feat: complete task board workflow gates

.env.example

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_DB=nexus
-POSTGRES_USER=nexus
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=replace-with-a-strong-database-password
-JWT_KEY=replace-with-at-least-32-random-bytes
-OWNER_EMAIL=owner@example.com
-OWNER_PASSWORD=replace-with-at-least-14-characters
-OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME=Owner
-OPENCLAW_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:18789
-OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=
-OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD=
-OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:11434
-NVIDIA_API_KEY=

.env.template

@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ JWT_KEY=***        # at least 32 bytes (base64-encoded)
 JWT_ISSUER=nexus
 JWT_AUDIENCE=nexus-web
 
-# ── Owner Account ───────────────────────────────────────
+# ── Bootstrap Owner (first seed only) ───────────────────
-OWNER_EMAIL=***
+BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL=***
-OWNER_PASSWORD=***             # at least 14 characters; leave empty for auto-generated
-OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME=***         # leave empty for auto-generated from email
 
 # ── OpenClaw Integration ────────────────────────────────
 # Base URL of the OpenClaw gateway (host.docker.internal from inside container)

.gitea/workflows/backup.yaml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "🗄️  Dumping PostgreSQL cluster..."
 
           docker exec "${BACKUP_CONTAINER_NAME}" \
-            sh -c "PGPASSWORD='${ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}' pg_dumpall -U nexus -h localhost" \
+            sh -c "PGPASSWORD='${ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}' pg_dumpall -U nexus" \
             | gzip > "${{ steps.meta.outputs.filename }}"
 
           SIZE=$(du -h "${{ steps.meta.outputs.filename }}" | cut -f1)

.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup pnpm
         run: |
           corepack enable
-          corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate
+          corepack prepare pnpm@10.12.1 --activate
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile

.gitea/workflows/deploy-now.yaml

@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-name: Deploy Now
-run-name: 🚀 Deploy Now by @${{ gitea.actor }}
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    name: Deploy Nexus
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      DEPLOY_PATH: /home/projekte_bao/openclaw/data/openclaw/workspace/nexus
-      ENV_TMPFILE: /tmp/nexus-deploy-env
-      ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
-      ENV_JWT_KEY: ${{ secrets.ENV_JWT_KEY }}
-      ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - name: Resolve Version
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [ ! -f VERSION ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: VERSION file not found"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
-          if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
-            echo "ERROR: Invalid semver in VERSION: $VERSION"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          GIT_REF=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-          echo "Deploy version: v${VERSION} git:${GIT_REF}"
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> "$GITEA_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Prepare .env
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD=$(docker run --rm -v "${DEPLOY_PATH}:/host-deploy:ro" alpine:latest sh -c "grep '^OWNER_PASSWORD=' /host-deploy/.env | cut -d= -f2-" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          if [ -z "${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}" ]; then
-            echo "ERROR: OWNER_PASSWORD not found in ${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          printf 'POSTGRES_DB=nexus\n' > "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'POSTGRES_USER=nexus\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=%s\n' "${ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'JWT_KEY=%s\n' "${ENV_JWT_KEY}" >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'JWT_ISSUER=nexus\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'JWT_AUDIENCE=nexus-web\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OWNER_EMAIL=vmbao62@hotmail.de\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OWNER_PASSWORD=%s\n' "${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}" >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME=\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OPENCLAW_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:18789\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=%s\n' "${ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN}" >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          printf 'OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD=\n' >> "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          chmod 600 "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-          echo "OK .env written to ${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-
-      - name: Sync code to host
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          docker run --rm \
-            -v "${{ gitea.workspace }}:/src:ro" \
-            -v "${DEPLOY_PATH}:/dest" \
-            alpine:latest \
-            sh -c "cd /src && find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name .git -exec cp -r {} /dest/ \; && DEST_OWNER=\$(stat -c '%u:%g' /dest) && chown -R \"\$DEST_OWNER\" /dest"
-          echo "OK synced to ${DEPLOY_PATH}"
-
-      - name: Build and Deploy
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          SCRIPT=/tmp/nexus-deploy-script.sh
-          printf '#!/bin/sh\n' > "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'set -e\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'trap "rm -f /tmp/nexus-deploy-env" EXIT\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'cat > /tmp/nexus-deploy-env\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker rm -f nexus-postgres-1 nexus-api-1 nexus-web-1 2>/dev/null || true\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'PG_VOL=$(docker volume ls -q --filter name=nexus-postgres 2>/dev/null | head -1)\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'if [ -n "$PG_VOL" ]; then\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  echo "Checking postgres WAL integrity..."\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  docker run --rm -v "$PG_VOL:/var/lib/postgresql/data" --entrypoint sh postgres:17-alpine -c "pg_resetwal -f /var/lib/postgresql/data && echo WAL reset OK" 2>&1 || echo "pg_resetwal failed (may be benign)"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'else\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  echo "Postgres volume not found - will be created fresh"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'fi\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'echo "Deploying all services"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env build --no-cache\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env up -d --force-recreate\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'echo "Waiting for services to become healthy (up to 180s)..."\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'for i in $(seq 1 36); do\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  STATUS=$(docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env ps -a 2>/dev/null | tail -n +2)\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  if echo "$STATUS" | grep -q unhealthy; then\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    echo "  [$i/36] Unhealthy containers - failing fast"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env ps -a\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env logs --tail=30\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    exit 1\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  elif echo "$STATUS" | grep -q starting; then\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    echo "  [$i/36] Still starting..."\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    sleep 5\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  else\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    echo "All containers healthy"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env ps -a\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '    exit 0\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf '  fi\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'done\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'echo "Timeout waiting for services"\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env ps -a\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env logs --tail=20\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          printf 'exit 1\n' >> "$SCRIPT"
-          chmod +x "$SCRIPT"
-
-          docker run --rm \
-            -v "${DEPLOY_PATH}:/workspace/nexus" \
-            -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-            -v "${SCRIPT}:/deploy.sh:ro" \
-            -w /workspace/nexus \
-            -i \
-            docker:cli \
-            sh /deploy.sh < "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-
-          rm -f "$SCRIPT"
-          echo "OK deployed"
-
-      - name: Clean up temp .env
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          if [ -f "${ENV_TMPFILE}" ]; then
-            shred -u "${ENV_TMPFILE}" 2>/dev/null || rm -f "${ENV_TMPFILE}"
-            echo "OK cleaned"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Health Check
-        run: |
-          echo "Health check..."
-          RETRY=0; MAX=6; WAIT=1
-          while [ $RETRY -lt $MAX ]; do
-            RETRY=$((RETRY + 1))
-            if curl -sf --max-time 10 https://nexus.noveria.net/health; then
-              echo ""
-              echo "OK Health check passed (attempt $RETRY/$MAX)"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            echo "Attempt $RETRY/$MAX failed, waiting ${WAIT}s..."
-            sleep $WAIT
-            NEXT=$((WAIT + RETRY))
-            [ $NEXT -le 15 ] && WAIT=$NEXT || WAIT=15
-          done
-          echo "ERROR Health check failed after $MAX attempts"
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: Smoke Test
-        run: |
-          PASS=0; FAIL=0; BASE="https://nexus.noveria.net"
-          check() {
-            local path="$1" label="$2" expected="${3:-200}"
-            local code
-            code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "${BASE}${path}")
-            printf "  %-25s HTTP %s" "${label}:" "${code}"
-            if [ "$code" = "$expected" ]; then
-              echo " OK"
-              PASS=$((PASS + 1))
-            else
-              echo " FAIL (expected $expected)"
-              FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
-            fi
-          }
-          check "/dashboard"                  "Dashboard"              200
-          check "/health"                     "Health API"             200
-          check "/api/v1/operations/snapshot" "Operations API (auth)" 401
-          echo "Results: $PASS passed, $FAIL failed"
-          if [ "$FAIL" -gt 0 ]; then
-            echo "ERROR Smoke test failed"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "OK Smoke test passed"
-
-      - name: Summary
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          echo "========================================"
-          echo "  Deploy Summary"
-          echo "========================================"
-          echo "  Version:     v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          echo "  Git ref:     main"
-          echo "  Service:     all"
-          echo "  Trigger:     Manual"
-          echo "  Status:      ${{ job.status }}"
-          echo "========================================"

.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ run-name: 🚀 Deploy v2 by @${{ gitea.actor }}
 #
 # Triggers:
 #   1. AUTOMATIC after successful CI on main (workflow_run)
-#      → Uses safe defaults: patch bump, all services, main ref.
+#      → Deploys main with the VERSION already present in the repo.
 #      → Commits marked with [skip ci] are filtered at job level
 #        (prevents version-bump loops).
 #   2. MANUAL via workflow_dispatch with full parameter control.
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ run-name: 🚀 Deploy v2 by @${{ gitea.actor }}
 #
 # Version Management:
 #   The VERSION file in the repo root is the single source of truth.
-#   Version bumps happen in the Dev workflow BEFORE merge to main.
+#   Deploy only reads, validates, and logs the version.
-#   The deploy workflow only reads, validates, and logs the version.
+#   Version changes happen before merge to main, not during deploy.
-#   The [skip ci] filter remains as a safety layer for auto-triggers.
 # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 concurrency:
   group: deploy-production
@@ -52,9 +51,8 @@ jobs:
       ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ENV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
       ENV_JWT_KEY: ${{ secrets.ENV_JWT_KEY }}
       ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN }}
-      # OWNER_PASSWORD is read from the host's persistent .env — NOT from a Gitea secret.
+      # Owner password is not injected at deploy time.
-      # This ensures the password stays consistent across deploys and the DB is the
+      # After first seed, the database is the only password source.
-      # single source of truth after initial seed (enforced by SeedAudit guard).
 
     steps:
       # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -113,37 +111,25 @@ jobs:
           echo "mutated_main=false" >> "$GITEA_OUTPUT"
 
       # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
-      # Step 4: Build .env from secrets + host .env (SAFE)
+      # Step 4: Build .env from secrets (SAFE)
       #
       # Secrets are written to /tmp/nexus-deploy-env — NEVER
       # to a file inside the workspace that gets rsync'd to
       # the host. The temp file is deleted immediately after
       # compose operations complete.
       #
-      # OWNER_PASSWORD is read from the host's persistent .env
+      # Owner password is deliberately omitted so production deploys
-      # to ensure it stays the single source of truth.  Other
+      # cannot overwrite the persisted DB password.
-      # secrets (POSTGRES_PASSWORD, JWT_KEY, OPENCLAW_TOKEN)
+      # Other secrets (POSTGRES_PASSWORD, JWT_KEY, OPENCLAW_TOKEN)
       # come from Gitea secrets.
       # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
-      - name: Prepare .env (secrets + host .env → temp file)
+      - name: Prepare .env (secrets → temp file)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          # Read OWNER_PASSWORD from the host's persistent .env
-          HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD=""
-          if [ -f "${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env" ]; then
-            HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD=$(grep '^OWNER_PASSWORD=' "${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env" | cut -d= -f2- || true)
-          fi
-          if [ -z "${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}" ]; then
-            echo "❌ OWNER_PASSWORD not found in ${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env"
-            echo "   The host .env is the single source of truth for the owner password."
-            echo "   Ensure OWNER_PASSWORD is set in the deploy-path .env before deploying."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
           cat > "${ENV_TMPFILE}" <<EOF
           # Nexus Production Environment — auto-generated by CD pipeline
-          # Managed via Gitea Secrets + host .env → do NOT edit manually on the host.
+          # Managed via Gitea Secrets → do NOT edit manually.
           # This file lives in /tmp and is removed after deploy completes.
           POSTGRES_DB=nexus
           POSTGRES_USER=nexus
@@ -151,9 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           JWT_KEY=${ENV_JWT_KEY}
           JWT_ISSUER=nexus
           JWT_AUDIENCE=nexus-web
-          OWNER_EMAIL=vmbao62@hotmail.de
+          BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL=vmbao62@hotmail.de
-          OWNER_PASSWORD=${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}
-          OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME=
           OPENCLAW_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:18789
           OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN}
           OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD=
@@ -205,18 +189,10 @@ set -e
 trap 'rm -f /tmp/nexus-deploy-env' EXIT
 cat > /tmp/nexus-deploy-env
 
-# ── Clean up zombie containers ──
+# ── Graceful shutdown (preserves DB volume integrity) ──
+docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env stop postgres 2>/dev/null || true
 docker compose --env-file /tmp/nexus-deploy-env down --remove-orphans 2>/dev/null || true
-docker rm -f nexus-postgres-1 nexus-api-1 nexus-web-1 2>/dev/null || true
+echo "Postgres volume preserved (nexus-postgres) — no WAL reset"
-
-# ── WAL recovery ──
-PG_VOL=$(docker volume ls -q --filter name=nexus-postgres 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-if [ -n "$PG_VOL" ]; then
-  echo "Checking postgres WAL integrity..."
-  docker run --rm -v "$PG_VOL:/var/lib/postgresql/data" --entrypoint sh postgres:17-alpine -c "pg_resetwal -f /var/lib/postgresql/data && echo 'WAL reset OK'" 2>&1 || echo "pg_resetwal failed (may be benign)"
-else
-  echo "Postgres volume not found - will be created fresh"
-fi
 
 BUILD_ARGS="${DEPLOY_BUILD_ARGS:-}"
 SERVICE="${DEPLOY_SERVICE:-}"

.gitea/workflows/rollback.yaml

@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ run-name: 🔙 Rollback by @${{ gitea.actor }}
 # migrations). If the tag predates a destructive migration, manual
 # DB intervention is needed — that's an edge case surfaced to DevOps.
 # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Rollback wins over queued/in-progress deploys.
+# It shares deploy-production with deploy.yaml so rollback and deploy never run together,
+# but cancel-in-progress=true prevents a queued auto-deploy from running after rollback.
 concurrency:
   group: deploy-production
-  cancel-in-progress: false
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -94,22 +97,12 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
-      # Step 3: Prepare .env from secrets + host .env (safe temp file)
+      # Step 3: Prepare .env from secrets (safe temp file)
       # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
-      - name: Prepare .env (secrets + host .env → temp file)
+      - name: Prepare .env (secrets → temp file)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          # Read OWNER_PASSWORD from the host's persistent .env
-          HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD=""
-          if [ -f "${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env" ]; then
-            HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD=$(grep '^OWNER_PASSWORD=' "${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env" | cut -d= -f2- || true)
-          fi
-          if [ -z "${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}" ]; then
-            echo "❌ OWNER_PASSWORD not found in ${DEPLOY_PATH}/.env"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
           cat > "${ENV_TMPFILE}" <<EOF
           # Nexus Production Environment — auto-generated by CD pipeline
           POSTGRES_DB=nexus
@@ -118,9 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           JWT_KEY=${ENV_JWT_KEY}
           JWT_ISSUER=nexus
           JWT_AUDIENCE=nexus-web
-          OWNER_EMAIL=vmbao62@hotmail.de
+          BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL=vmbao62@hotmail.de
-          OWNER_PASSWORD=${HOST_OWNER_PASSWORD}
-          OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME=
           OPENCLAW_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:18789
           OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN}
           OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD=

.gitignore

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 # Environment
 .env
-!.env.example
 !.env.template
 
 # IDE

README.md

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ adapter-backed agent runtime, not a dependency of the frontend or domain model.
 > [`docs/architecture-board-first-orchestration.md`](docs/architecture-board-first-orchestration.md)
 
 > CI runs automatically on every push. CD can run **automatically after successful CI**
-> on main (patch-bump default) or can be triggered **manually** (workflow_dispatch) with
+> on main or can be triggered **manually** (workflow_dispatch). Deploy reads
-> full parameter control. Main deploys bump/tag a release; arbitrary `git_ref` deploys
+> `VERSION` but does not mutate Git or create tags. Rollback and database backup
-> stay read-only. Rollback and database backup are separate manual workflows.
+> are separate manual workflows.
 > See [phases/deployment.md](phases/deployment.md) for full CD documentation.
 
