Rename Vexer to Excititor

docs/ARCHITECTURE_DEVOPS.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Semantic core + calendar tag:
 A release is a **bundle** of image digests + charts + manifests. All services in a bundle are **wire‑compatible**. Mixed minor versions are allowed within a bounded skew:
 
 * **Web UI ↔ backend**: `±1 minor`.
-* **Scanner ↔ Policy/Vexer/Feedser**: `±1 minor`.
+* **Scanner ↔ Policy/Excititor/Feedser**: `±1 minor`.
 * **Authority/Signer/Attestor triangle**: **must** be same minor (crypto and DPoP/mTLS binding rules).
 
 At startup, services **self‑advertise** their semver & channel; the UI surfaces **mismatch warnings**.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ At startup, services **self‑advertise** their semver & channel; the UI surface
 
 **Gating policy**:
 
-* **Core images** (Authority, Scanner, Feedser, Vexer, Attestor, UI): public **read**.
+* **Core images** (Authority, Scanner, Feedser, Excititor, Attestor, UI): public **read**.
 * **Enterprise add‑ons** (if any) and **pre‑release**: private repos via OAuth2 token service.
 
 > Monetization lever is **signing** (PoE gate), not image pulls, so the core remains simple to consume.
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ At startup, services **self‑advertise** their semver & channel; the UI surface
     /attest/   DSSE bundles + Rekor proofs
     /charts/   Helm charts + values templates
     /compose/  docker-compose.yml + .env template
-    /plugins/  Feedser/Vexer connectors (restart-time)
+    /plugins/  Feedser/Excititor connectors (restart-time)
     /policy/   example policies
     /manifest/ release.yaml  (see §6.1)
   ```
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ helm install stella stellaops/platform \
   --set scanner.minio.endpoint=http://minio.stella.local:9000 \
   --set scanner.mongo.uri=mongodb://mongo/scanner \
   --set feedser.mongo.uri=mongodb://mongo/feedser \
-  --set vexer.mongo.uri=mongodb://mongo/vexer
+  --set excititor.mongo.uri=mongodb://mongo/excititor
 ```
 
 * Post‑install job registers **Authority clients** (Scanner, Signer, Attestor, UI) and prints **bootstrap** URLs and client credentials (sealed secrets).
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ helm install stella stellaops/platform \
   1. Authority (stateless, dual‑key rotation ready)
   2. Signer/Attestor (same minor)
   3. Scanner WebService & Workers
-  4. Feedser, then Vexer (schema migrations are expand/contract)
+  4. Feedser, then Excititor (schema migrations are expand/contract)
   5. UI last
 
 * **DB migrations** are **expand/contract**:
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ s3://stellaops/
   feedser/
     json/<exportId>/...
     trivy/<exportId>/...
-  vexer/
+  excititor/
     exports/<exportId>/...
   attestor/
     dsse/<bundleSha256>.json
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ s3://stellaops/
 ### 7.4 Mongo retention
 
 * **Scanner**: `runtime.events` use TTL (e.g., 30–90 days); **catalog** permanent.
-* **Feedser/Vexer**: raw docs keep **last N windows**; canonical stores permanent.
+* **Feedser/Excititor**: raw docs keep **last N windows**; canonical stores permanent.
 * **Attestor**: `entries` permanent; `dedupe` TTL 24–48h.
 
 ---
 
 ## 8) Observability & SLOs (operations)
 
-* **Uptime SLO**: 99.9% for Signer/Authority/Attestor; 99.5% for Scanner WebService; Vexer/Feedser 99.0%.
+* **Uptime SLO**: 99.9% for Signer/Authority/Attestor; 99.5% for Scanner WebService; Excititor/Feedser 99.0%.
 * **Error budgets**: tracked per month; dashboards show burn rates.
 * **Golden signals**:
 
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ services:
     deploy: { replicas: 4 }
   feedser:
     image: registry.stella-ops.org/stellaops/feedser@sha256:...
-  vexer:
-    image: registry.stella-ops.org/stellaops/vexer@sha256:...
+  excititor:
+    image: registry.stella-ops.org/stellaops/excititor@sha256:...
   web-ui:
     image: registry.stella-ops.org/stellaops/web-ui@sha256:...
   mongo:
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ services:
 * `signer.requests_total{result="success"}/minute` > 0 (when scans occur).
 * `attestor.submit_latency_seconds{quantile=0.95}` < 0.3.
 * `scanner.scan_latency_seconds{quantile=0.95}` < target per image size.
-* `feedser.export.duration_seconds` stable; `vexer.consensus.conflicts_total` not exploding after policy changes.
+* `feedser.export.duration_seconds` stable; `excititor.consensus.conflicts_total` not exploding after policy changes.
 * MinIO `s3_requests_errors_total` near zero; Mongo `opcounters` hit expected baseline.
 
 ### Appendix B — Upgrade safety checklist