read from the keys file at launch and never written anywhere else.
+#
+# Fallback (2026-10-15): before launching, probe the gate. If bikoret.ch or
+# the pod is down, say so and start DIRECT to Anthropic instead
+# (claude-direct), unless BIKORET_STRICT=1 — then refuse, so a session that
+# must be examined is never silently unexamined.
+GATE="https://bikoret.ch/gate/anthropic"
+code=$(curl -sS -m 6 -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST "$GATE/v1/messages" \
+       -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{}' 2>/dev/null)
+case "$code" in
+  401|400|422) ;;   # the gate answered: it is up (it refuses an unkeyed/empty request)
+  *)
+    echo "bikoret gate not answering (HTTP ${code:-000}) — see: curl -s https://bikoret.ch/kodesh/health" >&2
+    if [ "${BIKORET_STRICT:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+      echo "BIKORET_STRICT=1: refusing to start unexamined" >&2; exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "starting DIRECT to Anthropic (claude-direct); re-run claude-bikoret when the gate is back" >&2
+    exec "$HOME/.local/bin/claude-direct" "$@"
+    ;;
+esac
+KEY=$(awk '$1=="courtyard"{print $2}' "$HOME/.config/shorashim/api_keys")
+[ -n "$KEY" ] || { echo "no courtyard key in ~/.config/shorashim/api_keys" >&2; exit 1; }
+export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="$GATE"
+export ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS="X-Bikoret-Key: $KEY"
+exec claude "$@"

scripts/claude-direct

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Start Claude Code DIRECT to Anthropic, bypassing the Bikoret gate — the
+# fallback for when bikoret.ch / the pod is down (KOHEN "Claude Code behind
+# the gate — fallback").
+#
+# Why --settings and not `env -u`: an `env` entry in ~/.claude/settings.json
+# overrides the shell environment (verified 2026-10-15), so unsetting the
+# variables in the shell does nothing while the gate is armed there. A
+# `--settings` JSON on the command line outranks every settings file, so it
+# wins without touching settings.json. OAuth login is used as normal.
+unset ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS
+exec claude --settings '{"env":{"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL":"https://api.anthropic.com","ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS":""}}' "$@"

scripts/claude-key

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Start Claude Code on the Anthropic API KEY instead of the subscription's
+# OAuth token — the second leg of the fallback (KOHEN "Claude Code behind
+# the gate — fallback"). For when /login fails or the OAuth refresh died
+# (2026-10-15 21:08Z: the daemon's proactive refresh failed, every session
+# on the VM showed "Login expired", and the browser flow took three tries
+# from a remote shell).
+#
+# Billing: the API console account (pay per token), not the Max plan.
+# The key is read from the upstream keys file at launch and never written
+# anywhere. Direct to Anthropic, whatever settings.json says.
+KEY=$(awk '$1=="anthropic"{print $2}' "$HOME/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys")
+[ -n "$KEY" ] || { echo "no 'anthropic <key>' line in ~/.config/shorashim/upstream_keys" >&2; exit 1; }
+export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$KEY"
+unset ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS
+exec claude --settings '{"env":{"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL":"https://api.anthropic.com","ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS":""}}' "$@"