 ## Current foundation
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ adapter-backed agent runtime, not a dependency of the frontend or domain model.
 ## Local/container start
 
 ```bash
-cp .env.example .env
+cp .env.template .env
-# Replace every placeholder, especially POSTGRES_PASSWORD, JWT_KEY,
+# Replace every placeholder, especially POSTGRES_PASSWORD, JWT_KEY and BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL.
-# OWNER_EMAIL and OWNER_PASSWORD.
 docker compose up --build -d
 curl http://127.0.0.1:18880/health
 ```
 
-On an empty database the API creates exactly one owner from `OWNER_EMAIL`,
+On an empty database the API creates exactly one owner from `BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL`,
-`OWNER_PASSWORD` and `OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME`. The password must contain at least 10
+derives the initial display name from that email, and logs a generated temporary password once.
-characters. Existing databases are never overwritten by the bootstrap process.
+After first seed the password lives only in PostgreSQL. Existing databases are
+never overwritten by the bootstrap process.
 
 The API is exposed via Traefik reverse-proxy with automatic Let's Encrypt TLS.
 Health checks, rate limiting, and security headers are active.
@@ -358,17 +358,15 @@ Deployment can happen automatically or manually:
 #### Auto-Deploy (after successful CI on main)
 
 - Triggered by `workflow_run` after `CI - Build & Test` succeeds on `main`
-- Uses safe defaults: `patch` bump, all services, main ref
+- Deploys the current `main` version after CI succeeds.
-- Skips automatically if the triggering commit contains `[skip ci]` (version-bump commits)
+- Skips automatically if the triggering commit contains `[skip ci]`
-- The version-bump commit itself uses `[skip ci]` → no infinite CI→Deploy→Bump→CI loops
+- The deploy workflow reads `VERSION`; it does not mutate Git, bump versions, or create tags
 
 #### Manual Deploy (`workflow_dispatch`)
 
-1. DevOps triggers `Deploy to Production` in Gitea Actions (or Iris auto-approves)
+1. DevOps triggers `Deploy Nexus v2` in Gitea Actions
-2. Chooses version bump type: patch (default) / minor / major
+2. Workflow validates `VERSION`, builds and deploys `main`
-3. Optionally scopes to a single service or specific git ref
+3. Health check + smoke test verify the deployment
-4. Workflow bumps VERSION, creates git tag, builds and deploys
-5. Health check + smoke test verify the deployment
 
 #### Rollback (`workflow_dispatch`)
 

backend-tests/AgentServiceTests.cs

@@ -45,6 +45,94 @@ public class AgentServiceTests
         Assert.Null(agent);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync_IncludesProductOwnerAndProgrammerFast()
+    {
+        var configPath = CreateAgentConfigFile();
+        var config = CreateConfiguration(configPath);
+        var runtime = new FakeRuntime();
+        var service = new AgentService(config, runtime);
+
+        var ids = await service.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Contains("product-owner", ids);
+        Assert.Contains("programmer-fast", ids);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetAgentAsync_ProgrammerFast_UsesPrimaryModelAndDeveloperRole()
+    {
+        var configPath = CreateAgentConfigFile();
+        var config = CreateConfiguration(configPath);
+        var runtime = new FakeRuntime();
+        var service = new AgentService(config, runtime);
+
+        var agent = await service.GetAgentAsync("programmer-fast", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(agent);
+        Assert.Equal("Developer", agent.Role);
+        Assert.Equal("openai/gpt-5.3-codex-spark", agent.Model);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetAgentAsync_LegacyStringModel_IsSupported()
+    {
+        var configPath = CreateAgentConfigFile(
+            """
+            {
+              "agents": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "workspace": "/workspace/default",
+                  "model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash"
+                },
+                "list": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "iris",
+                    "name": "iris",
+                    "model": "openai/gpt-5.5"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+        var config = CreateConfiguration(configPath);
+        var service = new AgentService(config, new FakeRuntime());
+
+        var agent = await service.GetAgentAsync("iris", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(agent);
+        Assert.Equal("openai/gpt-5.5", agent!.Model);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetAgentAsync_ObjectModel_InheritsStringDefaultModel()
+    {
+        var configPath = CreateAgentConfigFile(
+            """
+            {
+              "agents": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "workspace": "/workspace/default",
+                  "model": "openai/gpt-5.5-mini"
+                },
+                "list": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "reviewer",
+                    "name": "reviewer"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+        var config = CreateConfiguration(configPath);
+        var service = new AgentService(config, new FakeRuntime());
+
+        var agent = await service.GetAgentAsync("reviewer", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(agent);
+        Assert.Equal("openai/gpt-5.5-mini", agent!.Model);
+    }
+
     private static IConfiguration CreateConfiguration(string configPath)
         => new ConfigurationBuilder()
             .AddInMemoryCollection(new Dictionary<string, string?>
@@ -53,10 +141,10 @@ public class AgentServiceTests
             })
             .Build();
 
-    private static string CreateAgentConfigFile()
+    private static string CreateAgentConfigFile(string? json = null)
     {
         var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"agent-config-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.json");
-        File.WriteAllText(path,
+        File.WriteAllText(path, json ??
             """
             {
               "agents": {
@@ -69,19 +157,33 @@ public class AgentServiceTests
                 "list": [
                   {
                     "id": "iris",
-                    "name": "iris"
+                    "name": "iris",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" }
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "product-owner",
+                    "name": "product-owner",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" }
                   },
                   {
                     "id": "programmer",
-                    "name": "programmer"
+                    "name": "programmer",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.4" }
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "programmer-fast",
+                    "name": "programmer-fast",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.3-codex-spark" }
                   },
                   {
                     "id": "reviewer",
-                    "name": "reviewer"
+                    "name": "reviewer",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" }
                   },
                   {
                     "id": "architekt",
-                    "name": "architekt"
+                    "name": "architekt",
+                    "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" }
                   }
                 ]
               }

backend-tests/AuthServiceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
+using Nexus.Api.Data;
+using Nexus.Api.DTOs;
+using Nexus.Api.Repositories;
+using Nexus.Api.Services;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Nexus.Api.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for AuthService login, change-password, admin-reset, and related flows.
+/// These are unit-level tests using an in-memory EF Core database so no
+/// external PostgreSQL instance is needed.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AuthServiceTests
+{
+    // ── Fixture helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a test fixture with an in-memory database, a UserRepository,
+    /// and an AuthService backed by an in-memory configuration.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static (NexusDbContext db, IUserRepository repo, AuthService auth) CreateFixture()
+    {
+        var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<NexusDbContext>()
+            .UseInMemoryDatabase(Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
+            .Options;
+
+        var db = new NexusDbContext(options);
+        var repo = new UserRepository(db);
+
+        // In-memory config with minimum required JWT settings
+        var config = new MemoryConfig(new Dictionary<string, string?>
+        {
+            ["Jwt:Key"] = "this-is-a-test-key-that-is-at-least-32-bytes-long!",
+            ["Jwt:Issuer"] = "nexus-test",
+            ["Jwt:Audience"] = "nexus-test-web",
+        });
+
+        var logger = Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.NullLogger<AuthService>.Instance;
+        var auth = new AuthService(repo, config, logger);
+        return (db, repo, auth);
+    }
+
+    private static LoginRequest Login(string email, string password)
+        => new() { Email = email, Password = password };
+
+    private static async Task<NexusUser> SeedUserAsync(NexusDbContext db, string email, string password, string role = "user")
+    {
+        var user = new NexusUser
+        {
+            Email = email,
+            NormalizedEmail = AuthService.NormalizeEmail(email),
+            DisplayName = email.Split('@')[0],
+            PasswordHash = PasswordSecurity.Hash(password),
+            Role = role
+        };
+        db.Users.Add(user);
+        await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // Password Security Unit Tests
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Hash_And_Verify_RoundTrip_Succeeds()
+    {
+        const string password = "MyTestPassword123!";
+        var hash = PasswordSecurity.Hash(password);
+        Assert.NotNull(hash);
+        Assert.StartsWith("v1.", hash);
+
+        var ok = PasswordSecurity.Verify(password, hash, out var needsUpgrade);
+        Assert.True(ok);
+        Assert.False(needsUpgrade);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_WrongPassword_Fails()
+    {
+        var hash = PasswordSecurity.Hash("CorrectPassword123!");
+        Assert.False(PasswordSecurity.Verify("WrongPassword456!", hash, out _));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_EmptyHash_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        Assert.False(PasswordSecurity.Verify("password", "", out _));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_LegacySha256_PassesAndFlagsUpgrade()
+    {
+        const string password = "OldFormatPassword123!";
+        var legacyHash = Convert.ToHexString(
+            System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256.HashData(
+                System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password)));
+
+        var ok = PasswordSecurity.Verify(password, legacyHash, out var needsUpgrade);
+        Assert.True(ok);
+        Assert.True(needsUpgrade);
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // Login Tests
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_WithValidCredentials_Succeeds()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string password = "ValidPassword123!";
+        await SeedUserAsync(db, "test@example.com", password);
+
+        var session = await auth.LoginAsync(Login("test@example.com", password));
+        Assert.NotNull(session);
+        Assert.Equal("test", session.User.DisplayName);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_WithWrongPassword_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        await SeedUserAsync(db, "test@example.com", "CorrectPassword123!");
+
+        Assert.Null(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("test@example.com", "WrongPassword456!")));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_WithNonexistentEmail_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        Assert.Null(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("nobody@example.com", "SomePassword123!")));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_UpdatesLastLoginAt()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string password = "TestPassword123!";
+        var user = await SeedUserAsync(db, "test@example.com", password);
+
+        var beforeLogin = user.LastLoginAt;
+        await Task.Delay(10);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("test@example.com", password)));
+
+        var updated = await repo.GetByIdAsync(user.Id);
+        Assert.NotNull(updated!.LastLoginAt);
+        Assert.True(updated.LastLoginAt > beforeLogin || beforeLogin is null);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Validates that LoginAsync persists a password hash upgrade AND login
+    /// timestamps even when there are NO expired refresh tokens. Previously
+    /// the code relied on RemoveExpiredTokensAsync calling SaveChangesAsync,
+    /// but that only happens when oldTokens.Count > 0.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_WithLegacyHash_UpgradesAndPersistsWithoutExpiredTokens()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string password = "LegacyUpgradePassword123!";
+
+        var legacyHash = Convert.ToHexString(
+            System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256.HashData(
+                System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password)));
+
+        var user = new NexusUser
+        {
+            Email = "legacy@example.com",
+            NormalizedEmail = AuthService.NormalizeEmail("legacy@example.com"),
+            DisplayName = "Legacy",
+            PasswordHash = legacyHash,
+            Role = "user"
+        };
+        db.Users.Add(user);
+        await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+        // Login triggers hash upgrade
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("legacy@example.com", password)));
+
+        var updated = await repo.GetByIdAsync(user.Id);
+        Assert.NotNull(updated);
+        Assert.StartsWith("v1.", updated.PasswordHash);
+        Assert.NotEqual(legacyHash, updated.PasswordHash);
+
+        // Second login with the upgraded hash should also work
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("legacy@example.com", password)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Login_WithExistingHash_DoesNotChangeHash()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string password = "StablePassword123!";
+        var user = await SeedUserAsync(db, "stable@example.com", password);
+
+        var originalHash = user.PasswordHash;
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("stable@example.com", password)));
+
+        var updated = await repo.GetByIdAsync(user.Id);
+        Assert.NotNull(updated);
+        Assert.Equal(originalHash, updated.PasswordHash);
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // Change Password Tests
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ChangePassword_WithCorrectCurrentPassword_Succeeds()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string oldPw = "OldPassword123!";
+        const string newPw = "NewPassword456!";
+        var user = await SeedUserAsync(db, "changepw@example.com", oldPw);
+
+        var result = await auth.ChangePasswordAsync(user.Id, new ChangePasswordRequest
+        {
+            CurrentPassword = oldPw,
+            NewPassword = newPw
+        });
+        Assert.True(result);
+
+        Assert.Null(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("changepw@example.com", oldPw)));
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("changepw@example.com", newPw)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ChangePassword_WithWrongCurrentPassword_Fails()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        var user = await SeedUserAsync(db, "wrongpw@example.com", "ActualPassword123!");
+
+        Assert.False(await auth.ChangePasswordAsync(user.Id, new ChangePasswordRequest
+        {
+            CurrentPassword = "WrongPassword456!",
+            NewPassword = "NewPassword789!"
+        }));
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // Admin Reset Password Tests
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AdminResetPassword_WithValidToken_Succeeds()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("Admin__ResetToken", "test-admin-token-123");
+
+        const string oldPw = "OldPassword123!";
+        const string newPw = "NewAdminPassword456!";
+        await SeedUserAsync(db, "adminreset@example.com", oldPw);
+
+        Assert.True(await auth.AdminResetPasswordAsync("adminreset@example.com", newPw, "test-admin-token-123"));
+        Assert.Null(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("adminreset@example.com", oldPw)));
+        Assert.NotNull(await auth.LoginAsync(Login("adminreset@example.com", newPw)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AdminResetPassword_WithInvalidToken_Fails()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("Admin__ResetToken", "real-token-xyz");
+        await SeedUserAsync(db, "badreset@example.com", "OriginalPassword123!");
+
+        Assert.False(await auth.AdminResetPasswordAsync("badreset@example.com", "NewPassword456!", "wrong-token"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AdminResetPassword_NonexistentUser_Fails()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("Admin__ResetToken", "test-token");
+        Assert.False(await auth.AdminResetPasswordAsync("nobody@example.com", "NewPassword456!", "test-token"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AdminResetPassword_ShortPassword_Fails()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("Admin__ResetToken", "test-token");
+        Assert.False(await auth.AdminResetPasswordAsync("test@example.com", "short", "test-token"));
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // Profile Update Tests
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task UpdateProfile_ChangesDisplayName()
+    {
+        var (db, repo, auth) = CreateFixture();
+        const string password = "Password123!";
+        var user = await SeedUserAsync(db, "profile@example.com", password);
+
+        var updated = await auth.UpdateProfileAsync(user.Id, new UpdateProfileRequest
+        {
+            DisplayName = "New Name"
+        });
+        Assert.NotNull(updated);
+        Assert.Equal("New Name", updated.DisplayName);
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // NormalizeEmail
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NormalizeEmail_TrimsAndUppercases()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("TEST@EXAMPLE.COM", AuthService.NormalizeEmail("  test@Example.com  "));
+        Assert.Equal("A@B.COM", AuthService.NormalizeEmail("a@b.com"));
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Minimal in-memory IConfiguration implementation for unit tests.
+/// Reads from a case-insensitive dictionary.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class MemoryConfig : Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfiguration
+{
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, string?> _data;
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, MemoryConfigSection> _sections;
+
+    public MemoryConfig(Dictionary<string, string?> data)
+    {
+        _data = new Dictionary<string, string?>(data, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        _sections = new Dictionary<string, MemoryConfigSection>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    public string? this[string key]
+    {
+        get => _data.TryGetValue(key, out var val) ? val : null;
+        set => _data[key] = value ?? string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    public Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection GetSection(string key)
+    {
+        if (!_sections.TryGetValue(key, out var section))
+        {
+            section = new MemoryConfigSection(key, this);
+            _sections[key] = section;
+        }
+        return section;
+    }
+
+    public IEnumerable<Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection> GetChildren()
+        => Enumerable.Empty<Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection>();
+
+    public IChangeToken GetReloadToken()
+        => NeverToken.Instance;
+}
+
+internal sealed class MemoryConfigSection(string path, MemoryConfig root) : Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection
+{
+    public string Key => path.Split(':').Last();
+    public string Path => path;
+    public string? Value { get => root[path]; set => root[path] = value; }
+
+    public string? this[string key]
+    {
+        get => root[$"{path}:{key}"];
+        set => root[$"{path}:{key}"] = value;
+    }
+
+    public Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection GetSection(string key)
+        => root.GetSection($"{path}:{key}");
+
+    public IEnumerable<Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection> GetChildren()
+        => Enumerable.Empty<Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.IConfigurationSection>();
+
+    public IChangeToken GetReloadToken()
+        => NeverToken.Instance;
+}
+
+/// <summary>A change token that never signals — for test-use IConfiguration stubs.</summary>
+internal sealed class NeverToken : IChangeToken
+{
+    public static readonly NeverToken Instance = new();
+    public bool HasChanged => false;
+    public bool ActiveChangeCallbacks => false;
+    public IDisposable RegisterChangeCallback(Action<object?> callback, object? state) => NoopDisposable.Instance;
+}
+
+internal sealed class NoopDisposable : IDisposable
+{
+    public static readonly NoopDisposable Instance = new();
+    public void Dispose() { }
+}

