The next development thread is knoe-auth Phase 2 OIDC iteration, which
just landed on main but has no fast inner-loop. Instead of bouncing
edits through the GKE deploy chain, we want a laptop-resident model
where knoe-auth runs from the IDE / mvn against real Postgres + KDC
brought up in k3d.
Two new docs:
docs/plans/k3d-gke-mirror.md
Architectural plan. Top-to-bottom rationale for what the k3d
model should mirror, what we deliberately skip (supabase, kong,
oauth2-proxy, Studio — all unnecessary for knoe-auth's surfaces),
and the phasing. Captures the three scope decisions taken
2026-05-02 with the user:
- knoe-auth runs on the laptop, not as a pod (faster inner loop)
- stack scope is CNPG + KDC only
- single-replica CNPG, realm KNOE.LOCAL (distinct from KNOE.DEV)
Out-of-scope for Phase 1 listed explicitly so reviewer
expectations match scope: SPNEGO E2E, image-build-and-load,
supabase, oauth2-proxy, OidcCodeService DB persistence.
docs/plans/junie/k3d-knoe-auth-dev-loop.md
Phase 1 brief. Concrete deliverables:
- k8s/knoe/knoe-kdc-{deployment,service,configmap,pvc,init-job}.yaml
- etc/init_knoe_auth.sh --mode k3d flag (or sibling script)
- Makefile: k3d-knoe-{up,pf,down}
- etc/krb5.local.conf (with udp_preference_limit=1 for
kubectl port-forward UDP flakiness on macOS)
- docs/local-dev-knoe-auth.md (engineer-facing)
- scripts/k3d-knoe-smoke.sh
Definition of done: a fresh-clone laptop can `make k3d-knoe-up`
+ `make k3d-knoe-pf` + `mvn -pl authority spring-boot:run` and
hit /health, /.well-known/openid-configuration in <8 minutes.
Index updates:
docs/plans/README.md — k3d-gke-mirror.md row added
docs/plans/junie/README.md — split into Active / Shipped;
k3d brief listed under Active;
the 5 shipped-2026-05-02 briefs
moved to Shipped with commit refs.
docs/TODO.md In-progress — k3d brief now top of "In progress";
the previously in-flight "Phase 2
pg_oauth in install/deploy.sh"
item demoted to "paused" (resume
after the local dev loop lands).
No code changes; all docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Plans
Engineering plans for the knoe.dev platform. Each document scopes one initiative — its strategic context, design, schema, and the components it adds — and is intended to outlive the implementation work itself: when the work ships, the plan stays as the architectural reference.
Who this is for
You are a junior or mid-level engineer who has been invited to contribute to knoe.dev. These documents are written for you. They assume:
- You are comfortable reading code and skimming a Maven
pom.xml. - You have used Kubernetes at least casually (
kubectl get pods, helm charts). - You may not have prior Kerberos, OIDC, or CNPG experience — relevant terms are defined inline or in the glossary section of each plan.
- You have not seen this repo before. Each plan starts with the strategic context and links to existing code before it asks you to write any.
If a sentence in a plan assumes knowledge you don't have, that's a bug in the plan — open an issue.
What lives here
| File | Initiative | When you should read it |
|---|---|---|
knoe-auth-round-1.md |
Identity backbone for the platform: MIT Kerberos KDC + invite-anchored web enrollment + TOTP 2FA. Round 1 of N. Shipped. | Before touching authority/, etc/init_kdc.sh, etc/init_knoe_users.sh, anything in deploy/gcp/gke/knoe-auth-* or knoe-kdc-*, or the knoe.* database schema. |
deployment-modes.md |
Four-mode installer (min / k3d / k3s / gke) with a welcome-screen mode selector and a min-mode fast-path through the wizard. Shipped in Phase 0. |
Before touching knoe/ui/screens/welcome.py, knoe/ui/screens/navigation.py, or adding any new wizard screen. |
k3d-gke-mirror.md |
Laptop-resident model of the GKE platform — minimum-viable k3d stack (CNPG + KDC) that lets host-side knoe-auth iterate against real Postgres + Kerberos. Active. Phase 1 in flight (Junie). | Before touching k8s/knoe/knoe-kdc-*, the make k3d-knoe-* targets, or docs/local-dev-knoe-auth.md. Phase 1 brief at junie/k3d-knoe-auth-dev-loop.md. |
customer-deploy-resync.md |
Original plan to converge ~/dev/prole onto knoe-db/main as a customer-deploy branch. Dormant — prole rebrand merged into main; no separate prole working tree currently under development. |
Only if you're considering activating a per-customer branching workflow. |
junie/ (subdirectory) |
Self-contained, single-task work briefs for Junie to consume from inside the IDE. Tactical, single-MR scope, paired against numbered items in ../TODO.md. |
When you want to hand a discrete task to Junie or audit what's been queued. |
../TODO.md (sibling) |
Master TODO index — single source of truth for unfinished work, including reality-vs-intent gaps flagged in CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md. |
Before picking up any task, to see what's already on the queue. |
Each plan follows the same shape: Context → How it's wired (file references) → Architecture → Schema / API → Step-by-step → Verification → Glossary.
Status conventions
A plan in this directory has one of three statuses, declared at the top:
- Active plan. Not yet implemented. — the design is agreed, the code isn't there yet. Read deliverables top-to-bottom.
- Implemented and operational. Architectural reference. — the work shipped. The doc explains how it works and why; cross-references point at real files. Read the context and the rationale; jump to specific sections when you have a question.
- Archived. — superseded by a later round or a different approach. Lives in
archive/with a one-line "see X instead" pointer.
Customer deploys
The knoe.dev platform is designed to support per-customer deployments via branches in this repo, not separate forks. Customer-specific divergence (config, branding, on-prem manifests, kubeconfig handling) would live on a branch named after the customer; platform changes always land on main and customer branches rebase or merge from main on a regular cadence.
Currently no customer branch is active. The original plan to converge ~/dev/prole into a customer/prole.org branch is captured in customer-deploy-resync.md and is dormant — the prole→knoe rebrand has merged into main itself, and there is no separate ~/dev/prole working tree under development. origin and knoe remotes both point at upstream git@git-ssh.knoe.dev:knoe.dev/knoe-db.git.
How to propose a new plan
- Copy
knoe-auth-round-1.mdas a template — the section structure is the convention. - Lead with why (one or two paragraphs). Half the value of a plan is forcing the author to articulate the motivation.
- Cite real files with paths relative to the repo root. If you reference something that doesn't exist yet, label it (net-new) so a reader doesn't go hunting.
- End with a Verification section — a short checklist a reviewer can run to decide whether the plan is done, or — once shipped — that the implementation still matches the spec.
- Open an MR. Plans are reviewed like code.