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## 2·Workspace & Packages
The console is implemented in `src/StellaOps.Web`, an Angular17 workspace built on standalone components and Signals.
The console is implemented in `src/Web/StellaOps.Web`, an Angular17 workspace built on standalone components and Signals.
| Path | Purpose | Highlights |
|------|---------|------------|
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## 6·Offline & Configuration Workflows
- **Config manifest:** `/config.json` includes Authority issuer/client ID, gateway base URL, feature flags, telemetry endpoints, and offline hints. Operators can swap config by copying `src/config/config.sample.json` and editing before build, or by rewriting the response at gateway runtime.
- **Deterministic install:** Documented in `src/StellaOps.Web/docs/DeterministicInstall.md``npm run ci:install` plus Chromium provisioning ensures offline runners reproduce builds.
- **Deterministic install:** Documented in `src/Web/StellaOps.Web/docs/DeterministicInstall.md``npm run ci:install` plus Chromium provisioning ensures offline runners reproduce builds.
- **Offline Kit parity:** UI validates downloads manifest signatures (cosign) and surfaces snapshot timestamps per tenant. When offline, buttons switch to CLI snippets (`stella runs export`, `stella downloads sync`).
- **Feature flags:** `CONSOLE_FEATURE_FLAGS` toggles modules (`runs`, `downloads`, `telemetry`); offline bundles include flag manifest so UI can render only supported panes.
- **Snapshot awareness:** Global banner shows snapshot timestamp and disables actions needing Authority fresh-auth when running in sealed mode.

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# StellaOps Architecture Overview (Sprint19)
> **Ownership:** Architecture Guild • Docs Guild
> **Audience:** Service owners, platform engineers, solution architects
> **Related:** [High-Level Architecture](../07_HIGH_LEVEL_ARCHITECTURE.md), [Concelier Architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_CONCELIER.md), [Policy Engine Architecture](policy-engine.md), [Aggregation-Only Contract](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
This dossier summarises the end-to-end runtime topology after the Aggregation-Only Contract (AOC) rollout. It highlights where raw facts live, how ingest services enforce guardrails, and how downstream components consume those facts to derive policy decisions and user-facing experiences.
---
## 1·System landscape
```mermaid
graph TD
subgraph Edge["Clients & Automation"]
CLI[stella CLI]
UI[Console SPA]
APIClients[CI / API Clients]
end
Gateway[API Gateway<br/>(JWT + DPoP scopes)]
subgraph Scanner["Fact Collection"]
ScannerWeb[Scanner.WebService]
ScannerWorkers[Scanner.Workers]
Agent[Agent Runtime]
end
subgraph Ingestion["Aggregation-Only Ingestion (AOC)"]
Concelier[Concelier.WebService]
Excititor[Excititor.WebService]
RawStore[(MongoDB<br/>advisory_raw / vex_raw)]
end
subgraph Derivation["Policy & Overlay"]
Policy[Policy Engine]
Scheduler[Scheduler Services]
Notify[Notifier]
end
subgraph Experience["UX & Export"]
UIService[Console Backend]
Exporters[Export / Offline Kit]
end
Observability[Telemetry Stack]
CLI --> Gateway
UI --> Gateway
APIClients --> Gateway
Gateway --> ScannerWeb
ScannerWeb --> ScannerWorkers
ScannerWorkers --> Concelier
ScannerWorkers --> Excititor
Concelier --> RawStore
Excititor --> RawStore
RawStore --> Policy
Policy --> Scheduler
Policy --> Notify
Policy --> UIService
Scheduler --> UIService
UIService --> Exporters
Exporters --> CLI
Exporters --> Offline[Offline Kit]
Observability -.-> ScannerWeb
Observability -.-> Concelier
Observability -.-> Excititor
Observability -.-> Policy
Observability -.-> Scheduler
Observability -.-> Notify
```
Key boundaries:
- **AOC border.** Everything inside the Ingestion subgraph writes only immutable raw facts plus link hints. Derived severity, consensus, and risk remain outside the border.
- **Policy-only derivation.** Policy Engine materialises `effective_finding_*` collections and emits overlays; other services consume but never mutate them.
- **Tenant enforcement.** Authority-issued DPoP scopes flow through Gateway to every service; raw stores and overlays include `tenant` strictly.