backend-tests/Nexus.Api.Tests.csproj

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.8" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="10.0.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.13.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />

backend-tests/TaskWorkflowTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Nexus.Api.Controllers;
+using Nexus.Api.Data;
+using Nexus.Api.Models;
+using Nexus.Api.Repositories;
+using Nexus.Api.Services;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Nexus.Api.Tests;
+
+public sealed class TaskWorkflowTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CreateAgentTaskAsync_PreservesConfiguredAssigneeAndBacklogState_WhenPlannedChildTask()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var parent = await fixture.TaskService.CreateDashboardTaskAsync(
+            "Parent", "Coordination", "iris", "High", "iris", null, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var child = await fixture.TaskService.CreateAgentTaskAsync(
+            "PO spec",
+            "Prepare specification",
+            "iris",
+            "Medium",
+            "product-owner",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            parent.Id,
+            startsInProgress: false,
+            initialState: null,
+            ct: CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Equal("Backlog", child.State);
+        Assert.Equal("product-owner", child.AssignedTo);
+        Assert.Equal("programmer-fast", child.ExpectedFrom);
+        Assert.True(child.IsAgentTask);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync_MapsChildDelegationAndActivity()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var parent = await fixture.TaskService.CreateDashboardTaskAsync(
+            "Parent", null, "iris", "High", "iris", null, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var child = await fixture.TaskService.CreateAgentTaskAsync(
+            "Implement",
+            "Code changes",
+            "iris",
+            "High",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            parent.Id,
+            startsInProgress: false,
+            initialState: null,
+            ct: CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var dto = await fixture.TaskService.GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync(child.Id, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(dto);
+        Assert.True(dto!.HasVisibleDelegation);
+        Assert.NotNull(dto.LastActivityMessage);
+        Assert.Equal("programmer-fast", dto.AssignedTo);
+        Assert.Equal("programmer-fast", dto.ExpectedFrom);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BridgeGetChildTasksAsync_ReturnsMappedActivityAndVisibleDelegation()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var parent = await fixture.TaskService.CreateDashboardTaskAsync(
+            "Parent", null, "iris", "High", "iris", null, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        await fixture.TaskBridgeService.CreateChildTaskAsync(
+            parent.Id,
+            "Review",
+            "Review implementation",
+            "iris",
+            "Medium",
+            "reviewer",
+            "reviewer",
+            startsInProgress: false,
+            ct: CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var children = await fixture.TaskBridgeService.GetChildTasksAsync(parent.Id, CancellationToken.None);
+        var child = Assert.Single(children);
+
+        Assert.True(child.HasVisibleDelegation);
+        Assert.NotNull(child.LastActivityMessage);
+        Assert.Equal("reviewer", child.AssignedTo);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GatewayBridgeController_GetBoard_AcceptsProgrammerFastHeader()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new GatewayBridgeController(
+            fixture.TaskBridgeService,
+            fixture.AgentService,
+            fixture.Configuration,
+            NullLogger<GatewayBridgeController>.Instance)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Agent-Id"] = "programmer-fast"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.IsType<OkObjectResult>(result.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GatewayBridgeController_GetBoard_AcceptsServiceKeyWithoutConfiguredNexusSystemAgent()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new GatewayBridgeController(
+            fixture.TaskBridgeService,
+            fixture.AgentService,
+            fixture.Configuration,
+            NullLogger<GatewayBridgeController>.Instance)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Nexus-Api-Key"] = "test-service-key"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.IsType<OkObjectResult>(result.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DashboardController_GetBoard_AcceptsServiceKeyWithoutJwt()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new DashboardController(
+            new FakeDashboardService(),
+            fixture.TaskService,
+            fixture.ActivityRepository,
+            new HttpContextAccessor(),
+            fixture.AgentService,
+            fixture.Configuration,
+            fixture.NotificationService,
+            fixture.LiveUpdateService)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Nexus-Api-Key"] = "test-service-key"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.IsType<OkObjectResult>(result.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_GetBoard_AcceptsProgrammerFastHeader()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Agent-Id"] = "programmer-fast"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status200OK, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_ResetStale_Anonymous_IsUnauthorized()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext()
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.ResetStale(new ResetStaleRequest(2), CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status401Unauthorized, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_ResetStale_UnknownAgentHeader_IsForbidden()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Agent-Id"] = "unknown-agent"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.ResetStale(new ResetStaleRequest(2), CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status403Forbidden, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_ResetStale_OrdinaryJwtUser_IsForbidden()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(user: TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateUser("user-1", "user"))
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.ResetStale(new ResetStaleRequest(2), CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status403Forbidden, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_ResetStale_ServiceKey_IsAllowed()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(headers: new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["X-Nexus-Api-Key"] = "test-service-key"
+                })
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.ResetStale(new ResetStaleRequest(2), CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status200OK, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TasksController_ResetStale_IrisHeader_IsAllowed()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new TasksController(fixture.TaskService, fixture.AgentService, fixture.Configuration)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(agentId: "iris")
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.ResetStale(new ResetStaleRequest(2), CancellationToken.None);
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        await result.ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+        Assert.Equal(StatusCodes.Status200OK, httpContext.Response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GatewayBridgeController_GetBoard_OrdinaryJwtUser_IsUnauthorized()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new GatewayBridgeController(
+            fixture.TaskBridgeService,
+            fixture.AgentService,
+            fixture.Configuration,
+            NullLogger<GatewayBridgeController>.Instance)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(user: TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateUser("user-1", "user"))
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.IsType<UnauthorizedObjectResult>(result.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GatewayBridgeController_GetBoard_AdminJwt_IsAllowed()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+
+        var controller = new GatewayBridgeController(
+            fixture.TaskBridgeService,
+            fixture.AgentService,
+            fixture.Configuration,
+            NullLogger<GatewayBridgeController>.Instance)
+        {
+            ControllerContext = new ControllerContext
+            {
+                HttpContext = TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateHttpContext(user: TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateUser("bao", "admin"))
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = await controller.GetBoard(CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.IsType<OkObjectResult>(result.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CreateChildTaskAsync_TransitionsBacklogParent_WhenCallerIsProgrammerFast()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await TaskWorkflowFixture.CreateAsync();
+        fixture.SetCallerAgent("programmer-fast");
+
+        var parent = await fixture.TaskService.CreateDashboardTaskAsync(
+            "Parent", "Coordination", "iris", "High", "iris", null, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var result = await fixture.TaskBridgeService.CreateChildTaskAsync(
+            parent.Id,
+            "Implement",
+            "Ship the change",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            "Medium",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            "programmer-fast",
+            startsInProgress: false,
+            ct: CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var updatedParent = await fixture.TaskService.GetByIdAsync(parent.Id, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Equal(TaskBridgeOutcome.Success, result.Outcome);
+        Assert.NotNull(updatedParent);
+        Assert.Equal("In progress", updatedParent!.State);
+    }
+}
+
+file sealed class TaskWorkflowFixture : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly NexusDbContext _db;
+
+    private TaskWorkflowFixture(
+        NexusDbContext db,
+        IConfiguration configuration,
+        ITaskRepository taskRepository,
+        IActivityRepository activityRepository,
+        INotificationService notificationService,
+        ILiveUpdateService liveUpdateService,
+        ITaskService taskService,
+        ITaskBridgeService taskBridgeService,
+        IAgentService agentService,
+        HttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
+    {
+        _db = db;
+        Configuration = configuration;
+        TaskRepository = taskRepository;
+        ActivityRepository = activityRepository;
+        NotificationService = notificationService;
+        LiveUpdateService = liveUpdateService;
+        TaskService = taskService;
+        TaskBridgeService = taskBridgeService;
+        AgentService = agentService;
+        HttpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor;
+    }
+
+    public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
+    public ITaskRepository TaskRepository { get; }
+    public IActivityRepository ActivityRepository { get; }
+    public INotificationService NotificationService { get; }
+    public ILiveUpdateService LiveUpdateService { get; }
+    public ITaskService TaskService { get; }
+    public ITaskBridgeService TaskBridgeService { get; }
+    public IAgentService AgentService { get; }
+    public HttpContextAccessor HttpContextAccessor { get; }
+
+    public static async Task<TaskWorkflowFixture> CreateAsync()
+    {
+        var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<NexusDbContext>()
+            .UseInMemoryDatabase(Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
+            .Options;
+
+        var db = new NexusDbContext(options);
+        await db.Database.EnsureCreatedAsync();
+
+        var configPath = CreateAgentConfigFile();
+        var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+            .AddInMemoryCollection(new Dictionary<string, string?>
+            {
+                ["AgentConfigPath"] = configPath,
+                ["NexusApiKey"] = "test-service-key"
+            })
+            .Build();
+
+        var agentService = new AgentService(configuration, new FakeRuntime());
+        var liveUpdateService = new LiveUpdateService();
+        var activityRepository = new ActivityRepository(db);
+        var taskRepository = new TaskRepository(db);
+        var notificationService = new NotificationService(db, liveUpdateService);
+        var httpContextAccessor = new HttpContextAccessor { HttpContext = CreateHttpContext(agentId: "iris") };
+
+        var taskService = new TaskService(
+            taskRepository,
+            activityRepository,
+            notificationService,
+            agentService,
+            httpContextAccessor,
+            liveUpdateService);
+
+        var taskBridgeService = new TaskBridgeService(
+            taskService,
+            agentService,
+            activityRepository,
+            notificationService,
+            liveUpdateService);
+
+        return new TaskWorkflowFixture(
+            db,
+            configuration,
+            taskRepository,
+            activityRepository,
+            notificationService,
+            liveUpdateService,
+            taskService,
+            taskBridgeService,
+            agentService,
+            httpContextAccessor);
+    }
+
+    public static DefaultHttpContext CreateHttpContext(
+        string? agentId = null,
+        Dictionary<string, string>? headers = null,
+        ClaimsPrincipal? user = null)
+    {
+        var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(agentId))
+            httpContext.Request.Headers["X-Agent-Id"] = agentId;
+
+        if (headers is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var (key, value) in headers)
+                httpContext.Request.Headers[key] = value;
+        }
+
+        httpContext.User = user ?? new ClaimsPrincipal(new ClaimsIdentity());
+        return httpContext;
+    }
+
+    public static ClaimsPrincipal CreateUser(string userId, string role)
+    {
+        var claims = new[]
+        {
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, userId),
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role)
+        };
+
+        return new ClaimsPrincipal(new ClaimsIdentity(claims, "TestAuth"));
+    }
+
+    public void SetCallerAgent(string agentId)
+    {
+        HttpContextAccessor.HttpContext = CreateHttpContext(agentId: agentId);
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await _db.DisposeAsync();
+    }
+
+    private static string CreateAgentConfigFile()
+    {
+        var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"agent-config-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.json");
+        File.WriteAllText(path,
+            """
+            {
+              "agents": {
+                "defaults": {
+                  "workspace": "/workspace/default",
+                  "model": {
+                    "primary": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash"
+                  }
+                },
+                "list": [
+                  { "id": "iris", "name": "iris", "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" } },
+                  { "id": "product-owner", "name": "product-owner", "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" } },
+                  { "id": "programmer", "name": "programmer", "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.4" } },
+                  { "id": "programmer-fast", "name": "programmer-fast", "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.3-codex-spark" } },
+                  { "id": "reviewer", "name": "reviewer", "model": { "primary": "openai/gpt-5.5" } }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+
+        return path;
+    }
+}
+
+file sealed class FakeDashboardService : IDashboardService
+{
+    public Task<DashboardStatus> GetStatusAsync() => Task.FromResult(new DashboardStatus(true, "online", 1, 0));
+    public Task<List<DashboardAgentInfo>> GetAgentsAsync() => Task.FromResult(new List<DashboardAgentInfo>());
+    public Task<List<FeedEntry>> GetOperationsAsync(int limit, string? agentFilter) => Task.FromResult(new List<FeedEntry>());
+    public Task<ChatResponse> SendChatAsync(string agentId, string message) => Task.FromResult(new ChatResponse(true, "", null));
+    public Task<List<MessageEntry>> GetMessagesAsync(string? sessionKey, int limit, int offset) => Task.FromResult(new List<MessageEntry>());
+    public Task<List<QueueItem>> GetQueueAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.FromResult(new List<QueueItem>());
+    public Task<QueueDeleteResult> DeleteQueueItemAsync(string id, string? source, CancellationToken ct) => Task.FromResult(new QueueDeleteResult(QueueDeleteOutcome.Ignored));
+    public Task<QueuePriorityResult> CycleQueuePriorityAsync(string id, CancellationToken ct) => Task.FromResult(new QueuePriorityResult(QueuePriorityOutcome.Ignored));
+    public Task<AgentModelInfo?> GetAgentModelAsync(string agentId) => Task.FromResult<AgentModelInfo?>(null);
+    public Task<bool> SetAgentModelAsync(string agentId, string model) => Task.FromResult(false);
+    public Task<List<AgentActivityEntry>> GetAgentActivityAsync(string agentId, int limit) => Task.FromResult(new List<AgentActivityEntry>());
+    public List<ModelOption> GetAvailableModels() => [];
+}

backend/.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+bin/
+obj/
+*.user
+*.suo
+.vs/
+.vscode/
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.env
+*.log

backend/Controllers/DashboardController.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public class DashboardController(
     ITaskService taskService,
     IActivityRepository activityService,
     IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor,
+    IAgentService agentService,
+    IConfiguration configuration,
     INotificationService notificationService,
     ILiveUpdateService liveUpdateService) : ControllerBase
 {
@@ -191,9 +193,15 @@ public class DashboardController(
 
