Why: the user ruled out self-registration (2026-09-30): accounts are
created only by admins who set an initial password; first login (and
first login after any admin reset) must force a password change.
Evidence:
- migration v10 auth_accounts (users password/must_change/is_admin +
sessions table; upgrade test walks v1<->v10 both directions).
- argon2id hash/verify with PHC encoding; store tests cover hash
roundtrip, duplicate-owner conflict, must-change lifecycle, session
keep/except semantics.
- e2e TestAdminAccountFlow: static login page reachable without auth,
wrong password 401, login sets HttpOnly cookie + mustChangePassword,
admin creates user (409 on duplicate), non-admin create 403, forced
change clears flag and old password dies, admin reset revokes sessions
and re-arms forced change, API-key channel untouched, 5-fail backoff
429, logout kills session. Full go test ./... green.
Impact: middleware now accepts Bearer key OR session cookie and exempts
static + /api/auth/login (also fixes the latent case where the login
page itself could 401). Embedded no-auth mode unchanged.
Refs: proposal 2026-09-30-ui-redesign-and-auth.md section 5 (admin-issued
variant, user decision 2026-09-30)
Why: startup had only defaults and CLI flags; dev/test/prod operation needs
the standard baseline (explicit file, environment, explicit-only CLI) and a
read-only diagnostic.
Evidence: internal/config unit tests cover precedence, unset-CLI no-override,
presence-based file semantics, unknown-key/missing-file errors, env bool
parsing, explain source labelling and DSN redaction; full suite 12 packages
pass; live run of config explain with envs/prod.json shows correct layer
attribution and redaction.
Impact: serve gains --config and AGENT_SYSTEM_* env overrides (behavior
unchanged when neither is used); new config explain subcommand; envs/
examples and PROJECT.md configuration section.
Refs: documents docs/proposals/2026-09-30-configuration-surface.md; standards/configuration.md