---
## 2·Aggregation-Only Contract focus
### 2.1 Responsibilities at the boundary
| Area | Services | Responsibilities under AOC | Forbidden under AOC |
|------|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| **Ingestion (Concelier / Excititor)** | `StellaOps.Concelier.WebService`, `StellaOps.Excititor.WebService` | Fetch upstream advisories/VEX, verify signatures, compute linksets, append immutable documents to `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw`, emit observability signals, expose raw read APIs. | Computing severity, consensus, suppressions, or policy hints; merging upstream sources into a single derived record; mutating existing documents. |
| **Policy & Overlay** | `StellaOps.Policy.Engine`, Scheduler | Join SBOM inventory with raw advisories/VEX, evaluate policies, issue `effective_finding_*` overlays, drive remediation workflows. | Writing to raw collections; bypassing guard scopes; running without recorded provenance. |
| **Experience layers** | Console, CLI, Exporters | Surface raw facts + policy overlays; run `stella aoc verify`; render AOC dashboards and reports. | Accepting ingestion payloads that lack provenance or violate guard results. |
### 2.2 Raw stores
| Collection | Purpose | Key fields | Notes |
|------------|---------|------------|-------|
| `advisory_raw` | Immutable vendor/ecosystem advisory documents. | `_id`, `tenant`, `source.*`, `upstream.*`, `content.raw`, `linkset`, `supersedes`. | Idempotent by `(source.vendor, upstream.upstream_id, upstream.content_hash)`. |
| `vex_raw` | Immutable vendor VEX statements. | Mirrors `advisory_raw`; `identifiers.statements` summarises affected components. | Maintains supersedes chain identical to advisory flow. |
| Change streams (`advisory_raw_stream`, `vex_raw_stream`) | Feed Policy Engine and Scheduler. | `operationType`, `documentKey`, `fullDocument`, `tenant`, `traceId`. | Scope filtered per tenant before delivery. |
### 2.3 Guarded ingestion sequence
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant Upstream as Upstream Source
participant Connector as Concelier/Excititor Connector
participant Guard as AOCWriteGuard
participant Mongo as MongoDB (advisory_raw / vex_raw)
participant Stream as Change Stream
participant Policy as Policy Engine
Upstream-->>Connector: CSAF / OSV / VEX document
Connector->>Connector: Normalize transport, compute content_hash
Connector->>Guard: Candidate raw doc (source + upstream + content + linkset)
Guard-->>Connector: ERR_AOC_00x on violation
Guard->>Mongo: Append immutable document (with tenant & supersedes)
Mongo-->>Stream: Change event (tenant scoped)
Stream->>Policy: Raw delta payload
Policy->>Policy: Evaluate policies, compute effective findings
```
---
### 2.4 Authority scopes & tenancy
| Scope | Holder | Purpose | Notes |
|-------|--------|---------|-------|
| `advisory:ingest` / `vex:ingest` | Concelier / Excititor collectors | Append raw documents through ingestion endpoints. | Paired with tenant claims; requests without tenant are rejected. |
| `advisory:read` / `vex:read` | DevOps verify identity, CLI | Run `stella aoc verify` or call `/aoc/verify`. | Read-only; cannot mutate raw docs. |
| `effective:write` | Policy Engine | Materialise `effective_finding_*` overlays. | Only Policy Engine identity may hold; ingestion contexts receive `ERR_AOC_006` if they attempt. |
| `findings:read` | Console, CLI, exports | Consume derived findings. | Enforced by Gateway and downstream services. |
---
## 3·Data & control flow highlights
1. **Ingestion:** Concelier / Excititor connectors fetch upstream documents, compute linksets, and hand payloads to `AOCWriteGuard`. Guards validate schema, provenance, forbidden fields, supersedes pointers, and append-only rules before writing to Mongo.
2. **Verification:** `stella aoc verify` (CLI/CI) and `/aoc/verify` endpoints replay guard checks against stored documents, mapping `ERR_AOC_00x` codes to exit codes for automation.
3. **Policy evaluation:** Mongo change streams deliver tenant-scoped raw deltas. Policy Engine joins SBOM inventory (via BOM Index), executes deterministic policies, writes overlays, and emits events to Scheduler/Notify.
4. **Experience surfaces:** Console renders an AOC dashboard showing ingestion latency, guard violations, and supersedes depth. CLI exposes raw-document fetch helpers for auditing. Offline Kit bundles raw collections alongside guard configs to keep air-gapped installs verifiable.
5. **Observability:** All services emit `ingestion_write_total`, `aoc_violation_total{code}`, `ingestion_latency_seconds`, and trace spans `ingest.fetch`, `ingest.transform`, `ingest.write`, `aoc.guard`. Logs correlate via `traceId`, `tenant`, `source.vendor`, and `content_hash`.
---
## 4·Offline & disaster readiness
- **Offline Kit:** Packages raw Mongo snapshots (`advisory_raw`, `vex_raw`) plus guard configuration and CLI verifier binaries so air-gapped sites can re-run AOC checks before promotion.
- **Recovery:** Supersedes chains allow rollback to prior revisions without mutating documents. Disaster exercises must rehearse restoring from snapshot, replaying change streams into Policy Engine, and re-validating guard compliance.
- **Migration:** Legacy normalised fields are moved to temporary views during cutover; ingestion runtime removes writes once guard-enforced path is live (see [Migration playbook](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md#8-migration-playbook)).
---
## 5·References
- [Aggregation-Only Contract reference](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
- [Concelier architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_CONCELIER.md)
- [Excititor architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_EXCITITOR.md)
- [Policy Engine architecture](policy-engine.md)
- [Authority service](../ARCHITECTURE_AUTHORITY.md)
- [Observability standards (upcoming)](../observability/policy.md) interim reference for telemetry naming.
---
## 6·Compliance checklist
- [ ] AOC guard enabled for all Concelier and Excititor write paths in production.
- [ ] Mongo schema validators deployed for `advisory_raw` and `vex_raw`; change streams scoped per tenant.
- [ ] Authority scopes (`advisory:*`, `vex:*`, `effective:*`) configured in Gateway and validated via integration tests.
- [ ] `stella aoc verify` wired into CI/CD pipelines with seeded violation fixtures.
- [ ] Console AOC dashboard and CLI documentation reference the new ingestion contract.
- [ ] Offline Kit bundles include guard configs, verifier tooling, and documentation updates.
- [ ] Observability dashboards include violation, latency, and supersedes depth metrics with alert thresholds.
---
*Last updated: 2025-10-26 (Sprint19).*
# StellaOps Architecture Overview (Sprint19)
> **Ownership:** Architecture Guild • Docs Guild
> **Audience:** Service owners, platform engineers, solution architects
> **Related:** [High-Level Architecture](../07_HIGH_LEVEL_ARCHITECTURE.md), [Concelier Architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_CONCELIER.md), [Policy Engine Architecture](policy-engine.md), [Aggregation-Only Contract](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
This dossier summarises the end-to-end runtime topology after the Aggregation-Only Contract (AOC) rollout. It highlights where raw facts live, how ingest services enforce guardrails, and how downstream components consume those facts to derive policy decisions and user-facing experiences.