     // ── Task Board Endpoints ──
 
+    [AllowAnonymous]
     [HttpGet("tasks/board")]
-    public async Task<BoardResponse> GetBoard(CancellationToken ct)
+    public async Task<ActionResult<BoardResponse>> GetBoard(CancellationToken ct)
-        => await taskService.GetBoardAsync(ct);
+    {
+        if (!await CanReadBoardAsync(ct))
+            return Unauthorized();
+
+        return Ok(await taskService.GetBoardAsync(ct));
+    }
 
     [HttpGet("live")]
     public async Task Live(
@@ -320,8 +328,17 @@ public class DashboardController(
     [HttpGet("tasks/{id:guid}/children")]
     public async Task<ActionResult<List<DashboardTaskDto>>> GetChildren(Guid id, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        var children = await taskService.GetChildTasksAsync(id, ct);
+        var board = await taskService.GetBoardAsync(ct);
-        return Ok(children.Select(MapToDto).ToList());
+        var children = board.Offen
+            .Concat(board.InProgress)
+            .Concat(board.Review)
+            .Concat(board.Blocked)
+            .Concat(board.Done)
+            .Where(task => task.ParentTaskId == id)
+            .OrderByDescending(task => task.UpdatedAt)
+            .ToList();
+
+        return Ok(children);
     }
 
     [HttpGet("tasks/{id:guid}")]
@@ -401,7 +418,7 @@ public class DashboardController(
             var task = await taskService.CreateAgentTaskAsync(
                 request.Title, request.Detail, request.Source ?? "iris",
                 request.Priority, request.AssignedTo, request.ExpectedFrom,
-                request.ParentTaskId, ct);
+                request.ParentTaskId, request.StartsInProgress, request.InitialState, ct);
 
             return Created($"/api/dashboard/tasks/{task.Id}", MapToDto(task));
         }
@@ -415,4 +432,16 @@ public class DashboardController(
         t.Id, t.Title, t.Detail, t.Source, t.State, t.Priority, t.AssignedTo,
         t.ParentTaskId, t.DueDate, t.CreatedAt, t.UpdatedAt,
         t.IsAgentTask, t.ExpectedFrom);
+
+    private async Task<bool> CanReadBoardAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var allowedAgent = await RequestAuthorizationHelper.ResolveAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(HttpContext, agentService, ct);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(allowedAgent))
+            return true;
+
+        if (RequestAuthorizationHelper.HasValidServiceKey(HttpContext, configuration))
+            return true;
+
+        return User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true;
+    }
 }

backend/Controllers/GatewayBridgeController.cs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Nexus.Api.Controllers;
 public class GatewayBridgeController(
     ITaskBridgeService bridge,
     IAgentService agentService,
+    IConfiguration configuration,
     ILogger<GatewayBridgeController> logger) : ControllerBase
 {
     private const string ApikeyErrorMessage =
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ public class GatewayBridgeController(
             priority: command.Priority ?? "Normal",
             assignedTo: command.AssignedTo,
             expectedFrom: command.ExpectedFrom ?? command.AssignedTo,
+            startsInProgress: command.StartsInProgress,
             ct: ct);
 
         return MapResult(result, "create_child_task");
@@ -232,12 +234,13 @@ public class GatewayBridgeController(
     private async Task<(bool Success, string AgentId, ActionResult? ErrorResult)> TryResolveAgentAsync(CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var allowedAgentIds = await agentService.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(ct);
+        var allowedActorIds = AgentIdentityCatalog.BuildAllowedActorIds(allowedAgentIds);
 
         var agentHeader = Request.Headers["X-Agent-Id"].FirstOrDefault();
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(agentHeader))
         {
             var normalizedHeader = agentHeader.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-            if (allowedAgentIds.Contains(normalizedHeader))
+            if (allowedActorIds.Contains(normalizedHeader))
                 return (true, normalizedHeader, null);
 
             logger.LogWarning("Bridge: ignoring unknown X-Agent-Id '{AgentId}' from {Ip} and continuing auth fallback",
@@ -248,14 +251,17 @@ public class GatewayBridgeController(
         if (User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true)
         {
             var normalizedClaim = User.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier)?.Value?.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(normalizedClaim) && allowedAgentIds.Contains(normalizedClaim))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(normalizedClaim) && allowedActorIds.Contains(normalizedClaim))
                 return (true, normalizedClaim, null);
 
-            if (User.IsInRole("owner") || User.IsInRole("admin") || User.IsInRole("member"))
+            // Browser JWT fallback is intentionally restricted to board owners/admins.
+            // Agent/service traffic should authenticate as an allowed agent or service principal.
+            if (User.IsInRole("owner") || User.IsInRole("admin"))
                 return (true, "bao", null);
         }
 
-        if (User.IsInRole("Service") && allowedAgentIds.Contains("nexus-system"))
+        if (RequestAuthorizationHelper.IsAuthenticatedService(HttpContext, configuration) &&
+            allowedActorIds.Contains("nexus-system"))
             return (true, "nexus-system", null);
 
         var unauthorized = Unauthorized(new { error = ApikeyErrorMessage });
@@ -345,7 +351,8 @@ public sealed record BridgeCreateChildTaskCommand(
     string? Detail = null,
     string? Priority = null,
     string? AssignedTo = null,
-    string? ExpectedFrom = null
+    string? ExpectedFrom = null,
+    bool StartsInProgress = false
 );
 
 public sealed record BridgeUpdateStatusCommand(string State);

backend/Controllers/TasksController.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Nexus.Api.Controllers;
 [Authorize]
 [ApiController]
 [Route("api/v1/tasks")]
-public class TasksController(ITaskService taskService, IAgentService agentService) : ControllerBase
+public class TasksController(ITaskService taskService, IAgentService agentService, IConfiguration configuration) : ControllerBase
 {
     [HttpGet]
     public async Task<IResult> GetAll(CancellationToken ct)
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ public class TasksController(ITaskService taskService, IAgentService agentServic
     /// X-Nexus-Api-Key / JWT. Kein [AllowAnonymous] mehr.
     /// Für Agent-zu-Agent-Kommunikation den /api/bridge/board Endpunkt nutzen.
     /// </summary>
+    [AllowAnonymous]
     [HttpGet("board")]
     public async Task<IResult> GetBoard(CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        // Erfordert mindestens einen identifizierbaren Agent-Aufrufer
+        var agentHeader = await RequestAuthorizationHelper.ResolveAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(HttpContext, agentService, ct);
-        var agentHeader = await GetAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(ct);
+        var isApiKey = RequestAuthorizationHelper.IsAuthenticatedService(HttpContext, configuration);
-        var isApiKey = HttpContext.User.IsInRole("Service");
         var isAuth = HttpContext.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true;
 
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(agentHeader) && !isApiKey && !isAuth)
@@ -136,33 +136,28 @@ public class TasksController(ITaskService taskService, IAgentService agentServic
     /// Wird vom Iris Autonomous Worker genutzt.
     ///
     /// SICHERHEIT: Erfordert X-Agent-Id Header (nur iris) ODER
-    /// X-Nexus-Api-Key / JWT-authenticated user.
+    /// X-Nexus-Api-Key / Service-Principal ODER owner/admin JWT.
     /// Für Agent-zu-Agent-Kommunikation den /api/bridge Endpunkt nutzen.
     /// </summary>
+    [AllowAnonymous]
     [HttpPost("reset-stale")]
     public async Task<IResult> ResetStale([FromBody] ResetStaleRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        var agentHeader = await GetAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(ct);
+        var agentHeaderResolution = await RequestAuthorizationHelper.ResolveAgentHeaderAsync(HttpContext, agentService, ct);
-        var isApiKey = HttpContext.User.IsInRole("Service");
+        var isService = RequestAuthorizationHelper.IsAuthenticatedService(HttpContext, configuration);
-        var isAuth = HttpContext.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true;
+        var isPrivilegedUser = RequestAuthorizationHelper.IsPrivilegedUser(HttpContext);
+
+        var isIris = string.Equals(agentHeaderResolution.AgentId, "iris", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        if (!isIris && !isService && !isPrivilegedUser)
+        {
+            // A presented but unrecognized agent header is an invalid credential, not a missing one.
+            if (HttpContext.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true || agentHeaderResolution.HeaderProvided)
+                return Results.Forbid();
 
-        // Nur iris, nexus-system (ApiKey) oder JWT-authenticated user
-        var isIris = string.Equals(agentHeader, "iris", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-        if (!isIris && !isApiKey && !isAuth)
             return Results.Unauthorized();
+        }
 
         var count = await taskService.ResetStaleAsync(request.StaleHours, ct);
         return Results.Ok(new ResetStaleResponse(count));
     }
-
-    private async Task<string?> GetAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(CancellationToken ct)
-    {
-        var headerValue = HttpContext.Request.Headers["X-Agent-Id"].FirstOrDefault();
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headerValue))
-            return null;
-
-        var normalized = headerValue.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-        var allowed = await agentService.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(ct);
-        return allowed.Contains(normalized) ? normalized : null;
-    }
 }

backend/Extensions/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ public static class ApplicationBuilderExtensions
     /// Applies pending EF Core migrations and seeds the initial owner account if none exist.
     /// Uses a <see cref="SeedAudit"/> guard so the owner is never re-created even if all users
     /// are deleted — the DB is the single source of truth for the owner password after first seed.
+    ///
+    /// Single-transaction guarantee: if the seed block is entered at all (user creation needed
+    /// or just the audit-log write), the SeedAudit row is written inside the same transaction
+    /// so that a crash mid-way can never leave the DB in a re-seedable state.
     /// </summary>
     public static async Task EnsureDatabaseAsync(this WebApplication app)
     {
@@ -30,46 +34,49 @@ public static class ApplicationBuilderExtensions
             if (alreadySeeded)
                 return;
 
-            var ownerEmail = configuration["Owner:Email"]?.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+            var ownerEmail = configuration["Bootstrap:OwnerEmail"]?.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-            var ownerPassword = configuration["Owner:Password"];
-            var ownerDisplayName = configuration["Owner:DisplayName"]?.Trim();
             var hasUsers = await db.Users.AnyAsync();
 
-            if (!hasUsers)
+            // ── Double-check SeedAudit after the migration — if another pod wrote it
+            //    while we were reading, bail out early. ──
+            alreadySeeded = await db.SeedAudits.AnyAsync(s => s.Key == seedKey);
+            if (alreadySeeded)
+                return;
+
+            // ── Use a strategy-based transaction so the user + audit row are
+            //    persisted atomically. If the DB crashes after SaveChanges the
+            //    entire transaction is rolled back, preventing partial-seed states.
+            var strategy = db.Database.CreateExecutionStrategy();
+            await strategy.ExecuteAsync(async () =>
             {
-                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerEmail))
+                await using var tx = await db.Database.BeginTransactionAsync();
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Owner:Email is required for initial setup.");
 
-                var initialDisplayName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerDisplayName)
+                if (!hasUsers)
-                    ? PasswordHelper.BuildOwnerDisplayName(ownerEmail)
-                    : ownerDisplayName;
-                var initialPassword = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerPassword)
-                    ? PasswordHelper.GenerateTemporaryPassword()
-                    : ownerPassword;
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerPassword) && ownerPassword.Length < 10)
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Owner:Password must be at least 10 characters when provided explicitly.");
-
-                db.Users.Add(new NexusUser
                 {
-                    Email = ownerEmail,
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerEmail))
-                    NormalizedEmail = AuthService.NormalizeEmail(ownerEmail),
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException("Bootstrap:OwnerEmail is required for initial setup.");
-                    DisplayName = initialDisplayName,
+
-                    PasswordHash = PasswordSecurity.Hash(initialPassword),
+                    var initialDisplayName = PasswordHelper.BuildOwnerDisplayName(ownerEmail);
-                    Role = "owner"
+                    var initialPassword = PasswordHelper.GenerateTemporaryPassword();
-                });
+
-                await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+                    db.Users.Add(new NexusUser
+                    {
+                        Email = ownerEmail,
+                        NormalizedEmail = AuthService.NormalizeEmail(ownerEmail),
+                        DisplayName = initialDisplayName,
+                        PasswordHash = PasswordSecurity.Hash(initialPassword),
+                        Role = "owner"
+                    });
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ownerPassword))
-                {
                     Console.Error.WriteLine($"[nexus] Initial owner credentials generated: displayName={initialDisplayName}, password={initialPassword}");
                 }
-            }
 
-            // Record the seed attempt regardless of whether users already existed.
+                // Record the seed attempt regardless of whether users already existed.
-            // This prevents re-seeding even if the Users table is wiped.
+                // This prevents re-seeding even if the Users table is wiped.
-            db.SeedAudits.Add(new SeedAudit { Key = seedKey });
+                db.SeedAudits.Add(new SeedAudit { Key = seedKey });
-            await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+                await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+                await tx.CommitAsync();
+            });
         }
     }
 

backend/Models/Dashboard.cs

@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ public sealed record CreateAgentTaskRequest(
     string? Priority,
     string? AssignedTo,
     string? ExpectedFrom,
-    Guid? ParentTaskId = null
+    Guid? ParentTaskId = null,
+    bool StartsInProgress = true,
+    string? InitialState = null
 );
 
 public sealed record UpdateDashboardTaskRequest(

backend/Services/AgentIdentityCatalog.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+namespace Nexus.Api.Services;
+
+public static class AgentIdentityCatalog
+{
+    public static readonly string[] DefaultConfiguredAgentIds =
+    [
+        "main",
+        "iris",
+        "product-owner",
+        "programmer",
+        "programmer-fast",
+        "reviewer",
+        "architekt",
+        "researcher",
+        "executor"
+    ];
+
+    private static readonly string[] WorkflowActorIds =
+    [
+        "bao",
+        "nexus-system"
+    ];
+
+    public static IReadOnlySet<string> BuildAllowedActorIds(IEnumerable<string> configuredAgentIds)
+    {
+        var ids = new HashSet<string>(WorkflowActorIds, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        foreach (var configuredAgentId in configuredAgentIds)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configuredAgentId))
+                ids.Add(configuredAgentId.Trim().ToLowerInvariant());
+        }
+
+        return ids;
+    }
+
+    public static string? NormalizeActorId(string? actorId, IReadOnlySet<string> allowedActorIds)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(actorId))
+            return null;
+
+        var normalized = actorId.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        return allowedActorIds.Contains(normalized) ? normalized : null;
+    }
+}

backend/Services/AgentService.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ public sealed record AgentConfig
     public string? AgentDir { get; init; }
 
