# Action log

## 2026-09-11 — bootstrap

- Created this repo to record decisions while executing cleanup items 1–5 (and a second pass on 2–5).
- Assumption: single developer, lab only; breaking changes allowed.

## Step 1 — account-balance is the prepaid source of truth

- Persist books to `BOOKS_PATH` (atomic JSON).
- Mutations go through `balance.adjust` / `usage.recorded`; edge cache `balanceCents` is updated from the books reply only.
- Local cache mutate only when `NATS_URL` and `ACCOUNT_BALANCE_URL` are both unset (tests).

## Step 2 — identity join

- `zappier-identity` mailbox: `verae.identity.bind` / `verae.identity.lookup`.
- Portal + middleware tenants store `veraeUserId`; JWT never public.

## Step 3 — access planes are the public doors

- zappier-edge binds loopback (`127.0.0.1:3000`).
- Public: access-web `:3021`, access-api `:3022`, access-leaf `:3023`, access-zapier `:3024`, access-staff `:3025`.

## Step 4 — leaf hardening

- `verae-nats-accounts` holds nats.conf + subject policy.
- Leaf token required; billing subjects denied in policy file and access-leaf.

## Step 5 — fleet spawn

- Prefer local machines for HTTP `spawn.command` services.
- Disable lan-134 unless `FLEET_ENABLE_LAN134=1`.
- SSH spawn timeout 8s; failed hosts skipped.

## 2026-09-11 — names, staff session, exclusive jobs.events

- Account-balance stores display names (`customer.put` + lookup by name). Edge writes names on customer create/edit; CS/sales/accounting/staff join from edge if the ledger has no name.
- New repo `verae-staff-session` (:3027). Department HTML redirects when `STAFF_AUTH=1`.
- `JOBS_EVENTS_EXCLUSIVE=1` makes `verae-jobs-events` the durable consumer; middleware webhook router backs off.
- Catalog index is cards. Disabled fleet machines are grey, not degraded yellow.

## 2026-09-11 — UI design-system pass

- Restyled CS/sales/accounting/access-staff to portal indigo; dollars + names.
- Fleet ⋯ menus, role chips, Docs cards, 0.0.0.0 copy, simulator indigo (orange = faults).
- Portal masked API key; admin customer drawer; empty invoice illustrations.
- Catalog system-ui. New independent repo **UI-Docs** (walkthrough, screenshots, UI-REVIEW.pdf).

## Second pass (2–5)

- Identity used from portal when `IDENTITY_URL` set.
- Leaf loads allow-list from nats-accounts `policy.json`.
- Staff plane is a first-class mailbox (`verae-access-staff`).
- jobs.events mailbox process `verae-jobs-events` (passthrough + count).