---
## 1·System landscape
```mermaid
graph TD
subgraph Edge["Clients & Automation"]
CLI[stella CLI]
UI[Console SPA]
APIClients[CI / API Clients]
end
Gateway[API Gateway<br/>(JWT + DPoP scopes)]
subgraph Scanner["Fact Collection"]
ScannerWeb[Scanner.WebService]
ScannerWorkers[Scanner.Workers]
Agent[Agent Runtime]
end
subgraph Ingestion["Aggregation-Only Ingestion (AOC)"]
Concelier[Concelier.WebService]
Excititor[Excititor.WebService]
RawStore[(MongoDB<br/>advisory_raw / vex_raw)]
end
subgraph Derivation["Policy & Overlay"]
Policy[Policy Engine]
Scheduler[Scheduler Services]
Notify[Notifier]
end
subgraph Experience["UX & Export"]
UIService[Console Backend]
Exporters[Export / Offline Kit]
end
Observability[Telemetry Stack]
CLI --> Gateway
UI --> Gateway
APIClients --> Gateway
Gateway --> ScannerWeb
ScannerWeb --> ScannerWorkers
ScannerWorkers --> Concelier
ScannerWorkers --> Excititor
Concelier --> RawStore
Excititor --> RawStore
RawStore --> Policy
Policy --> Scheduler
Policy --> Notify
Policy --> UIService
Scheduler --> UIService
UIService --> Exporters
Exporters --> CLI
Exporters --> Offline[Offline Kit]
Observability -.-> ScannerWeb
Observability -.-> Concelier
Observability -.-> Excititor
Observability -.-> Policy
Observability -.-> Scheduler
Observability -.-> Notify
```
Key boundaries:
- **AOC border.** Everything inside the Ingestion subgraph writes only immutable raw facts plus link hints. Derived severity, consensus, and risk remain outside the border.
- **Policy-only derivation.** Policy Engine materialises `effective_finding_*` collections and emits overlays; other services consume but never mutate them.
- **Tenant enforcement.** Authority-issued DPoP scopes flow through Gateway to every service; raw stores and overlays include `tenant` strictly.
---
## 2·Aggregation-Only Contract focus
### 2.1 Responsibilities at the boundary
| Area | Services | Responsibilities under AOC | Forbidden under AOC |
|------|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| **Ingestion (Concelier / Excititor)** | `StellaOps.Concelier.WebService`, `StellaOps.Excititor.WebService` | Fetch upstream advisories/VEX, verify signatures, compute linksets, append immutable documents to `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw`, emit observability signals, expose raw read APIs. | Computing severity, consensus, suppressions, or policy hints; merging upstream sources into a single derived record; mutating existing documents. |
| **Policy & Overlay** | `StellaOps.Policy.Engine`, Scheduler | Join SBOM inventory with raw advisories/VEX, evaluate policies, issue `effective_finding_*` overlays, drive remediation workflows. | Writing to raw collections; bypassing guard scopes; running without recorded provenance. |
| **Experience layers** | Console, CLI, Exporters | Surface raw facts + policy overlays; run `stella aoc verify`; render AOC dashboards and reports. | Accepting ingestion payloads that lack provenance or violate guard results. |
### 2.2 Raw stores
| Collection | Purpose | Key fields | Notes |
|------------|---------|------------|-------|
| `advisory_raw` | Immutable vendor/ecosystem advisory documents. | `_id`, `tenant`, `source.*`, `upstream.*`, `content.raw`, `linkset`, `supersedes`. | Idempotent by `(source.vendor, upstream.upstream_id, upstream.content_hash)`. |
| `vex_raw` | Immutable vendor VEX statements. | Mirrors `advisory_raw`; `identifiers.statements` summarises affected components. | Maintains supersedes chain identical to advisory flow. |
| Change streams (`advisory_raw_stream`, `vex_raw_stream`) | Feed Policy Engine and Scheduler. | `operationType`, `documentKey`, `fullDocument`, `tenant`, `traceId`. | Scope filtered per tenant before delivery. |
### 2.3 Guarded ingestion sequence
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant Upstream as Upstream Source
participant Connector as Concelier/Excititor Connector
participant Guard as AOCWriteGuard
participant Mongo as MongoDB (advisory_raw / vex_raw)
participant Stream as Change Stream
participant Policy as Policy Engine
Upstream-->>Connector: CSAF / OSV / VEX document
Connector->>Connector: Normalize transport, compute content_hash
Connector->>Guard: Candidate raw doc (source + upstream + content + linkset)
Guard-->>Connector: ERR_AOC_00x on violation
Guard->>Mongo: Append immutable document (with tenant & supersedes)
Mongo-->>Stream: Change event (tenant scoped)
Stream->>Policy: Raw delta payload
Policy->>Policy: Evaluate policies, compute effective findings
```
---
### 2.4 Authority scopes & tenancy
| Scope | Holder | Purpose | Notes |
|-------|--------|---------|-------|
| `advisory:ingest` / `vex:ingest` | Concelier / Excititor collectors | Append raw documents through ingestion endpoints. | Paired with tenant claims; requests without tenant are rejected. |
| `advisory:read` / `vex:read` | DevOps verify identity, CLI | Run `stella aoc verify` or call `/aoc/verify`. | Read-only; cannot mutate raw docs. |
| `effective:write` | Policy Engine | Materialise `effective_finding_*` overlays. | Only Policy Engine identity may hold; ingestion contexts receive `ERR_AOC_006` if they attempt. |
| `findings:read` | Console, CLI, exports | Consume derived findings. | Enforced by Gateway and downstream services. |
---
## 3·Data & control flow highlights
1. **Ingestion:** Concelier / Excititor connectors fetch upstream documents, compute linksets, and hand payloads to `AOCWriteGuard`. Guards validate schema, provenance, forbidden fields, supersedes pointers, and append-only rules before writing to Mongo.
2. **Verification:** `stella aoc verify` (CLI/CI) and `/aoc/verify` endpoints replay guard checks against stored documents, mapping `ERR_AOC_00x` codes to exit codes for automation.
3. **Policy evaluation:** Mongo change streams deliver tenant-scoped raw deltas. Policy Engine joins SBOM inventory (via BOM Index), executes deterministic policies, writes overlays, and emits events to Scheduler/Notify.
4. **Experience surfaces:** Console renders an AOC dashboard showing ingestion latency, guard violations, and supersedes depth. CLI exposes raw-document fetch helpers for auditing. Offline Kit bundles raw collections alongside guard configs to keep air-gapped installs verifiable.
5. **Observability:** All services emit `ingestion_write_total`, `aoc_violation_total{code}`, `ingestion_latency_seconds`, and trace spans `ingest.fetch`, `ingest.transform`, `ingest.write`, `aoc.guard`. Logs correlate via `traceId`, `tenant`, `source.vendor`, and `content_hash`.
