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QA Review — MC #8845 / MC #8241 DropSrbija Phase 4 Infra

QA Review — MC #8845 (review of MC #8241)

Reviewer: John / Proveo QA posture (tool-verified in Pi session 019fa7de-42c2-7d86-80f0-ee5d2a91ea05)
Date: 2026-07-28
Subject task: MC #8241 — [DropSrbija v2 I4.12 Phase 4 validation Proveo infra smoke tests
Subject status: done
BookStack: https://docs.alai.no/books/drop-srbija/page/qa-review-mc-8845-mc-8241-dropsrbija-phase-4-infra
Subject DoD claim: Phase 4 code validated: I4.1 terraform 11 modules PASS; I4.3 3 Caddyfiles PASS; I4.5 PARTIAL; I4.8 PASS; I4.9 PASS; I4.10 PASS; I4.11 PASS; 4 CEO-gated skipped.

Verdict

CONDITIONAL PASS. The core artifact/count/validator claims from MC #8241 are mostly reproducible from the DropSrbija worktree. The strongest checks passed: all 11 Terraform modules validate, all 3 Caddyfiles validate with real caddy validate, YAML/JSON parse checks pass, backup scripts are executable, alert count is 16, release/approval artifacts exist.

Conditions / caveats:

  1. Root Terraform stack validation was not reproduced on this host because installed Terraform is v1.5.7 while infrastructure/terraform/versions.tf requires >= 1.7.0. Module-level validation passed; full root validation requires Terraform >=1.7.
  2. Backup verification workflow is disabled by filename: .github/workflows/backup-verify.yml.SLACK_DISABLED exists and parses as YAML, but .github/workflows/backup-verify.yml does not exist, so GitHub Actions will not schedule/run it.
  3. Secret-name documentation drift: docs/RELEASE/release-process.md documents SLACK_WEBHOOK_ALAI_ALERTS; deploy-production.yml references SLACK_CHANNEL_ALAI_ALERTS.
  4. "Bootstrap dir empty" not confirmed literally: no repo-owned bootstrap directory was found; only scripts/secrets/bootstrap-dev-env.sh and dependency files under node_modules matched *bootstrap*.
  5. "4 CEO-gated skipped" only partially corroborated: repo docs confirm CEO-gated blockers exist, but no single Phase-4 list enumerating exactly four skipped items was found.

Evidence written

  • qa-reviews/evidence-8845/modules.txt
  • qa-reviews/evidence-8845/terraform-validate.log
  • qa-reviews/evidence-8845/terraform-root-validate.log
  • qa-reviews/evidence-8845/root-tfinit.out
  • qa-reviews/evidence-8845/generated-terraform-artifacts-present.txt

Terraform init artifacts generated during validation were removed after the check; no .terraform directories or .terraform.lock.hcl files remained under infrastructure/terraform after cleanup.

Checks performed

I4.1 — Terraform modules

Result: PASS for the claimed 11 module validations; root stack blocked by local Terraform version.

Verified:

  • find infrastructure/terraform/modules -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l → 11
  • Module directories found: backup, cdn, container-apps, container-registry, dns, iam, monitoring, network, postgres, redis, secrets
  • For each module, ran:
    • terraform -chdir=<module> init -backend=false -input=false -no-color
    • terraform -chdir=<module> validate -no-color
  • All 11 module validations returned validate_rc=0 with Success! The configuration is valid.

Limitation:

  • Root check terraform -chdir=infrastructure/terraform init -backend=false -input=false -no-color returned root_init_rc=1 due to Terraform core version mismatch: local host has Terraform v1.5.7; root config requires >= 1.7.0.

I4.3 — Caddyfiles

Result: PASS.

Validated with caddy v2.11.2:

  • Caddyfile.dev → Valid configuration, rc 0
  • Caddyfile.prod → Valid configuration, rc 0
  • Caddyfile.staging → Valid configuration, rc 0

I4.5 — Secrets module / bootstrap

Result: PARTIAL, matching the original PARTIAL posture.

Verified in infrastructure/terraform/modules/secrets/main.tf:

  • azurerm_key_vault_secret.jwt_secret
  • azurerm_key_vault_secret.nbs_ips_api_key
  • azurerm_key_vault_secret.twilio_account_sid
  • azurerm_key_vault_secret.twilio_auth_token
  • azurerm_key_vault_secret.twilio_from_number

Count: 5.

Not verified literally:

  • No repo-owned bootstrap directory was found. find only matched scripts/secrets/bootstrap-dev-env.sh plus node_modules bootstrap implementation files.

I4.8 — Backup scripts, runbook, backup workflow YAML

Result: PASS for scripts/runbook/YAML syntax; operational caveat for disabled workflow filename.

Verified:

  • scripts/backup/ has exactly 3 files:
    • pg-nightly.sh (-rwxr-xr-x)
    • restore-drill.sh (-rwxr-xr-x)
    • wal-archive.sh (-rwxr-xr-x)
  • docs/runbooks/backup-recovery.md documents:
    • RPO: 1 hour
    • RTO: 4 hours
  • .github/workflows/backup-verify.yml.SLACK_DISABLED exists and parses as YAML.

Caveat:

  • .github/workflows/backup-verify.yml does not exist. The present .SLACK_DISABLED file is inert for GitHub Actions scheduling.

I4.9 — Alert rules

Result: PASS.

Verified:

  • observability/alerts/prometheus-rules.yaml parses as YAML.
  • Alert rule count: 16 (grep -c '^[[:space:]]*- alert:').

I4.10 — Release metadata

Result: PASS.

Verified:

  • .releaserc.json parses with jq empty.
  • commitlint.config.js exists (1917 bytes).
  • CHANGELOG.md exists and contains Phase 0-3 Summary (Architecture & Core Implementation).

I4.11 — Production deploy gate and secrets docs

Result: PASS with doc/code drift note.

Verified in .github/workflows/deploy-production.yml:

  • manual-approval job exists.
  • environment: production is used.
  • deploy job has needs: manual-approval.
  • workflow YAML parses successfully.

Verified in docs/RELEASE/release-process.md:

  • Required GitHub Secrets table documents 7 entries: GITHUB_TOKEN, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, SLACK_WEBHOOK_ALAI_ALERTS, SLACK_BOT_TOKEN, ACR_REGISTRY.

Drift:

  • Workflow references 6 unique secrets: ACR_REGISTRY, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, SLACK_BOT_TOKEN, SLACK_CHANNEL_ALAI_ALERTS.
  • Docs name SLACK_WEBHOOK_ALAI_ALERTS; workflow names SLACK_CHANNEL_ALAI_ALERTS.

CEO-gated skipped items

Result: PARTIAL corroboration.

Repo docs confirm CEO-gated blockers exist:

  • docs/bookstack/06-phase4-infrastructure.md lists Azure subscription, drop.rs domain, and production Key Vault secrets as CEO-pending.
  • docs/bookstack/09-pending-ceo-actions.md contains broader CEO-gated actions across incorporation, legal, Azure budget, and RFP/partner work.

No single repo source found in this review enumerated exactly 4 Phase-4-specific skipped items.

Follow-up recommendations

  1. Run root Terraform validation with Terraform >= 1.7.0 and attach output to this review.
  2. Re-enable backup verification by renaming/wiring .github/workflows/backup-verify.yml.SLACK_DISABLED to an active .yml workflow when Slack dependency is resolved.
  3. Reconcile Slack secret naming between deploy-production.yml and docs/RELEASE/release-process.md.
  4. Clarify or remove the stale/imprecise “bootstrap dir empty” claim in future DoD wording.
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