     [JsonPropertyName("model")]
-    public string? Model { get; init; }
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(AgentModelConfigConverter))]
+    public AgentModelConfig? Model { get; init; }
 
     [JsonPropertyName("identity")]
     public AgentIdentityConfig? Identity { get; init; }
@@ -44,6 +45,60 @@ public sealed record AgentIdentityConfig
     public string Theme { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 }
 
+public sealed record AgentModelConfig
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("primary")]
+    public string? Primary { get; init; }
+}
+
+public sealed class AgentModelConfigConverter : JsonConverter<AgentModelConfig>
+{
+    public override AgentModelConfig? Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Null)
+            return null;
+
+        if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
+        {
+            var primary = reader.GetString();
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(primary) ? null : new AgentModelConfig { Primary = primary };
+        }
+
+        if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
+            throw new JsonException("Agent model must be either a string or an object.");
+
+        using var document = JsonDocument.ParseValue(ref reader);
+        var root = document.RootElement;
+
+        string? primary = null;
+        foreach (var property in root.EnumerateObject())
+        {
+            if (!string.Equals(property.Name, "primary", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                continue;
+
+            primary = property.Value.ValueKind switch
+            {
+                JsonValueKind.String => property.Value.GetString(),
+                JsonValueKind.Null => null,
+                _ => throw new JsonException("Agent model primary must be a string.")
+            };
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return new AgentModelConfig { Primary = primary };
+    }
+
+    public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, AgentModelConfig value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        writer.WriteStartObject();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value.Primary))
+            writer.WriteString("primary", value.Primary);
+        else
+            writer.WriteNull("primary");
+        writer.WriteEndObject();
+    }
+}
+
 public sealed record AgentInfo(
     string Id,
     string Name,
@@ -94,7 +149,7 @@ public sealed class AgentService(IConfiguration configuration, IAgentRuntime run
         var agents = new List<AgentInfo>(configs.Count);
         foreach (var config in configs)
         {
-            var model = config.Model ?? "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash";
+            var model = ResolveModel(config);
             var role = DeriveRole(config.Id);
             var description = config.Identity?.Theme ?? string.Empty;
 
@@ -141,7 +196,7 @@ public sealed class AgentService(IConfiguration configuration, IAgentRuntime run
             Id: config.Id,
             Name: config.Identity?.Name ?? config.Name ?? config.Id,
             Role: role,
-            Model: config.Model ?? "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",
+            Model: ResolveModel(config),
             Status: runtimeStatus.Status,
             LastSeen: now,
             Workspace: config.Workspace,
@@ -159,36 +214,43 @@ public sealed class AgentService(IConfiguration configuration, IAgentRuntime run
         return configs
             .Where(config => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Id))
             .Select(config => config.Id.Trim().ToLowerInvariant())
+            .DefaultIfEmpty()
+            .Where(id => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(id))
             .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
 
     private static string DeriveRole(string agentId) => agentId.ToLowerInvariant() switch
     {
         "iris" => "Orchestrator",
+        "product-owner" => "Product Owner",
         "programmer" => "Developer",
+        "programmer-fast" => "Developer",
         "reviewer" => "Reviewer",
         "architekt" => "Architect",
         "main" => "Assistant",
         _ => "Custom"
     };
 
+    private static string ResolveModel(AgentConfig config)
+        => config.Model?.Primary ?? "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash";
+
     private async Task<IReadOnlyList<AgentConfig>> LoadAgentConfigsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var path = configuration.GetValue<string>("AgentConfigPath")
             ?? "/home/node/.openclaw/openclaw.json";
 
         if (!File.Exists(path))
-            return Array.Empty<AgentConfig>();
+            return BuildFallbackConfigs();
 
         var json = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(path, cancellationToken);
         using var document = JsonDocument.Parse(json, new JsonDocumentOptions { AllowTrailingCommas = true });
         var root = document.RootElement;
 
         if (!root.TryGetProperty("agents", out var agentsElement))
-            return Array.Empty<AgentConfig>();
+            return BuildFallbackConfigs();
 
         if (!agentsElement.TryGetProperty("list", out var listElement))
-            return Array.Empty<AgentConfig>();
+            return BuildFallbackConfigs();
 
         var defaults = agentsElement.TryGetProperty("defaults", out var defaultsElement)
             ? JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AgentDefaults>(defaultsElement.GetRawText(), JsonOptions)
@@ -204,29 +266,35 @@ public sealed class AgentService(IConfiguration configuration, IAgentRuntime run
             // Inherit defaults for missing fields
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Name))
                 config = config with { Name = config.Id };
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Model) && defaults?.Model?.Primary is not null)
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Model?.Primary) && defaults?.Model?.Primary is not null)
-                config = config with { Model = defaults.Model.Primary };
+                config = config with { Model = new AgentModelConfig { Primary = defaults.Model.Primary } };
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Workspace) && defaults?.Workspace is not null)
                 config = config with { Workspace = defaults.Workspace };
 
             configs.Add(config);
         }
 
-        return configs.AsReadOnly();
+        return configs.Count > 0 ? configs.AsReadOnly() : BuildFallbackConfigs();
     }
 
+    private static IReadOnlyList<AgentConfig> BuildFallbackConfigs()
+        => AgentIdentityCatalog.DefaultConfiguredAgentIds
+            .Select(id => new AgentConfig
+            {
+                Id = id,
+                Name = id,
+                Model = new AgentModelConfig { Primary = "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash" }
+            })
+            .ToList()
+            .AsReadOnly();
+
     private sealed record AgentDefaults
     {
         [JsonPropertyName("workspace")]
         public string? Workspace { get; init; }
 
         [JsonPropertyName("model")]
-        public AgentDefaultModel? Model { get; init; }
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(AgentModelConfigConverter))]
-    }
+        public AgentModelConfig? Model { get; init; }
-
-    private sealed record AgentDefaultModel
-    {
-        [JsonPropertyName("primary")]
-        public string? Primary { get; init; }
     }
 }

backend/Services/AuthService.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public sealed class AuthService : IAuthService
         user.LastLoginAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
         user.UpdatedAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
 
+        // Persist user changes (password upgrade, login timestamp) immediately.
+        // Relying solely on RemoveExpiredTokensAsync / AddRefreshTokenAsync to
+        // trigger SaveChangesAsync is fragile — if zero tokens are expired the
+        // tracked changes might not be flushed before the response is produced.
+        await _users.UpdateAsync(user, ct);
         await _users.RemoveExpiredTokensAsync(user.Id, ct);
         return await CreateSessionAsync(user, Guid.NewGuid(), null, ct);
     }

backend/Services/ITaskBridgeService.cs

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public interface ITaskBridgeService
         string? priority = "Normal",
         string? assignedTo = null,
         string? expectedFrom = null,
+        bool startsInProgress = false,
         CancellationToken ct = default);
 
     /// <summary>

backend/Services/ITaskService.cs

@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ public interface ITaskService
     // Dashboard-facing task operations
     Task<IReadOnlyList<WorkTask>> GetOpenAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task<WorkTask> CreateDashboardTaskAsync(string title, string? detail, string? source, string? priority, string? assignedTo, Guid? parentTaskId = null, CancellationToken ct = default);
-    Task<WorkTask> CreateAgentTaskAsync(string title, string? detail, string? source, string? priority, string? assignedTo, string? expectedFrom, Guid? parentTaskId = null, CancellationToken ct = default);
+    Task<WorkTask> CreateAgentTaskAsync(string title, string? detail, string? source, string? priority, string? assignedTo, string? expectedFrom, Guid? parentTaskId = null, bool startsInProgress = true, string? initialState = null, CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task<TaskOperationResult> UpdateDashboardTaskAsync(Guid id, string? title, string? detail, string? source, string? priority, string? assignedTo, DateTimeOffset? dueDate = null, CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task<TaskOperationResult> UpdateStatusAsync(Guid id, string status, CancellationToken ct = default);
+    Task<TaskOperationResult> StartCoordinationAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task<TaskOperationResult> CompleteViaQueueAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task<TaskOperationResult> CyclePriorityAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default);
 

backend/Services/RequestAuthorizationHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
+
+namespace Nexus.Api.Services;
+
+public static class RequestAuthorizationHelper
+{
+    public sealed record AgentHeaderResolution(string? AgentId, bool HeaderProvided, bool IsRecognized);
+
+    public static bool IsAuthenticatedService(HttpContext httpContext, IConfiguration configuration) =>
+        httpContext.User.IsInRole("Service") || HasValidServiceKey(httpContext, configuration);
+
+    public static bool IsPrivilegedUser(HttpContext httpContext) =>
+        httpContext.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated == true &&
+        (httpContext.User.IsInRole("owner") || httpContext.User.IsInRole("admin"));
+
+    public static async Task<string?> ResolveAllowedAgentHeaderAsync(
+        HttpContext httpContext,
+        IAgentService agentService,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+        => (await ResolveAgentHeaderAsync(httpContext, agentService, ct)).AgentId;
+
+    public static async Task<AgentHeaderResolution> ResolveAgentHeaderAsync(
+        HttpContext httpContext,
+        IAgentService agentService,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var headerValue = httpContext.Request.Headers["X-Agent-Id"].FirstOrDefault();
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headerValue))
+            return new AgentHeaderResolution(null, HeaderProvided: false, IsRecognized: false);
+
+        var allowed = AgentIdentityCatalog.BuildAllowedActorIds(await agentService.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(ct));
+        var normalized = AgentIdentityCatalog.NormalizeActorId(headerValue, allowed);
+        return new AgentHeaderResolution(
+            normalized,
+            HeaderProvided: true,
+            IsRecognized: normalized is not null);
+    }
+
+    public static bool HasValidServiceKey(HttpContext httpContext, IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        var configuredApiKey = configuration["NexusApiKey"];
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configuredApiKey))
+            return false;
+
+        if (!httpContext.Request.Headers.TryGetValue("X-Nexus-Api-Key", out StringValues providedKey))
+            return false;
+
+        return string.Equals(configuredApiKey, providedKey.FirstOrDefault(), StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+}

backend/Services/TaskBridgeService.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Nexus.Api.Services;
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
     ITaskService taskService,
+    IAgentService agentService,
     IActivityRepository activityRepo,
     INotificationService notificationService,
     ILiveUpdateService liveUpdateService) : ITaskBridgeService
@@ -37,12 +38,11 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
             return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(TaskBridgeOutcome.ValidationError, "Title is required.");
 
         var normalizedSource = NormalizeSource(source);
-        var normalizedAssignee = NormalizeAssignedTo(assignedTo);
 
         var task = await taskService.CreateDashboardTaskAsync(
-            title.Trim(), detail?.Trim(), normalizedSource, priority, normalizedAssignee, parentTaskId: null, ct);
+            title.Trim(), detail?.Trim(), normalizedSource, priority, assignedTo, parentTaskId: null, ct);
 
-        var dto = MapToDto(task);
+        var dto = await taskService.GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync(task.Id, ct) ?? MapToDto(task);
         return Success(dto);
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
         string? priority = "Normal",
         string? assignedTo = null,
         string? expectedFrom = null,
+        bool startsInProgress = false,
         CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(title))
@@ -66,19 +67,23 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
         if (parent is null)
             return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(TaskBridgeOutcome.NotFound, $"Parent task {parentTaskId} not found.");
 
-        var normalizedAssignee = NormalizeAssignedTo(assignedTo);
-
         var task = await taskService.CreateAgentTaskAsync(
             title.Trim(), detail?.Trim(), NormalizeSource(source),
-            priority, normalizedAssignee, expectedFrom, parentTaskId, ct);
+            priority, assignedTo, expectedFrom, parentTaskId, startsInProgress, null, ct);
 
         // If parent was in Backlog, move it to InProgress (coordination starts)
         if (string.Equals(parent.State, "Backlog", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            await taskService.UpdateStatusAsync(parentTaskId, "In progress", ct);
+            var parentTransition = await taskService.StartCoordinationAsync(parentTaskId, ct);
+            if (parentTransition.Outcome != TaskOperationOutcome.Success)
+            {
+                return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(
+                    TaskBridgeOutcome.InvalidState,
+                    $"Parent task {parentTaskId} could not be moved to In progress for coordination.");
+            }
         }
 
-        var dto = MapToDto(task);
+        var dto = await taskService.GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync(task.Id, ct) ?? MapToDto(task);
         return Success(dto);
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
         if (result.Outcome != TaskOperationOutcome.Success)
             return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(TaskBridgeOutcome.InvalidState, "Status update rejected.");
 
-        var dto = MapToDto(result.Task!);
+        var dto = await taskService.GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync(result.Task!.Id, ct) ?? MapToDto(result.Task);
         return Success(dto);
     }
 
@@ -157,7 +162,10 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
         if (task is null)
             return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(TaskBridgeOutcome.NotFound, $"Task {taskId} not found.");
 
-        var normalizedTarget = targetAgent.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        var normalizedTarget = await NormalizeActorAsync(targetAgent, ct);
+        if (normalizedTarget is null)
+            return Error<DashboardTaskDto>(TaskBridgeOutcome.ValidationError, $"Unknown target agent '{targetAgent}'.");
+
         var handoffNote = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(note)
             ? $"Handoff → {normalizedTarget}"
             : $"Handoff → {normalizedTarget}: {note.Trim()}";
@@ -186,7 +194,7 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
             task.Id,
             ct);
 
-        var dto = MapToDto(task);
+        var dto = await taskService.GetDashboardTaskByIdAsync(task.Id, ct) ?? MapToDto(task);
         return Success(dto);
     }
 
@@ -207,8 +215,11 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
     public async Task<IReadOnlyList<DashboardTaskDto>> GetChildTasksAsync(
         Guid parentTaskId, CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
-        var children = await taskService.GetChildTasksAsync(parentTaskId, ct);
+        var board = await taskService.GetBoardAsync(ct);
-        return children.Select(MapToDto).ToList();
+        return FlattenBoard(board)
+            .Where(task => task.ParentTaskId == parentTaskId)
+            .OrderByDescending(task => task.UpdatedAt)
+            .ToList();
     }
 
     public async Task<List<ActivityEvent>> GetTaskActivityAsync(
@@ -233,14 +244,19 @@ public sealed class TaskBridgeService(
     private static string NormalizeSource(string? source) =>
         string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(source) ? "iris" : source.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
 