---
## 4·Offline & disaster readiness
- **Offline Kit:** Packages raw Mongo snapshots (`advisory_raw`, `vex_raw`) plus guard configuration and CLI verifier binaries so air-gapped sites can re-run AOC checks before promotion.
- **Recovery:** Supersedes chains allow rollback to prior revisions without mutating documents. Disaster exercises must rehearse restoring from snapshot, replaying change streams into Policy Engine, and re-validating guard compliance.
- **Migration:** Legacy normalised fields are moved to temporary views during cutover; ingestion runtime removes writes once guard-enforced path is live (see [Migration playbook](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md#8-migration-playbook)).
---
## 5·References
- [Aggregation-Only Contract reference](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
- [Concelier architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_CONCELIER.md)
- [Excititor architecture](../ARCHITECTURE_EXCITITOR.md)
- [Policy Engine architecture](policy-engine.md)
- [Authority service](../ARCHITECTURE_AUTHORITY.md)
- [Observability standards (upcoming)](../observability/policy.md) interim reference for telemetry naming.
---
## 6·Compliance checklist
- [ ] AOC guard enabled for all Concelier and Excititor write paths in production.
- [ ] Mongo schema validators deployed for `advisory_raw` and `vex_raw`; change streams scoped per tenant.
- [ ] Authority scopes (`advisory:*`, `vex:*`, `effective:*`) configured in Gateway and validated via integration tests.
- [ ] `stella aoc verify` wired into CI/CD pipelines with seeded violation fixtures.
- [ ] Console AOC dashboard and CLI documentation reference the new ingestion contract.
- [ ] Offline Kit bundles include guard configs, verifier tooling, and documentation updates.
- [ ] Observability dashboards include violation, latency, and supersedes depth metrics with alert thresholds.
---
*Last updated: 2025-10-26 (Sprint19).*

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# Policy Engine Architecture (v2)
> **Ownership:** Policy Guild • Platform Guild
> **Services:** `StellaOps.Policy.Engine` (Minimal API + worker host)
> **Data Stores:** MongoDB (`policies`, `policy_runs`, `effective_finding_*`), Object storage (explain bundles), optional NATS/Mongo queue
> **Related docs:** [Policy overview](../policy/overview.md), [DSL](../policy/dsl.md), [Lifecycle](../policy/lifecycle.md), [Runs](../policy/runs.md), [REST API](../api/policy.md), [Policy CLI](../cli/policy.md), [Architecture overview](../architecture/overview.md), [AOC reference](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
This dossier describes the internal structure of the Policy Engine service delivered in Epic2. It focuses on module boundaries, deterministic evaluation, orchestration, and integration contracts with Concelier, Excititor, SBOM Service, Authority, Scheduler, and Observability stacks.
The service operates strictly downstream of the **Aggregation-Only Contract (AOC)**. It consumes immutable `advisory_raw` and `vex_raw` documents emitted by Concelier and Excititor, derives findings inside Policy-owned collections, and never mutates ingestion stores. Refer to the architecture overview and AOC reference for system-wide guardrails and provenance obligations.
---
## 1·Responsibilities & Constraints
- Compile and evaluate `stella-dsl@1` policy packs into deterministic verdicts.
- Join SBOM inventory, Concelier advisories, and Excititor VEX evidence via canonical linksets and equivalence tables.
- Materialise effective findings (`effective_finding_{policyId}`) with append-only history and produce explain traces.
- Operate incrementally: react to change streams (advisory/vex/SBOM deltas) with ≤5min SLA.
- Provide simulations with diff summaries for UI/CLI workflows without modifying state.
- Enforce strict determinism guard (no wall-clock, RNG, network beyond allow-listed services) and RBAC + tenancy via Authority scopes.
- Support sealed/air-gapped deployments with offline bundles and sealed-mode hints.
Non-goals: policy authoring UI (handled by Console), ingestion or advisory normalisation (Concelier), VEX consensus (Excititor), runtime enforcement (Zastava).
---
## 2·High-Level Architecture
```mermaid
graph TD
subgraph Clients
CLI[stella CLI]
UI[Console Policy Editor]
CI[CI Pipelines]
end
subgraph PolicyEngine["StellaOps.Policy.Engine"]
API[Minimal API Host]
Orchestrator[Run Orchestrator]
WorkerPool[Evaluation Workers]
Compiler[DSL Compiler Cache]
Materializer[Effective Findings Writer]
end
subgraph RawStores["Raw Stores (AOC)"]
AdvisoryRaw[(MongoDB<br/>advisory_raw)]
VexRaw[(MongoDB<br/>vex_raw)]
end
subgraph Derived["Derived Stores"]
Mongo[(MongoDB<br/>policies / policy_runs / effective_finding_*)]
Blob[(Object Store / Evidence Locker)]
Queue[(Mongo Queue / NATS)]
end
Concelier[(Concelier APIs)]
Excititor[(Excititor APIs)]
SBOM[(SBOM Service)]
Authority[(Authority / DPoP Gateway)]
CLI --> API
UI --> API
CI --> API
API --> Compiler
API --> Orchestrator
Orchestrator --> Queue
Queue --> WorkerPool
Concelier --> AdvisoryRaw
Excititor --> VexRaw
WorkerPool --> AdvisoryRaw
WorkerPool --> VexRaw
WorkerPool --> SBOM
WorkerPool --> Materializer
Materializer --> Mongo
WorkerPool --> Blob
API --> Mongo
API --> Blob
API --> Authority
Orchestrator --> Mongo
Authority --> API
```
Key notes:
- API host exposes lifecycle, run, simulate, findings endpoints with DPoP-bound OAuth enforcement.
- Orchestrator manages run scheduling/fairness; writes run tickets to queue, leases jobs to worker pool.
- Workers evaluate policies using cached IR; join external services via tenant-scoped clients; pull immutable advisories/VEX from the raw stores; write derived overlays to Mongo and optional explain bundles to blob storage.
