# Implementation plan — Vulnerability Explorer

## Delivery phases
- **Phase 1 – Findings Ledger & resolver**  
  Create append-only ledger, projector, ecosystem resolvers (npm/Maven/PyPI/Go/RPM/DEB), canonical advisory keys, and provenance hashing.
- **Phase 2 – API & simulation**  
  Ship Vuln Explorer API (list/detail/grouping/simulation), batch evaluation with Policy Engine rationales, and export orchestrator.
- **Phase 3 – Console & CLI workflows**  
  Deliver triage UI (assignments, comments, remediation plans, simulation bar), keyboard accessibility, and CLI commands (`stella vuln ...`) with JSON/CSV output.
- **Phase 4 – Automation & integrations**  
  Integrate Advisory AI hints, Zastava runtime exposure, Notify rules, Scheduler follow-up scans, and Graph Explorer deep links.
- **Phase 5 – Exports & offline parity**  
  Generate deterministic bundles (JSON, CSV, PDF, Offline Kit manifests), audit logs, and signed reports.
- **Phase 6 – Observability & hardening**  
  Complete dashboards (projection lag, MTTR, accepted-risk cadence), alerts, runbooks, performance tuning (5M findings/tenant), and security/RBAC validation.

## Work breakdown
- **Findings Ledger**
  - Define event schema, Merkle root anchoring, append-only storage, history tables.
  - Projector to `finding_records` and `finding_history`, idempotent event processing, time travel snapshots.
  - Resolver pipelines referencing SBOM inventory deltas, policy outputs, VEX consensus, runtime signals.
- **API & exports**
  - REST endpoints (`/v1/findings`, `/v1/findings/{id}`, `/actions`, `/reports`, `/exports`) with ABAC filters.
  - Simulation endpoint returning diffs, integration with Policy Engine batch evaluation.
  - Export jobs for JSON/CSV/PDF plus Offline Kit bundle assembly and signing.
- **Console**
  - Feature module `vuln-explorer` with grid, filters, saved views, deep links, detail tabs (policy, evidence, paths, remediation).
  - Simulation drawer, delta chips, accepted-risk approvals, evidence bundle viewer.
  - Accessibility (keyboard navigation, ARIA), virtualization for large result sets.
- **CLI**
  - Commands `stella vuln list|show|simulate|assign|accept-risk|verify-fix|export`.
  - Stable schemas for automation; piping support; tests for exit codes.
- **Integrations**
  - Conseiller/Excitator: normalized advisory keys, linksets, evidence retrieval.
  - SBOM Service: inventory deltas with scope/runtime flags, safe version hints.
  - Notify: events for SLA breaches, accepted-risk expiries, remediation deadlines.
  - Scheduler: trigger rescans when remediation plan milestones complete.
- **Observability & ops**
  - Metrics (open findings, MTTR, projection lag, export duration, SLA burn), logs/traces with correlation IDs.
  - Alerting on projector backlog, API 5xx spikes, export failures, accepted-risk nearing expiry.
  - Runbooks covering recompute storms, mapping errors, report issues.

## Acceptance criteria
- Ledger/event sourcing reproduces historical states byte-for-byte; Merkle hashes verify integrity.
- Resolver respects ecosystem semantics, scope, and runtime context; path evidence presented in UI/CLI.
- Triage workflows (assignment, comments, accepted-risk) enforce justification and approval requirements with audit records.
- Simulation returns policy diffs without mutating state; CLI/UI parity achieved for simulation and exports.
- Exports and Offline Kit bundles reproducible with signed manifests and provenance; reports available in JSON/CSV/PDF.
- Observability dashboards show green SLOs, alerts fire for projection lag or SLA burns, and runbooks documented.
- RBAC/ABAC validated; attachments encrypted; tenant isolation guaranteed.

## Risks & mitigations
- **Advisory identity collisions:** strict canonicalization, linkset references, raw evidence access.
- **Resolver inaccuracies:** property-based tests, path verification, manual override workflows.
- **Projection lag/backlog:** autoscaling, queue backpressure, alerting, pause controls.
- **Export size/performance:** streaming NDJSON, size estimators, chunked downloads.
- **User confusion on suppression:** rationale tab, explicit badges, explain traces.

## Test strategy
- **Unit:** resolver algorithms, state machine transitions, policy mapping, export builders.
- **Integration:** ingestion → ledger → projector → API flow, simulation, Notify notifications.
- **E2E:** Console triage scenarios, CLI flows, accessibility tests.
- **Performance:** 5M findings/tenant, projection rebuild, export generation.
- **Security:** RBAC/ABAC matrix, CSRF, attachment encryption, signed URL expiry.
- **Determinism:** time-travel snapshots, export manifest hashing, Offline Kit replay.

## Definition of done
- Services, UI/CLI, integrations, exports, and observability deployed with runbooks and Offline Kit parity.
- Documentation suite (overview, using-console, API, CLI, findings ledger, policy mapping, VEX/SBOM integration, telemetry, security, runbooks, install) updated with imposed rule statement.
- ./TASKS.md and ../../TASKS.md reflect active progress; compliance checklists appended where required.