-    private static string? NormalizeAssignedTo(string? assignedTo)
+    private async Task<string?> NormalizeActorAsync(string? actorId, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(assignedTo)) return null;
+        var allowedActors = AgentIdentityCatalog.BuildAllowedActorIds(await agentService.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(ct));
-        var valid = new HashSet<string> { "bao", "iris", "programmer", "reviewer", "architekt", "researcher", "executor" };
+        return AgentIdentityCatalog.NormalizeActorId(actorId, allowedActors);
-        var lower = assignedTo.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-        return valid.Contains(lower) ? lower : null;
     }
 
+    private static IEnumerable<DashboardTaskDto> FlattenBoard(BoardResponse board)
+        => board.Offen
+            .Concat(board.InProgress)
+            .Concat(board.Review)
+            .Concat(board.Blocked)
+            .Concat(board.Done);
+
     private static DashboardTaskDto MapToDto(WorkTask t) => new(
         t.Id, t.Title, t.Detail, t.Source, t.State, t.Priority, t.AssignedTo,
         t.ParentTaskId, t.DueDate, t.CreatedAt, t.UpdatedAt,

backend/Services/TaskService.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
     ITaskRepository taskRepo,
     IActivityRepository activityRepo,
     INotificationService notificationService,
+    IAgentService agentService,
     IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor,
     ILiveUpdateService liveUpdateService) : ITaskService
 {
-    private static readonly HashSet<string> ValidAssignees =
-        ["bao", "iris", "programmer", "reviewer", "architekt", "researcher", "executor"];
-
     public async Task<IReadOnlyList<WorkTask>> GetAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
         => await taskRepo.GetAllAsync(ct);
 
@@ -90,12 +88,7 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
         if (!TaskStateHelper.CanChangeState(caller, task))
             return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.InvalidState);
 
-        task.State = canonical;
+        return await UpdateTaskStatusInternalAsync(task, canonical, caller, "task", $"Task {task.Title} moved to {canonical}", ct);
-        await taskRepo.UpdateAsync(task, ct);
-        await activityRepo.AddAsync(new ActivityEvent { Type = "task", Message = $"Task {task.Title} moved to {task.State}", TaskId = task.Id }, ct);
-        await CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(task, canonical, ct);
-        await PublishBoardSnapshotAsync(ct);
-        return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.Success, task);
     }
 
     public async Task<TaskOperationResult> UpdateAsync(Guid id, UpdateTaskRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default)
@@ -204,7 +197,7 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
         }
 
         var normalizedSource = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(source) ? "bao" : source.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
-        var normalizedAssignee = ValidateAssignedTo(assignedTo);
+        var normalizedAssignee = await NormalizeActorAsync(assignedTo, ct);
         var isVisibleDelegation = parentTaskId.HasValue;
 
         var task = new WorkTask
@@ -250,14 +243,14 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
 
     public async Task<WorkTask> CreateAgentTaskAsync(
         string title, string? detail, string? source, string? priority,
-        string? assignedTo, string? expectedFrom, Guid? parentTaskId = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+        string? assignedTo, string? expectedFrom, Guid? parentTaskId = null, bool startsInProgress = true, string? initialState = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
-        var normalizedExpectedFrom = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(expectedFrom) ? null : expectedFrom.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        var normalizedExpectedFrom = await NormalizeActorAsync(expectedFrom, ct);
         var task = await CreateDashboardTaskAsync(title, detail, source, priority, assignedTo, parentTaskId, ct);
 
         task.IsAgentTask = true;
         task.ExpectedFrom = normalizedExpectedFrom;
-        task.State = TaskStateHelper.ToStateString(TaskState.InProgress);
+        task.State = ResolveInitialAgentTaskState(startsInProgress, initialState);
         await taskRepo.UpdateAsync(task, ct);
 
         await activityRepo.AddAsync(new ActivityEvent
@@ -322,7 +315,7 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
         }
         if (assignedTo is not null)
         {
-            var validated = ValidateAssignedTo(assignedTo);
+            var validated = await NormalizeActorAsync(assignedTo, ct);
             if (!string.Equals(task.AssignedTo ?? "", validated ?? "", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 changes.Add($"Zuständig: {task.AssignedTo ?? "niemand"} → {validated ?? "niemand"}");
@@ -373,12 +366,24 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
             return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.InvalidState);
 
         var canonical = TaskStateHelper.AllStates.First(s => s.Equals(status, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-        task.State = canonical;
+        return await UpdateTaskStatusInternalAsync(task, canonical, caller, "task", null, ct);
-        await taskRepo.UpdateAsync(task, ct);
+    }
-        await activityRepo.AddAsync(new ActivityEvent { Type = "task", Message = $"Task \"{task.Title}\" → {canonical}", TaskId = task.Id }, ct);
+
-        await CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(task, canonical, ct);
+    public async Task<TaskOperationResult> StartCoordinationAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default)
-        await PublishBoardSnapshotAsync(ct);
+    {
-        return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.Success, task);
+        var task = await taskRepo.GetByIdAsync(id, ct);
+        if (task is null) return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.NotFound);
+
+        if (!string.Equals(task.State, "Backlog", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.Success, task);
+
+        return await UpdateTaskStatusInternalAsync(
+            task,
+            canonical: TaskStateHelper.ToStateString(TaskState.InProgress),
+            actor: "nexus-system",
+            activityType: "delegation",
+            activityMessage: $"Task \"{task.Title}\" → In progress (coordination started by child-task creation)",
+            ct: ct);
     }
 
     public async Task<TaskOperationResult> CompleteViaQueueAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default)
@@ -481,12 +486,7 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
         if (!TaskStateHelper.CanChangeState(caller, task))
             return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.InvalidState);
 
-        task.State = canonical;
+        return await UpdateTaskStatusInternalAsync(task, canonical, caller, "task", $"Task \"{task.Title}\" moved to {canonical}", ct);
-        await taskRepo.UpdateAsync(task, ct);
-        await activityRepo.AddAsync(new ActivityEvent { Type = "task", Message = $"Task \"{task.Title}\" moved to {canonical}", TaskId = task.Id }, ct);
-        await CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(task, canonical, ct);
-        await PublishBoardSnapshotAsync(ct);
-        return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.Success, task);
     }
 
     public Task<int> ResetStaleAsync(int staleHours, CancellationToken ct = default)
@@ -577,11 +577,25 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
             t.ParentTaskId.HasValue || t.IsAgentTask);
     }
 
-    private static string? ValidateAssignedTo(string? assignedTo)
+    private async Task<string?> NormalizeActorAsync(string? actorId, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(assignedTo)) return null;
+        var allowedActors = AgentIdentityCatalog.BuildAllowedActorIds(await agentService.GetAllowedAgentIdsAsync(ct));
-        var lower = assignedTo.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+        return AgentIdentityCatalog.NormalizeActorId(actorId, allowedActors);
-        return ValidAssignees.Contains(lower) ? lower : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string ResolveInitialAgentTaskState(bool startsInProgress, string? initialState)
+    {
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(initialState))
+        {
+            var canonical = TaskStateHelper.AllStates.FirstOrDefault(state =>
+                state.Equals(initialState, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            if (canonical is not null)
+                return canonical;
+        }
+
+        return startsInProgress
+            ? TaskStateHelper.ToStateString(TaskState.InProgress)
+            : TaskStateHelper.ToStateString(TaskState.Backlog);
     }
 
     private string ResolveCaller()
@@ -598,10 +612,29 @@ public sealed class TaskService(
         return nameClaim?.ToLowerInvariant() ?? "";
     }
 
-    private async Task CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(WorkTask task, string canonical, CancellationToken ct)
+    private async Task<TaskOperationResult> UpdateTaskStatusInternalAsync(
+        WorkTask task,
+        string canonical,
+        string actor,
+        string activityType,
+        string? activityMessage,
+        CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        var caller = ResolveCaller();
+        task.State = canonical;
+        await taskRepo.UpdateAsync(task, ct);
+        await activityRepo.AddAsync(new ActivityEvent
+        {
+            Type = activityType,
+            Message = activityMessage ?? $"Task \"{task.Title}\" → {canonical}",
+            TaskId = task.Id
+        }, ct);
+        await CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(task, canonical, actor, ct);
+        await PublishBoardSnapshotAsync(ct);
+        return new TaskOperationResult(TaskOperationOutcome.Success, task);
+    }
 
+    private async Task CreateStatusChangeNotificationsAsync(WorkTask task, string canonical, string caller, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
         if (string.Equals(canonical, "Review", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             await notificationService.CreateAsync(

compose.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 name: nexus
-
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:17-alpine
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: always
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
@@ -29,22 +28,16 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "10m"
         max-file: "3"
-
   api:
     build:
       context: ./backend
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: always
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 512M
         reservations:
           memory: 128M
-      restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
-        delay: 5s
-        max_attempts: 3
-        window: 120s
     environment:
       ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT: Production
       ASPNETCORE_URLS: http://+:8080
@@ -52,12 +45,8 @@ services:
       Jwt__Key: ${JWT_KEY:?Set JWT_KEY in .env}
       Jwt__Issuer: ${JWT_ISSUER:-nexus}
       Jwt__Audience: ${JWT_AUDIENCE:-nexus-web}
-      Owner__Email: ${OWNER_EMAIL:?Set OWNER_EMAIL in .env}
+      Bootstrap__OwnerEmail: ${BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL:?Set BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL in .env}
-      # OWNER_PASSWORD is only used during initial seed (first deploy).
+      # Initial owner password is generated once at first seed and then lives only in the DB.
-      # After that the DB is the single source of truth, enforced by SeedAudit.
-      # Default: empty (seed uses a random password if unset on first run).
-      Owner__Password: ${OWNER_PASSWORD:-}
-      Owner__DisplayName: ${OWNER_DISPLAY_NAME:-Owner}
       Integrations__OpenClaw__BaseUrl: ${OPENCLAW_BASE_URL:-http://host.docker.internal:18789}
       Integrations__OpenClaw__Token: ${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN:-}
       Integrations__OpenClaw__Password: ${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD:-}
@@ -91,22 +80,16 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "10m"
         max-file: "3"
-
   web:
     build:
       context: ./frontend
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: always
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 128M
         reservations:
           memory: 32M
-      restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
-        delay: 5s
-        max_attempts: 3
-        window: 120s
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.nexus.rule=Host(`nexus.noveria.net`)"
@@ -133,13 +116,11 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "10m"
         max-file: "3"
-
 networks:
   nexus:
   openclaw_default:
     external: true
   proxy:
     external: true
-
 volumes:
   nexus-postgres:

docs/openclaw-task-board-flow.md

@@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ Fertige Hauptaufgaben gehen erst in **Review**, dann nach Bao-Entscheid auf **Do
 **„Nexus Taskflow auf Parent-/Child-Modell umstellen“** — Owner: `iris`
 
 ### Mögliche Child-Tasks
-- **Backend-State-Handling anpassen** — Owner: `developer`
+- **PO-Spezifikation und Akzeptanzkriterien ausarbeiten** — Owner: `product-owner`
-- **Frontend-Board-Spalten und Labels anpassen** — Owner: `developer`
+- **Schnelle Voranalyse / kleiner Patch** — Owner: `programmer-fast`
+- **Backend-State-Handling anpassen** — Owner: `programmer`
+- **Frontend-Board-Spalten und Labels anpassen** — Owner: `programmer`
 - **Workflow verifizieren / Regression prüfen** — Owner: `reviewer`
 - **Deploy-/Runtime-Auswirkung prüfen** — Owner: `architekt`
 
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ Wenn Iris unsicher ist, ob sie eine Child-Task anlegen soll, gilt:
 
 - `parentTaskId` verknüpft Child-Tasks mit der Parent-Task
 - `AssignedTo` zeigt den operativen Owner
+- Child-Tasks dürfen geplant in `Backlog` erstellt werden; nur aktiv gestartete Delegationen beginnen direkt in `In progress`
 - Agentenstatus und Boardstatus dürfen sich ergänzen, aber nicht widersprechen
 - Board-Spalten und API-State-Mapping müssen das Parent-/Child-Modell sauber abbilden
 - UI und Doku müssen dieselbe Sprache sprechen

frontend/.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+node_modules/
+dist/
+.pnpm-store/
+.pnpm-home/
+.corepack-home/
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.env
+*.log

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ const navigate = (label: string) => {
 }
 const mobileNavOpen = ref(false)
 
-const standaloneViews = computed(() => ['Dashboard', 'Settings', 'ProjectDetail', 'Memory', 'Docs', 'Security', 'Incidents', 'Calendar', 'AgentDetail', 'Agents', 'Task Board', 'TaskDetail', 'Notifications'].includes(activeView.value))
+const standaloneViews = computed(() => {
+  if (route.name === 'Dashboard') return true
+  if (route.meta?.standalone) return true
+  return false
+})
 
 onMounted(() => {
   if (auth.isAuthenticated) store.refresh()

frontend/src/constants/agentPool.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 import type { AgentNodeData } from '../types/agentNode'
 
+export const TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS = [
+  { id: '', label: 'Nicht zugewiesen' },
+  { id: 'bao', label: '👤 Bao' },
+  { id: 'iris', label: '🤖 Iris' },
+  { id: 'product-owner', label: '📋 Product Owner' },
+  { id: 'programmer', label: '🛠 Programmer' },
+  { id: 'programmer-fast', label: '⚡ Programmer Fast' },
+  { id: 'reviewer', label: '🔎 Reviewer' },
+  { id: 'architekt', label: '🏛 Architekt' },
+  { id: 'researcher', label: '🔬 Researcher' },
+  { id: 'executor', label: '🚀 Executor' },
+] as const
+
+export const TASK_AGENT_LABELS: Record<string, string> = Object.fromEntries(
+  TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS
+    .filter(option => option.id)
+    .map(option => [option.id, option.label])
+) as Record<string, string>
+
 export const EXTRA_AGENT_POOL: AgentNodeData[] = [
   {
     id: 'qa',

frontend/src/mappers/agentMapper.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ interface CatalogEntry {
 
 const AGENT_CATALOG: Record<string, CatalogEntry> = {
   iris:       { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
+  'product-owner': { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
   programmer: { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
+  'programmer-fast': { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
   developer:  { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
   architekt:  { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
   reviewer:   { elapsed: '--', think: null, next: 'Standby' },
@@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ function resolveStatus(isActive: boolean, currentTask: string | null): AgentNode
 
 function resolveAvatar(id: string, name: string): string {
   if (id === 'iris') return 'IR'
+  if (id === 'product-owner') return 'PO'
   if (id === 'programmer' || id === 'developer') return '</>'
+  if (id === 'programmer-fast') return 'PF'
   return name.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase()
 }
 

frontend/src/router.ts

@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ const routes = [
     ],
   },
 