- Observability (metrics/traces/logs) integrated via OpenTelemetry (not shown).
---
### 2.1·AOC inputs & immutability
- **Raw-only reads.** Evaluation workers access `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw` via tenant-scoped Mongo clients or the Concelier/Excititor raw APIs. No Policy Engine component is permitted to mutate these collections.
- **Guarded ingestion.** `AOCWriteGuard` rejects forbidden fields before data reaches the raw stores. Policy tests replay known `ERR_AOC_00x` violations to confirm ingestion compliance.
- **Change streams as contract.** Run orchestration stores resumable cursors for raw change streams. Replays of these cursors (e.g., after failover) must yield identical materialisation outcomes.
- **Derived stores only.** All severity, consensus, and suppression state lives in `effective_finding_*` collections and explain bundles owned by Policy Engine. Provenance fields link back to raw document IDs so auditors can trace every verdict.
- **Authority scopes.** Only the Policy Engine service identity holds `effective:write`. Ingestion identities retain `advisory:*`/`vex:*` scopes, ensuring separation of duties enforced by Authority and the API Gateway.
---
## 3·Module Breakdown
| Module | Responsibility | Notes |
|--------|----------------|-------|
| **Configuration** (`Configuration/`) | Bind settings (Mongo URIs, queue options, service URLs, sealed mode), validate on start. | Strict schema; fails fast on missing secrets. |
| **Authority Client** (`Authority/`) | Acquire tokens, enforce scopes, perform DPoP key rotation. | Only service identity uses `effective:write`. |
| **DSL Compiler** (`Dsl/`) | Parse, canonicalise, IR generation, checksum caching. | Uses Roslyn-like pipeline; caches by `policyId+version+hash`. |
| **Selection Layer** (`Selection/`) | Batch SBOM ↔ advisory ↔ VEX joiners; apply equivalence tables; support incremental cursors. | Deterministic ordering (SBOM → advisory → VEX). |
| **Evaluator** (`Evaluation/`) | Execute IR with first-match semantics, compute severity/trust/reachability weights, record rule hits. | Stateless; all inputs provided by selection layer. |
| **Materialiser** (`Materialization/`) | Upsert effective findings, append history, manage explain bundle exports. | Mongo transactions per SBOM chunk. |
| **Orchestrator** (`Runs/`) | Change-stream ingestion, fairness, retry/backoff, queue writer. | Works with Scheduler Models DTOs. |
| **API** (`Api/`) | Minimal API endpoints, DTO validation, problem responses, idempotency. | Generated clients for CLI/UI. |
| **Observability** (`Telemetry/`) | Metrics (`policy_run_seconds`, `rules_fired_total`), traces, structured logs. | Sampled rule-hit logs with redaction. |
| **Offline Adapter** (`Offline/`) | Bundle export/import (policies, simulations, runs), sealed-mode enforcement. | Uses DSSE signing via Signer service. |
---
## 4·Data Model & Persistence
### 4.1 Collections
- `policies` policy versions, metadata, lifecycle states, simulation artefact references.
- `policy_runs` run records, inputs (cursors, env), stats, determinism hash, run status.
- `policy_run_events` append-only log (queued, leased, completed, failed, canceled, replay).
- `effective_finding_{policyId}` current verdict snapshot per finding.
- `effective_finding_{policyId}_history` append-only history (previous verdicts, timestamps, runId).
- `policy_reviews` review comments/decisions.
### 4.2 Schema Highlights
- Run records include `changeDigests` (hash of advisory/VEX inputs) for replay verification.
- Effective findings store provenance references (`advisory_raw_ids`, `vex_raw_ids`, `sbom_component_id`).
- All collections include `tenant`, `policyId`, `version`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `traceId` for audit.
### 4.3 Indexing
- Compound indexes: `{tenant, policyId, status}` on `policies`; `{tenant, policyId, status, startedAt}` on `policy_runs`; `{policyId, sbomId, findingKey}` on findings.
- TTL indexes on transient explain bundle references (configurable).
---
## 5·Evaluation Pipeline
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
autonumber
participant Worker as EvaluationWorker
participant Compiler as CompilerCache
participant Selector as SelectionLayer
participant Eval as Evaluator
participant Mat as Materialiser
participant Expl as ExplainStore
Worker->>Compiler: Load IR (policyId, version, digest)
Compiler-->>Worker: CompiledPolicy (cached or compiled)
Worker->>Selector: Fetch tuple batches (sbom, advisory, vex)
Selector-->>Worker: Deterministic batches (1024 tuples)
loop For each batch
Worker->>Eval: Execute rules (batch, env)
Eval-->>Worker: Verdicts + rule hits
Worker->>Mat: Upsert effective findings
Mat-->>Worker: Success
Worker->>Expl: Persist sampled explain traces (optional)
end
Worker->>Mat: Append history + run stats
Worker-->>Worker: Compute determinism hash
Worker->>+Mat: Finalize transaction
Mat-->>Worker: Ack
```
Determinism guard instrumentation wraps the evaluator, rejecting access to forbidden APIs and ensuring batch ordering remains stable.
---
## 6·Run Orchestration & Incremental Flow
- **Change streams:** Concelier and Excititor publish document changes to the scheduler queue (`policy.trigger.delta`). Payload includes `tenant`, `source`, `linkset digests`, `cursor`.
- **Orchestrator:** Maintains per-tenant backlog; merges deltas until time/size thresholds met, then enqueues `PolicyRunRequest`.
- **Queue:** Mongo queue with lease; each job assigned `leaseDuration`, `maxAttempts`.
- **Workers:** Lease jobs, execute evaluation pipeline, report status (success/failure/canceled). Failures with recoverable errors requeue with backoff; determinism or schema violations mark job `failed` and raise incident event.
- **Fairness:** Round-robin per `{tenant, policyId}`; emergency jobs (`priority=emergency`) jump queue but limited via circuit breaker.
- **Replay:** On demand, orchestrator rehydrates run via stored cursors and exports sealed bundle for audit/CI determinism checks.