scripts/doorpost_check.py

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""doorpost_check.py — the Doorpost read BEFORE the image is built.
+
+VavPipeline.Doorpost bakes @expected_hash over the category-grade spec
+files (@spec_files in vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex). An
+image whose spec files do not hash to its pin logs
+DOORPOST_DRIFT_AT_STARTUP, answers 503 on readiness, and takes the gate
+dark with it — tablet 54, 2026-10-15: two spec edits shipped without a
+pin move and every Claude Code session behind the gate was cut off.
+
+This script computes the same hash the same way, with no Elixir:
+  for each path in @spec_files, in listed order: sha256(contents)
+  join "path\\thash" with "\\n"; sha256 of that.
+and compares it with the pin. Exit 0 on a match, 1 on drift (the
+message names each drifted file against a base revision), 2 on a
+missing file or an unreadable module.
+
+  scripts/doorpost_check.py                 # the working tree, as the image is built from
+  scripts/doorpost_check.py --rev <rev>     # a git revision instead of the working tree
+  scripts/doorpost_check.py --base <rev>    # on drift, diff the manifest against <rev> (default origin/main)
+  scripts/doorpost_check.py --print         # print the hash only (what the pin should be)
+
+Devarim 4:2 — nothing added, nothing taken: the pin moves by a commit
+that moves it, never by a build that ignores it.
+"""
+import argparse, hashlib, os, re, subprocess, sys
+
+ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+MODULE = "vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex"
+
+
+def read(rev, path):
+    """Bytes of `path` at `rev`, or from the working tree when rev is None. None if missing."""
+    if rev is None:
+        full = os.path.join(ROOT, path)
+        try:
+            with open(full, "rb") as f:
+                return f.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return None
+    r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", ROOT, "show", f"{rev}:{path}"], capture_output=True)
+    return r.stdout if r.returncode == 0 else None
+
+
+def spec_files_and_pin(rev):
+    src = read(rev, MODULE)
+    if src is None:
+        sys.exit(f"doorpost_check: cannot read {MODULE}" + (f" at {rev}" if rev else ""))
+    src = src.decode()
+    block = src.split("@spec_files [", 1)[1].split("]", 1)[0]
+    files = re.findall(r'"([^"]+)"', block)
+    pin = re.search(r'@expected_hash\s+"([0-9a-f]{64})"', src)
+    if not files or not pin:
+        sys.exit(f"doorpost_check: could not parse @spec_files/@expected_hash from {MODULE}")
+    return files, pin.group(1)
+
+
+def manifest(rev, files):
+    out = {}
+    for p in files:
+        data = read(rev, p)
+        out[p] = None if data is None else hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+    return out
+
+
+def identity(man):
+    return hashlib.sha256("\n".join(f"{p}\t{h}" for p, h in man.items()).encode()).hexdigest()
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--rev", help="git revision to check instead of the working tree")
+    ap.add_argument("--base", default="origin/main", help="revision to name drifted files against")
+    ap.add_argument("--print", action="store_true", help="print the computed hash only")
+    a = ap.parse_args()
+
+    files, pin = spec_files_and_pin(a.rev)
+    man = manifest(a.rev, files)
+    missing = [p for p, h in man.items() if h is None]
+    if missing:
+        print("doorpost_check: MISSING spec file(s): " + ", ".join(missing), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)
+    computed = identity(man)
+    if a.print:
+        print(computed)
+        return
+    where = a.rev or "working tree"
+    if computed == pin:
+        print(f"doorpost: {where} hashes to its pin {pin[:8]}… ({len(files)} files) — the Doorpost will verify")
+        return
+    print(f"doorpost: DRIFT in {where} — computed {computed}, pinned {pin}", file=sys.stderr)
+    base_files, _ = spec_files_and_pin(a.base)
+    base_man = manifest(a.base, base_files)
+    for p in files:
+        if base_man.get(p) != man[p]:
+            print(f"  changed since {a.base}: {p}", file=sys.stderr)
+    for p in files:
+        if p not in base_man:
+            print(f"  added to @spec_files since {a.base}: {p}", file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"  Move @expected_hash in {MODULE} to {computed} in the same commit as the spec change,", file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"  then run: mix test test/doorpost_test.exs. Refusing to build an image that would drift at startup.", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
   # changes; the update is a deliberate operator commit. A bare
   # hash-update commit (without a corresponding spec change in the
   # same commit) is itself a drift signal.
-  @expected_hash "581133126c483eea33d3eb79379cf2f0c54e221d8ae705d9e67da987086ed52a"
+  @expected_hash "66aa7874fae4875793791ce6ca7bbe55302109d5e4444bcb36d578dfe6e98a0d"
 
   @doc "Return the list of files that constitute the category-grade specification."
   @spec files() :: [String.t()]