-  { path: '/memory', name: 'Memory', component: MemoryView },
+  { path: '/memory', name: 'Memory', component: MemoryView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/docs', name: 'Docs', component: DocsView },
+  { path: '/docs', name: 'Docs', component: DocsView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/agents/:id', name: 'AgentDetail', component: AgentDetailView },
+  { path: '/agents/:id', name: 'AgentDetail', component: AgentDetailView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/security', name: 'Security', component: SecurityView },
+  { path: '/security', name: 'Security', component: SecurityView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/incidents', name: 'Incidents', component: IncidentsView },
+  { path: '/incidents', name: 'Incidents', component: IncidentsView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/calendar', name: 'Calendar', component: CalendarView },
+  { path: '/calendar', name: 'Calendar', component: CalendarView, meta: { standalone: true } },
   { path: '/projects', name: 'Projects', component: { template: '' } },
-  { path: '/projects/:id', name: 'ProjectDetail', component: ProjectDetailView },
+  { path: '/projects/:id', name: 'ProjectDetail', component: ProjectDetailView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/tasks', name: 'Task Board', component: TaskBoardView },
+  { path: '/tasks', name: 'Task Board', component: TaskBoardView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/tasks/:id', name: 'TaskDetail', component: TaskDetailView },
+  { path: '/tasks/:id', name: 'TaskDetail', component: TaskDetailView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/agents', name: 'Agents', component: AgentsIndexView },
+  { path: '/agents', name: 'Agents', component: AgentsIndexView, meta: { standalone: true } },
   { path: '/models', name: 'Models', component: { template: '' } },
   { path: '/activity', name: 'Activity', component: { template: '' } },
   { path: '/chat', name: 'Mobile Chat', component: { template: '' } },
-  { path: '/notifications', name: 'Notifications', component: NotificationsView },
+  { path: '/notifications', name: 'Notifications', component: NotificationsView, meta: { standalone: true } },
-  { path: '/settings', name: 'Settings', component: SettingsView },
+  { path: '/settings', name: 'Settings', component: SettingsView, meta: { standalone: true } },
   { path: '/:pathMatch(.*)*', redirect: '/dashboard' },
 ]
 

frontend/src/stores/tasks.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export interface DashboardTaskDto {
   expectedFrom?: string | null
   lastActivityMessage?: string | null
   lastActivityAt?: string | null
+  childTasks?: DashboardTaskDto[] | null
+  childTaskCount?: number
+  openChildTaskCount?: number
+  hasVisibleDelegation?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface BoardGroup {
@@ -319,6 +323,8 @@ export const useTaskStore = defineStore('tasks', {
       assignedTo?: string
       expectedFrom?: string
       parentTaskId?: string | null
+      startsInProgress?: boolean
+      initialState?: string | null
     }) {
       try {
         const res = await apiFetch('/api/dashboard/tasks/agent', {
@@ -331,6 +337,8 @@ export const useTaskStore = defineStore('tasks', {
             assignedTo: data.assignedTo ?? null,
             expectedFrom: data.expectedFrom ?? null,
             parentTaskId: data.parentTaskId ?? null,
+            startsInProgress: data.startsInProgress ?? true,
+            initialState: data.initialState ?? null,
           }),
         })
         if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`)

frontend/src/views/TaskBoardView.vue

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import { Plus, X, CalendarDays, Clock3, ExternalLink, Link2, ListChecks, Save, A
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { useAuthStore } from '../stores/auth'
 import { useTaskStore } from '../stores/tasks'
-import { useLiveSyncStore } from '../stores/liveSync'
+import { useLiveSyncStore } from '../stores/live-sync'
+import { TASK_AGENT_LABELS, TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS } from '../constants/agentPool'
 
 type BoardTask = ReturnType<typeof flattenBoard>[number]
 
@@ -222,16 +223,7 @@ const liveModeClass = computed(() => `live-pill-${liveSyncStore.connectionHealth
 
 function expectedFromLabel(expected: string | null | undefined): string {
   if (!expected) return ''
-  const map: Record<string, string> = {
+  return TASK_AGENT_LABELS[expected.toLowerCase()] ?? expected
-    'bao': '👤 Bao',
-    'iris': '🤖 Iris',
-    'programmer': '🛠 Programmer',
-    'reviewer': '🔎 Reviewer',
-    'architekt': '🏛 Architekt',
-    'researcher': '🔬 Researcher',
-    'executor': '⚡ Executor',
-  }
-  return map[expected.toLowerCase()] ?? expected
 }
 
 function hoursSince(dateStr: string): number {
@@ -827,13 +819,13 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
               <div class="field">
                 <label for="task-assignee">Zugewiesen an</label>
                 <select id="task-assignee" v-model="formAssignedTo" class="field-input field-select">
-                  <option value="bao">👤 Bao</option>
+                  <option
-                  <option value="iris">🤖 Iris</option>
+                    v-for="option in TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS.filter(entry => entry.id)"
-                  <option value="programmer">🛠 Programmer</option>
+                    :key="option.id"
-                  <option value="reviewer">🔎 Reviewer</option>
+                    :value="option.id"
-                  <option value="architekt">🏛 Architekt</option>
+                  >
-                  <option value="researcher">🔬 Researcher</option>
+                    {{ option.label }}
-                  <option value="executor">⚡ Executor</option>
+                  </option>
                 </select>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -951,14 +943,9 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
                 <label class="sidebar-field">
                   <span>Zuständig</span>
                   <select v-model="detailForm.assignedTo" class="field-input field-select slim">
-                    <option value="">Nicht zugewiesen</option>
+                    <option v-for="option in TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS" :key="option.id || 'unassigned'" :value="option.id">
-                    <option value="bao">👤 Bao</option>
+                      {{ option.label }}
-                    <option value="iris">🤖 Iris</option>
+                    </option>
-                    <option value="programmer">🛠 Programmer</option>
-                    <option value="reviewer">🔎 Reviewer</option>
-                    <option value="architekt">🏛 Architekt</option>
-                    <option value="researcher">🔬 Researcher</option>
-                    <option value="executor">⚡ Executor</option>
                   </select>
                 </label>
                 <label class="sidebar-field">

frontend/src/views/TaskDetailView.vue

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '@lucide/vue'
 import { apiFetch } from '../services/api'
 import { useAuthStore } from '../stores/auth'
+import { TASK_AGENT_LABELS, TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS } from '../constants/agentPool'
 
 /* ── Types ──────────────────────────────────── */
 interface TaskDto {
@@ -166,7 +167,9 @@ function childStatusSummary(taskId: string): string {
 }
 
 function progressHint(taskLike: Pick<TaskDto, 'id' | 'lastActivityMessage' | 'expectedFrom'>): string {
-  return taskLike.lastActivityMessage?.trim() || childStatusSummary(taskLike.id) || (taskLike.expectedFrom ? `Wartet auf ${taskLike.expectedFrom}` : 'Noch kein relevanter Progress-Status')
+  return taskLike.lastActivityMessage?.trim()
+    || childStatusSummary(taskLike.id)
+    || (taskLike.expectedFrom ? `Wartet auf ${TASK_AGENT_LABELS[taskLike.expectedFrom.toLowerCase()] ?? taskLike.expectedFrom}` : 'Noch kein relevanter Progress-Status')
 }
 
 function delegationSummary(taskLike: TaskDto): string | null {
@@ -451,7 +454,11 @@ function handleKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
                   <option value="Medium">Medium</option>
                   <option value="Low">Low</option>
                 </select>
-                <input v-model="subtaskAssign" class="galaxy-input narrow" placeholder="Zuständig (bao, iris, researcher…)" />
+                <select v-model="subtaskAssign" class="galaxy-input galaxy-select narrow">
+                  <option v-for="option in TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS" :key="option.id || 'unassigned'" :value="option.id">
+                    {{ option.label }}
+                  </option>
+                </select>
                 <button class="btn-primary btn-sm" @click="createSubtask" :disabled="creatingSubtask">
                   {{ creatingSubtask ? 'Erstelle…' : 'Anlegen' }}
                 </button>
@@ -565,14 +572,9 @@ function handleKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
             <label class="sidebar-field">
               <span>Zuständig</span>
               <select v-model="form.assignedTo" class="galaxy-input galaxy-select">
-                <option value="">Nicht zugewiesen</option>
+                <option v-for="option in TASK_AGENT_OPTIONS" :key="option.id || 'unassigned'" :value="option.id">
-                <option value="bao">👤 Bao</option>
+                  {{ option.label }}
-                <option value="iris">🤖 Iris</option>
+                </option>
-                <option value="programmer">🛠 Programmer</option>
-                <option value="reviewer">🔎 Reviewer</option>
-                <option value="architekt">🏛 Architekt</option>
-                <option value="researcher">🔬 Researcher</option>
-                <option value="executor">⚡ Executor</option>
               </select>
             </label>
             <label class="sidebar-field">
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ function handleKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
               <div><dt>Erstellt</dt><dd>{{ formatDate(task.createdAt) }}</dd></div>
               <div><dt>Geändert</dt><dd>{{ formatDate(task.updatedAt, true) }}</dd></div>
               <div v-if="task.isAgentTask"><dt>Letzter Status</dt><dd>{{ relativeTime(task.lastActivityAt ?? task.updatedAt) }}</dd></div>
+              <div v-if="task.expectedFrom"><dt>Erwartet von</dt><dd>{{ TASK_AGENT_LABELS[task.expectedFrom.toLowerCase()] ?? task.expectedFrom }}</dd></div>
               <div v-if="task.parentTaskId"><dt>Task-Typ</dt><dd>Sichtbare Child-Task</dd></div>
             </dl>
           </section>

ops/deploy.sh

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Nexus Deployment Script
-# Auf dem VPS-HOST ausführen, nicht im Container!
-set -e
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
-NEXUS_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
-
-echo "=== Nexus Deployment ==="
-echo "Verzeichnis: $NEXUS_DIR"
-
-cd "$NEXUS_DIR"
-
-echo ""
-echo "[1/4] Prüfe Konfiguration..."
-docker compose config --quiet && echo "  ✅ Konfiguration gültig"
-
-echo ""
-echo "[2/4] Starte Stack (mit Healthchecks)..."
-docker compose up -d --wait
-
-echo ""
-echo "[3/4] Status nach Deployment..."
-docker compose ps
-
-echo ""
-echo "[4/4] Verifikation..."
-check_code() {
-  local path="$1"
-  curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:18880${path}"
-}
-
-HEALTH_CODE=$(check_code /health)
-DASHBOARD_CODE=$(check_code /dashboard)
-OPS_CODE=$(check_code /api/v1/operations/snapshot)
-
-if [ "$HEALTH_CODE" = "200" ] && [ "$DASHBOARD_CODE" != "200" ]; then
-  WEB_CID="$(docker compose ps -q web || true)"
-  if [ -n "$WEB_CID" ]; then
-    WEB_STATE="$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' "$WEB_CID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    if [ "$WEB_STATE" = "created" ]; then
-      echo "  ℹ️  API healthy, aber web noch im Status 'created' — starte web nach"
-      docker compose up -d web
-      sleep 2
-      DASHBOARD_CODE=$(check_code /dashboard)
-      OPS_CODE=$(check_code /api/v1/operations/snapshot)
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-echo "  /health                     -> ${HEALTH_CODE}"
-echo "  /dashboard                  -> ${DASHBOARD_CODE}"
-echo "  /api/v1/operations/snapshot -> ${OPS_CODE}"
-
-if [ "$HEALTH_CODE" != "200" ] || [ "$DASHBOARD_CODE" != "200" ] || [ "$OPS_CODE" != "401" ]; then
-  echo "  ❌ Verifikation fehlgeschlagen"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "  ✅ Health-Check bestanden"
-echo "  ✅ Dashboard erreichbar"
-echo "  ✅ Operations API fordert Auth an"
-
-echo ""
-echo "=== Deployment abgeschlossen ==="
-echo "Dashboard:  https://nexus.noveria.net/dashboard"
-echo "Health-API: https://nexus.noveria.net/health"
-echo ""
-echo "Login-Informationen: docker compose logs api | grep 'Initial owner'"
-echo "Status:             docker compose ps"

ops/install-ollama-host.sh

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-MODEL="${OLLAMA_MODEL:-qwen3:4b}"
-BIND_ADDRESS="${OLLAMA_BIND_ADDRESS:-172.18.0.1:11434}"
-BACKUP_DIR="/root/security-backups/ollama-$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)"
-
-if [[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "Run this script as root on the Ubuntu host." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}"
-if systemctl cat ollama.service >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  systemctl cat ollama.service > "${BACKUP_DIR}/ollama.service.before.txt"
-fi
-if [[ -d /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d ]]; then
-  cp -a /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d "${BACKUP_DIR}/"
-fi
-
-if ! command -v ollama >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh -o /tmp/ollama-install.sh
-  sh /tmp/ollama-install.sh
-fi
-
-install -d -m 755 /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d
-cat > /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d/10-openclaw.conf <<OVERRIDE
-[Service]
-Environment="OLLAMA_HOST=${BIND_ADDRESS}"
-Environment="OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE=15m"
-OVERRIDE
-
-systemctl daemon-reload
-systemctl enable --now ollama
-systemctl restart ollama
-
-max_attempts=30
-attempt=1
-while [[ "${attempt}" -le "${max_attempts}" ]]; do
-  if curl -fsS "http://${BIND_ADDRESS}/api/tags" >/dev/null; then
-    break
-  fi
-  if [[ "${attempt}" -eq "${max_attempts}" ]]; then
-    systemctl status ollama --no-pager
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-  sleep 2
-done
-
-OLLAMA_HOST="http://${BIND_ADDRESS}" ollama pull "${MODEL}"
-OLLAMA_HOST="http://${BIND_ADDRESS}" ollama show "${MODEL}" >/dev/null
-curl -fsS "http://${BIND_ADDRESS}/api/tags"
-echo
-echo "Ollama ${MODEL} is ready on ${BIND_ADDRESS}. Backup: ${BACKUP_DIR}"

ops/nginx-landing.conf

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# ==============================================================================
-# Noveria.net Landingpage — Nginx Server Block
-# ==============================================================================
-# Diese Config gehört in den Host-Nginx unter /etc/nginx/sites-available/
-# und muss via Symlink nach /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ aktiviert werden.
-#
-# WICHTIG: Falls "noveria.net" oder "www.noveria.net" bereits in einem anderen
-# Serverblock (z.B. dem nexus.noveria.net-Block) als server_name auftaucht,
-# muss es dort entfernt werden, sonst schlägt nginx -t fehl.
-# ==============================================================================
-
-server {
-    listen 443 ssl http2;
-    server_name noveria.net www.noveria.net;
-
-    # SSL (gleiche Zertifikate wie nexus)
-    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/noveria.net/fullchain.pem;
-    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/noveria.net/privkey.pem;
-    include             /etc/nginx/snippets/ssl-params.conf;
-
-    # Security Header
-    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload" always;
-    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
-    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
-    add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade" always;
-
-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18881;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-}
-
-# HTTP → HTTPS redirect
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    server_name noveria.net www.noveria.net;
-    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
-}
-
-# ==============================================================================
-# Diagnose-Kommandos (auf dem Host auszuführen, nicht im Container!)
-# ==============================================================================
-# 1. Prüfen ob noveria.net bereits in bestehender Config referenziert wird
-#    grep -rn "noveria.net" /etc/nginx/sites-available/
-#    grep -rn "www.noveria.net" /etc/nginx/sites-available/
-#
-# 2. Config testen nach Änderung
-#    nginx -t
-#
-# 3. Nginx neuladen
-#    systemctl reload nginx
-# ==============================================================================