---
## 7·Security & Tenancy
- **Auth:** All API calls pass through Authority gateway; DPoP tokens enforced for service-to-service (Policy Engine service principal). CLI/UI tokens include scope claims.
- **Scopes:** Mutations require `policy:*` scopes corresponding to action; `effective:write` restricted to service identity.
- **Tenancy:** All queries filter by `tenant`. Service identity uses `tenant-global` for shared policies; cross-tenant reads prohibited unless `policy:tenant-admin` scope present.
- **Secrets:** Configuration loaded via environment variables or sealed secrets; runtime avoids writing secrets to logs.
- **Determinism guard:** Static analyzer prevents referencing forbidden namespaces; runtime guard intercepts `DateTime.Now`, `Random`, `Guid`, HTTP clients beyond allow-list.
- **Sealed mode:** Global flag disables outbound network except allow-listed internal hosts; watchers fail fast if unexpected egress attempted.
---
## 8·Observability
- Metrics:
- `policy_run_seconds{mode,tenant,policy}` (histogram)
- `policy_run_queue_depth{tenant}`
- `policy_rules_fired_total{policy,rule}`
- `policy_vex_overrides_total{policy,vendor}`
- Logs: Structured JSON with `traceId`, `policyId`, `version`, `runId`, `tenant`, `phase`. Guard ensures no sensitive data leakage.
- Traces: Spans `policy.select`, `policy.evaluate`, `policy.materialize`, `policy.simulate`. Trace IDs surfaced to CLI/UI.
- Incident mode toggles 100% sampling and extended retention windows.
---
## 9·Offline / Bundle Integration
- **Imports:** Offline Kit delivers policy packs, advisory/VEX snapshots, SBOM updates. Policy Engine ingests bundles via `offline import`.
- **Exports:** `stella policy bundle export` packages policy, IR digest, simulations, run metadata; UI provides export triggers.
- **Sealed hints:** Explain traces annotate when cached values used (EPSS, KEV). Run records mark `env.sealed=true`.
- **Sync cadence:** Operators perform monthly bundle sync; Policy Engine warns when snapshots > configured staleness (default 14days).
---
## 10·Testing & Quality
- **Unit tests:** DSL parsing, evaluator semantics, guard enforcement.
- **Integration tests:** Joiners with sample SBOM/advisory/VEX data; materialisation with deterministic ordering; API contract tests generated from OpenAPI.
- **Property tests:** Ensure rule evaluation deterministic across permutations.
- **Golden tests:** Replay recorded runs, compare determinism hash.
- **Performance tests:** Evaluate 100k component / 1M advisory dataset under warmed caches (<30s full run).
- **Chaos hooks:** Optional toggles to simulate upstream latency/failures; used in staging.
---
## 11·Compliance Checklist
- [ ] **Determinism guard enforced:** Static analyzer + runtime guard block wall-clock, RNG, unauthorized network calls.
- [ ] **Incremental correctness:** Change-stream cursors stored and replayed during tests; unit/integration coverage for dedupe.
- [ ] **RBAC validated:** Endpoint scope requirements match Authority configuration; integration tests cover deny/allow.
- [ ] **AOC separation enforced:** No code path writes to `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw`; integration tests capture `ERR_AOC_00x` handling; read-only clients verified.
- [ ] **Effective findings ownership:** Only Policy Engine identity holds `effective:write`; unauthorized callers receive `ERR_AOC_006`.
- [ ] **Observability wired:** Metrics/traces/logs exported with correlation IDs; dashboards include `aoc_violation_total` and ingest latency panels.
- [ ] **Offline parity:** Sealed-mode tests executed; bundle import/export flows documented and validated.
- [ ] **Schema docs synced:** DTOs match Scheduler Models (`SCHED-MODELS-20-001`); JSON schemas committed.
- [ ] **Security reviews complete:** Threat model (including queue poisoning, determinism bypass, data exfiltration) documented; mitigations in place.
- [ ] **Disaster recovery rehearsed:** Run replay+rollback procedures tested and recorded.
---
*Last updated: 2025-10-26 (Sprint 19).*
# Policy Engine Architecture (v2)
> **Ownership:** Policy Guild • Platform Guild
> **Services:** `StellaOps.Policy.Engine` (Minimal API + worker host)
> **Data Stores:** MongoDB (`policies`, `policy_runs`, `effective_finding_*`), Object storage (explain bundles), optional NATS/Mongo queue
> **Related docs:** [Policy overview](../policy/overview.md), [DSL](../policy/dsl.md), [Lifecycle](../policy/lifecycle.md), [Runs](../policy/runs.md), [REST API](../api/policy.md), [Policy CLI](../cli/policy.md), [Architecture overview](../architecture/overview.md), [AOC reference](../ingestion/aggregation-only-contract.md)
This dossier describes the internal structure of the Policy Engine service delivered in Epic2. It focuses on module boundaries, deterministic evaluation, orchestration, and integration contracts with Concelier, Excititor, SBOM Service, Authority, Scheduler, and Observability stacks.
The service operates strictly downstream of the **Aggregation-Only Contract (AOC)**. It consumes immutable `advisory_raw` and `vex_raw` documents emitted by Concelier and Excititor, derives findings inside Policy-owned collections, and never mutates ingestion stores. Refer to the architecture overview and AOC reference for system-wide guardrails and provenance obligations.
---
## 1·Responsibilities & Constraints
- Compile and evaluate `stella-dsl@1` policy packs into deterministic verdicts.
- Join SBOM inventory, Concelier advisories, and Excititor VEX evidence via canonical linksets and equivalence tables.
- Materialise effective findings (`effective_finding_{policyId}`) with append-only history and produce explain traces.
- Operate incrementally: react to change streams (advisory/vex/SBOM deltas) with ≤5min SLA.
- Provide simulations with diff summaries for UI/CLI workflows without modifying state.
- Enforce strict determinism guard (no wall-clock, RNG, network beyond allow-listed services) and RBAC + tenancy via Authority scopes.
- Support sealed/air-gapped deployments with offline bundles and sealed-mode hints.
Non-goals: policy authoring UI (handled by Console), ingestion or advisory normalisation (Concelier), VEX consensus (Excititor), runtime enforcement (Zastava).
---
## 2·High-Level Architecture
```mermaid
graph TD
subgraph Clients
CLI[stella CLI]
UI[Console Policy Editor]
CI[CI Pipelines]
end
subgraph PolicyEngine["StellaOps.Policy.Engine"]
API[Minimal API Host]
Orchestrator[Run Orchestrator]
WorkerPool[Evaluation Workers]
Compiler[DSL Compiler Cache]
Materializer[Effective Findings Writer]
end
subgraph RawStores["Raw Stores (AOC)"]
AdvisoryRaw[(MongoDB<br/>advisory_raw)]
VexRaw[(MongoDB<br/>vex_raw)]
end
subgraph Derived["Derived Stores"]
Mongo[(MongoDB<br/>policies / policy_runs / effective_finding_*)]
Blob[(Object Store / Evidence Locker)]
Queue[(Mongo Queue / NATS)]
end
Concelier[(Concelier APIs)]
Excititor[(Excititor APIs)]
SBOM[(SBOM Service)]
Authority[(Authority / DPoP Gateway)]
CLI --> API
UI --> API
CI --> API
API --> Compiler
API --> Orchestrator
Orchestrator --> Queue
Queue --> WorkerPool
Concelier --> AdvisoryRaw
Excititor --> VexRaw
WorkerPool --> AdvisoryRaw
WorkerPool --> VexRaw
WorkerPool --> SBOM
WorkerPool --> Materializer
Materializer --> Mongo
WorkerPool --> Blob
API --> Mongo
API --> Blob
API --> Authority
Orchestrator --> Mongo
Authority --> API
```
Key notes:
- API host exposes lifecycle, run, simulate, findings endpoints with DPoP-bound OAuth enforcement.
- Orchestrator manages run scheduling/fairness; writes run tickets to queue, leases jobs to worker pool.
- Workers evaluate policies using cached IR; join external services via tenant-scoped clients; pull immutable advisories/VEX from the raw stores; write derived overlays to Mongo and optional explain bundles to blob storage.
- Observability (metrics/traces/logs) integrated via OpenTelemetry (not shown).
---
### 2.1·AOC inputs & immutability
- **Raw-only reads.** Evaluation workers access `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw` via tenant-scoped Mongo clients or the Concelier/Excititor raw APIs. No Policy Engine component is permitted to mutate these collections.
- **Guarded ingestion.** `AOCWriteGuard` rejects forbidden fields before data reaches the raw stores. Policy tests replay known `ERR_AOC_00x` violations to confirm ingestion compliance.
- **Change streams as contract.** Run orchestration stores resumable cursors for raw change streams. Replays of these cursors (e.g., after failover) must yield identical materialisation outcomes.
- **Derived stores only.** All severity, consensus, and suppression state lives in `effective_finding_*` collections and explain bundles owned by Policy Engine. Provenance fields link back to raw document IDs so auditors can trace every verdict.
- **Authority scopes.** Only the Policy Engine service identity holds `effective:write`. Ingestion identities retain `advisory:*`/`vex:*` scopes, ensuring separation of duties enforced by Authority and the API Gateway.
---
## 3·Module Breakdown
| Module | Responsibility | Notes |
|--------|----------------|-------|
| **Configuration** (`Configuration/`) | Bind settings (Mongo URIs, queue options, service URLs, sealed mode), validate on start. | Strict schema; fails fast on missing secrets. |
| **Authority Client** (`Authority/`) | Acquire tokens, enforce scopes, perform DPoP key rotation. | Only service identity uses `effective:write`. |
| **DSL Compiler** (`Dsl/`) | Parse, canonicalise, IR generation, checksum caching. | Uses Roslyn-like pipeline; caches by `policyId+version+hash`. |
| **Selection Layer** (`Selection/`) | Batch SBOM ↔ advisory ↔ VEX joiners; apply equivalence tables; support incremental cursors. | Deterministic ordering (SBOM → advisory → VEX). |
| **Evaluator** (`Evaluation/`) | Execute IR with first-match semantics, compute severity/trust/reachability weights, record rule hits. | Stateless; all inputs provided by selection layer. |
| **Materialiser** (`Materialization/`) | Upsert effective findings, append history, manage explain bundle exports. | Mongo transactions per SBOM chunk. |
| **Orchestrator** (`Runs/`) | Change-stream ingestion, fairness, retry/backoff, queue writer. | Works with Scheduler Models DTOs. |
| **API** (`Api/`) | Minimal API endpoints, DTO validation, problem responses, idempotency. | Generated clients for CLI/UI. |
| **Observability** (`Telemetry/`) | Metrics (`policy_run_seconds`, `rules_fired_total`), traces, structured logs. | Sampled rule-hit logs with redaction. |
| **Offline Adapter** (`Offline/`) | Bundle export/import (policies, simulations, runs), sealed-mode enforcement. | Uses DSSE signing via Signer service. |
---
## 4·Data Model & Persistence
### 4.1 Collections
- `policies` policy versions, metadata, lifecycle states, simulation artefact references.
- `policy_runs` run records, inputs (cursors, env), stats, determinism hash, run status.
- `policy_run_events` append-only log (queued, leased, completed, failed, canceled, replay).
- `effective_finding_{policyId}` current verdict snapshot per finding.
- `effective_finding_{policyId}_history` append-only history (previous verdicts, timestamps, runId).
- `policy_reviews` review comments/decisions.
### 4.2 Schema Highlights
- Run records include `changeDigests` (hash of advisory/VEX inputs) for replay verification.
- Effective findings store provenance references (`advisory_raw_ids`, `vex_raw_ids`, `sbom_component_id`).
- All collections include `tenant`, `policyId`, `version`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `traceId` for audit.
### 4.3 Indexing
- Compound indexes: `{tenant, policyId, status}` on `policies`; `{tenant, policyId, status, startedAt}` on `policy_runs`; `{policyId, sbomId, findingKey}` on findings.
- TTL indexes on transient explain bundle references (configurable).
---
## 5·Evaluation Pipeline
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
autonumber
participant Worker as EvaluationWorker
participant Compiler as CompilerCache
participant Selector as SelectionLayer
participant Eval as Evaluator
participant Mat as Materialiser
participant Expl as ExplainStore
Worker->>Compiler: Load IR (policyId, version, digest)
Compiler-->>Worker: CompiledPolicy (cached or compiled)
Worker->>Selector: Fetch tuple batches (sbom, advisory, vex)
Selector-->>Worker: Deterministic batches (1024 tuples)
loop For each batch
Worker->>Eval: Execute rules (batch, env)
Eval-->>Worker: Verdicts + rule hits
Worker->>Mat: Upsert effective findings
Mat-->>Worker: Success
Worker->>Expl: Persist sampled explain traces (optional)
end
Worker->>Mat: Append history + run stats
Worker-->>Worker: Compute determinism hash
Worker->>+Mat: Finalize transaction
Mat-->>Worker: Ack
```
Determinism guard instrumentation wraps the evaluator, rejecting access to forbidden APIs and ensuring batch ordering remains stable.
---
## 6·Run Orchestration & Incremental Flow
- **Change streams:** Concelier and Excititor publish document changes to the scheduler queue (`policy.trigger.delta`). Payload includes `tenant`, `source`, `linkset digests`, `cursor`.
- **Orchestrator:** Maintains per-tenant backlog; merges deltas until time/size thresholds met, then enqueues `PolicyRunRequest`.
- **Queue:** Mongo queue with lease; each job assigned `leaseDuration`, `maxAttempts`.
- **Workers:** Lease jobs, execute evaluation pipeline, report status (success/failure/canceled). Failures with recoverable errors requeue with backoff; determinism or schema violations mark job `failed` and raise incident event.
- **Fairness:** Round-robin per `{tenant, policyId}`; emergency jobs (`priority=emergency`) jump queue but limited via circuit breaker.
- **Replay:** On demand, orchestrator rehydrates run via stored cursors and exports sealed bundle for audit/CI determinism checks.
---
## 7·Security & Tenancy
- **Auth:** All API calls pass through Authority gateway; DPoP tokens enforced for service-to-service (Policy Engine service principal). CLI/UI tokens include scope claims.
- **Scopes:** Mutations require `policy:*` scopes corresponding to action; `effective:write` restricted to service identity.
- **Tenancy:** All queries filter by `tenant`. Service identity uses `tenant-global` for shared policies; cross-tenant reads prohibited unless `policy:tenant-admin` scope present.
- **Secrets:** Configuration loaded via environment variables or sealed secrets; runtime avoids writing secrets to logs.
- **Determinism guard:** Static analyzer prevents referencing forbidden namespaces; runtime guard intercepts `DateTime.Now`, `Random`, `Guid`, HTTP clients beyond allow-list.
- **Sealed mode:** Global flag disables outbound network except allow-listed internal hosts; watchers fail fast if unexpected egress attempted.
---
## 8·Observability
- Metrics:
- `policy_run_seconds{mode,tenant,policy}` (histogram)
- `policy_run_queue_depth{tenant}`
- `policy_rules_fired_total{policy,rule}`
- `policy_vex_overrides_total{policy,vendor}`
- Logs: Structured JSON with `traceId`, `policyId`, `version`, `runId`, `tenant`, `phase`. Guard ensures no sensitive data leakage.
- Traces: Spans `policy.select`, `policy.evaluate`, `policy.materialize`, `policy.simulate`. Trace IDs surfaced to CLI/UI.
- Incident mode toggles 100% sampling and extended retention windows.
---
## 9·Offline / Bundle Integration
- **Imports:** Offline Kit delivers policy packs, advisory/VEX snapshots, SBOM updates. Policy Engine ingests bundles via `offline import`.
- **Exports:** `stella policy bundle export` packages policy, IR digest, simulations, run metadata; UI provides export triggers.
- **Sealed hints:** Explain traces annotate when cached values used (EPSS, KEV). Run records mark `env.sealed=true`.
- **Sync cadence:** Operators perform monthly bundle sync; Policy Engine warns when snapshots > configured staleness (default 14days).
---
## 10·Testing & Quality
- **Unit tests:** DSL parsing, evaluator semantics, guard enforcement.
- **Integration tests:** Joiners with sample SBOM/advisory/VEX data; materialisation with deterministic ordering; API contract tests generated from OpenAPI.
- **Property tests:** Ensure rule evaluation deterministic across permutations.
- **Golden tests:** Replay recorded runs, compare determinism hash.
- **Performance tests:** Evaluate 100k component / 1M advisory dataset under warmed caches (<30s full run).
- **Chaos hooks:** Optional toggles to simulate upstream latency/failures; used in staging.
---
## 11·Compliance Checklist
- [ ] **Determinism guard enforced:** Static analyzer + runtime guard block wall-clock, RNG, unauthorized network calls.
- [ ] **Incremental correctness:** Change-stream cursors stored and replayed during tests; unit/integration coverage for dedupe.
- [ ] **RBAC validated:** Endpoint scope requirements match Authority configuration; integration tests cover deny/allow.
- [ ] **AOC separation enforced:** No code path writes to `advisory_raw` / `vex_raw`; integration tests capture `ERR_AOC_00x` handling; read-only clients verified.
- [ ] **Effective findings ownership:** Only Policy Engine identity holds `effective:write`; unauthorized callers receive `ERR_AOC_006`.
- [ ] **Observability wired:** Metrics/traces/logs exported with correlation IDs; dashboards include `aoc_violation_total` and ingest latency panels.
- [ ] **Offline parity:** Sealed-mode tests executed; bundle import/export flows documented and validated.
- [ ] **Schema docs synced:** DTOs match Scheduler Models (`SCHED-MODELS-20-001`); JSON schemas committed.
- [ ] **Security reviews complete:** Threat model (including queue poisoning, determinism bypass, data exfiltration) documented; mitigations in place.
- [ ] **Disaster recovery rehearsed:** Run replay+rollback procedures tested and recorded.
---
*Last updated: 2025-10-26 (Sprint 19).*