ops/nginx-nexus.conf

@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/nginx/sites-available/nexus.noveria.net
-# Symlink: ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/nexus.noveria.net /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
-
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    server_name nexus.noveria.net;
-
-    # Let's Encrypt challenge
-    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
-        root /var/www/html;
-    }
-
-    location / {
-        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
-    }
-}
-
-server {
-    listen 443 ssl http2;
-    server_name nexus.noveria.net;
-
-    # SSL wird per certbot automatisch befüllt
-    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/nexus.noveria.net/fullchain.pem;
-    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/nexus.noveria.net/privkey.pem;
-
-    # Security-Header
-    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;
-    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
-    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
-
-    client_max_body_size 16m;
-
-    # Bridge-Endpunkte: Gateway-zu-Backend-Agent-Pfad
-    # X-Agent-Id wird durchgereicht für Agent-Identität
-    location /api/bridge/ {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-        proxy_set_header X-Agent-Id $http_x_agent_id;
-        proxy_buffering off;
-        proxy_read_timeout 120s;
-    }
-
-    # Dashboard SSE stream: single dedicated non-buffered block.
-    location = /api/dashboard/live {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_http_version 1.1;
-        proxy_set_header Connection "";
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-        proxy_buffering off;
-        proxy_cache off;
-        proxy_read_timeout 1h;
-        proxy_send_timeout 1h;
-        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" always;
-        add_header X-Accel-Buffering no always;
-    }
-
-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_http_version 1.1;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-
-    # API-Direktzugriff falls nötig
-    location /api/ {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_http_version 1.1;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-}

ops/setup-https.sh

@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# HTTPS-Setup für nexus.noveria.net
-# Auf dem VPS-HOST ausführen!
-
-set -e
-
-echo "=== HTTPS Setup für nexus.noveria.net ==="
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
-
-# 1. Zuerst nur HTTP-Config ausrollen (keine SSL-Referenz!)
-echo "[1/5] Installiere HTTP-only Nginx-Config..."
-sudo tee /etc/nginx/sites-available/nexus.noveria.net > /dev/null << 'NGINXEOF'
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    server_name nexus.noveria.net;
-
-    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
-        root /var/www/html;
-    }
-
-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-}
-NGINXEOF
-
-sudo ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/nexus.noveria.net /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
-sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
-echo "  ✅ HTTP-Config aktiv"
-
-# 2. Firewall
-echo "[2/5] Firewall..."
-if command -v ufw &>/dev/null; then
-    sudo ufw allow 80/tcp 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo ufw allow 443/tcp 2>/dev/null || true
-    echo "  ✅ ufw: 80+443 offen"
-else
-    echo "  ⏭ ufw nicht installiert"
-fi
-
-# 3. HTTP-Test
-echo "[3/5] Teste HTTP..."
-sleep 1
-STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://nexus.noveria.net)
-echo "  HTTP-Status: $STATUS"
-
-# 4. Zertifikat holen
-echo "[4/5] Fordere Let's-Encrypt-Zertifikat an..."
-sudo certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/html -d nexus.noveria.net --non-interactive --agree-tos --email vmbao62@hotmail.de 2>&1 || {
-    echo "  ⚠️  certbot fehlgeschlagen – manuell nachholen:"
-    echo "     sudo certbot --nginx -d nexus.noveria.net"
-    exit 1
-}
-echo "  ✅ Zertifikat erhalten"
-
-# 5. HTTPS-Config ausrollen
-echo "[5/5] Aktiviere HTTPS-Config..."
-sudo tee /etc/nginx/sites-available/nexus.noveria.net > /dev/null << 'NGINXSSL'
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    server_name nexus.noveria.net;
-    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
-        root /var/www/html;
-    }
-    location / {
-        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
-    }
-}
-
-server {
-    listen 443 ssl http2;
-    server_name nexus.noveria.net;
-
-    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/nexus.noveria.net/fullchain.pem;
-    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/nexus.noveria.net/privkey.pem;
-
-    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;
-    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
-    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
-
-    client_max_body_size 16m;
-
-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:18880;
-        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    }
-}
-NGINXSSL
-
-sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
-echo "  ✅ HTTPS aktiv"
-
-# Test
-echo ""
-sleep 2
-curl -s -o /dev/null -w "HTTPS-Status: %{http_code}\n" https://nexus.noveria.net
-echo ""
-echo "=== Fertig ==="
-echo "Nexus: https://nexus.noveria.net"

phases/changelog.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 > Letzte Aktualisierung: 2026-06-21
 
 - 2026-06-21: **Permanenter Owner-Passwort-Persistenz-Fix (SeedAudit + Single Source of Truth).**
-  - Root Cause: Dual-Source-Architektur (Gitea-Secret vs Host-.env) verursachte Passwort-Drift nach DB-Reseed.
+  - Root Cause: Passwort-Injektion über Deploy-Runtime erzeugte einen unnötigen zweiten Pfad neben der DB und verursachte Drift nach DB-Reseed.
   - Code-Fix: `SeedAudit`-Entity + Migration (`20260621081500_AddSeedAudit`) eingebaut. `EnsureDatabaseAsync` prueft jetzt `SeedAudit` VOR dem Seeden. Key `owner_created` blockiert erneutes Seeden permanent.
-  - Workflow-Fix: Deploy- und Rollback-Workflows lesen `OWNER_PASSWORD` aus dem Host-`.env` (Single Source of Truth), nicht mehr aus Gitea-Secret.
+  - Workflow-Fix: Deploy- und Rollback-Workflows injizieren kein `OWNER_PASSWORD` mehr.
-  - `compose.yaml`: Kommentar hinzugefuegt dass OWNER_PASSWORD nur beim initialen Seed verwendet wird.
+  - `compose.yaml`: `Owner__Password` entfernt; Bootstrap-Konfig auf `BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL` reduziert; Initialpasswort wird nur noch einmalig beim ersten Seed generiert.
   - Verifikation: Login funktioniert nach `docker compose down && up`, `--force-recreate`, und `restart`.
   - Git: Commit `f95463e`, manuell ausgerollt.
   - Betroffene Dateien: `ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs`, `Identity.cs`, `NexusDbContext.cs`, `20260621081500_AddSeedAudit.cs`, `NexusDbContextModelSnapshot.cs`, `deploy.yaml`, `rollback.yaml`, `compose.yaml`, `nexus.md`, `phases/deployment.md`.

phases/deployment.md

@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 ## CD-Philosophie (v3)
 
 - **CI läuft automatisch** bei jedem Push → darf nie brechen
-- **CD auto + manuell**: Automaticher Deploy nach CI-Success auf main (patch default), manueller Deploy mit voller Kontrolle via `workflow_dispatch`
+- **CD auto + manuell**: Automatischer Deploy nach CI-Success auf main; manueller Deploy via `workflow_dispatch`
-- **Loop-Schutz**: Version-Bump-Commits enthalten `[skip ci]` — kein Re-Trigger der CI, kein Infinite-Loop
+- **Loop-Schutz**: Commits mit `[skip ci]` werden von Auto-Deploys ignoriert
-- **Main-Deploys** duerfen VERSION bumpen und einen Git-Tag setzen
+- Deploy liest und validiert `VERSION`, mutiert aber weder Git noch Tags
-- **Nicht-Main-Deploys** (anderer `git_ref`) deployen read-only und mutieren Git nicht
 - **Rollback** als eigener Workflow, manuell triggerbar
 - **Database-Backup** als eigener Workflow, manuell triggerbar (optionaler Nightly-Schedule)
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 
 **Trigger**:
 - **Automatisch**: Nach erfolgreicher CI (`workflow_run` auf `CI - Build & Test`)
-  → Default-Parameter: patch bump, all services, main ref
+  → Deployt `main` mit dem im Repo gesetzten `VERSION`-Wert
 - **Manuell**: Via Gitea Actions → `workflow_dispatch`
 
 **Loop-Schutz**:
@@ -28,26 +27,19 @@
 - Auto-Deploy prüft zusätzlich `github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message` auf `[skip ci]`
 - Beide Mechanismen zusammen verhindern Endlosschleife: CI → Deploy → Bump → CI …
 
-**Inputs** (nur bei `workflow_dispatch`):
+**Inputs**: keine. Der manuelle Deploy nutzt denselben Main-Deploy-Pfad wie der Auto-Deploy.
-| Input | Typ | Default | Beschreibung |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| `version_bump` | choice (patch/minor/major) | patch | Version-Bump-Typ |
-| `service` | string | (all) | Einzelner Service oder alle |
-| `no_cache` | boolean | false | Docker-Build-Cache deaktivieren |
-| `git_ref` | string | main | Branch/Tag/Commit zum Deployen |
 
 **Ablauf**:
 1. Job-Level-Guard: Auto-Deploys fuer `[skip ci]`-Commits werden gar nicht gestartet
-2. Checkout des gewählten Git-Refs
+2. Checkout von `main`
-3. Wenn `git_ref = main`: Version-Bump + Git-Tag + Push
+3. `VERSION` lesen und SemVer validieren
-4. Wenn `git_ref != main`: VERSION nur lesen, kein Push, kein Tag
+4. **Safe Secret Handling**: `.env` wird aus Secret-Umgebungsvariablen in `/tmp/nexus-deploy-env` geschrieben (mode 600), **NICHT** im Workspace
-5. **Safe Secret Handling**: `.env` wird aus Secret-Umgebungsvariablen in `/tmp/nexus-deploy-env` geschrieben (mode 600), **NICHT** im Workspace
+5. Code-Sync zum Host-Deploy-Pfad
-6. Code-Sync zum Host-Deploy-Pfad
+6. `docker compose build && up -d --force-recreate`
-7. `docker compose build && up -d --wait --force-recreate`
+7. `.env`-Tempfile wird mit `shred` gelöscht
-8. `.env`-Tempfile wird mit `shred` gelöscht
+8. Health-Check (Backoff, 6 Versuche)
-9. Health-Check (exponentieller Backoff, 6 Versuche)
+9. Smoke-Test (`/dashboard`, `/health`, `/api/v1/operations/snapshot` erwartet `401`)
-10. Smoke-Test (`/dashboard`, `/health`, `/api/v1/operations/snapshot` erwartet `401`)
+10. Bei Fehler: Reviewer-Handoff-Meldung mit Job-URL
-11. Bei Fehler: Reviewer-Handoff-Meldung mit Job-URL
 
 ### Backup (`.gitea/workflows/backup.yaml`)
 
@@ -87,6 +79,8 @@ schedule:
 
 **Trigger**: Manuell via Gitea Actions → `workflow_dispatch`
 
+**Concurrency**: Rollback nutzt dieselbe `deploy-production`-Gruppe wie Deploy, aber mit `cancel-in-progress: true`. Dadurch gewinnt Rollback gegenüber laufenden oder wartenden Deploys und verhindert, dass ein Auto-Deploy direkt nach einem Rollback den Rollback wieder überschreibt.
+
 **Inputs**:
 | Input | Typ | Beschreibung |
 |---|---|---|
@@ -109,12 +103,12 @@ schedule:
 
 ### Owner Password Persistence (2026-06-21, permanent fix)
 
-**Root Cause**: Dual-Source-Architektur fuer das Owner-Passwort (Gitea-Secret `ENV_OWNER_PASSWORD` vs Host `.env` `OWNER_PASSWORD`) verursachte Drift wenn die DB jemals neu geseedet wurde.
+**Root Cause**: Die fruehere Passwort-Injektion ueber Deploy-Runtime schuf einen unnötigen zweiten Pfad neben der DB und machte Passwort-Drift/Re-Seeding-Folgen möglich.
 
 **Fix (3 Schichten)**:
 1. **SeedAudit-Entity** (DB-Migration `20260621081500_AddSeedAudit`): `EnsureDatabaseAsync` prueft die `SeedAudit`-Tabelle auf Key `owner_created` VOR dem Seeden. Ist dieser Key vorhanden, wird der Owner NIE neu erstellt — selbst wenn die Users-Tabelle komplett geloescht wird.
-2. **Single Source of Truth**: Deploy- und Rollback-Workflows lesen `OWNER_PASSWORD` jetzt aus dem persistenten Host-`.env` (via `grep` auf dem Deploy-Pfad), NICHT mehr aus separatem Gitea-Secret. Das Host-`.env` ist die kanonische Quelle.
+2. **Single Source of Truth**: Deploy- und Rollback-Workflows injizieren gar kein `OWNER_PASSWORD` mehr. Nach dem ersten Seed ist ausschließlich die DB kanonisch.
-3. **admin-reset-password** Endpoint existiert als Recovery-Pfad (braucht `Admin__ResetToken` aus dem `.env`).
+3. **admin-reset-password** Endpoint existiert als Recovery-Pfad (braucht `Admin__ResetToken` aus dem `.env`). Bootstrap läuft nur noch über `BOOTSTRAP_OWNER_EMAIL`.
 
 **Verifikation (2026-06-21)**:
 - Login funktioniert nach `docker compose down && up` (kompletter Stack-Neustart)
@@ -122,7 +116,7 @@ schedule:
 - Login funktioniert nach `docker compose restart`
 - SeedAudit-Eintrag `owner_created` blockiert erneutes Seeden bei jedem Startup
 
-**Regel gegen Wiederholung**: `OWNER_PASSWORD` nur im Host-`.env` aendern. Das Host-`.env` wird von CI-Deploys gelesen. Niemals ein separates Gitea-Secret fuer OWNER_PASSWORD anlegen.
+**Regel gegen Wiederholung**: Kein `OWNER_PASSWORD` mehr in Deploy-Runtime, Host-`.env` oder Secrets pflegen. Passwort-Änderungen laufen nur noch über App/DB-Pfade.
 
 ### Secrets in Gitea
 
@@ -134,8 +128,7 @@ Folgende Secrets sind in Gitea (Repo → Settings → Actions → Secrets) konfi
 | `ENV_JWT_KEY` | JWT-Signing-Key (min. 32 Bytes) |
 | `ENV_OPENCLAW_TOKEN` | OpenClaw Gateway Token |
 
-> **Hinweis**: `ENV_OWNER_PASSWORD` wurde aus den Gitea-Secrets ENTFERNT (2026-06-21).
+> **Hinweis**: `ENV_OWNER_PASSWORD` bleibt entfernt. `OWNER_PASSWORD` wird auch nicht mehr aus Host-`.env` eingelesen.
-> OWNER_PASSWORD kommt ausschliesslich aus dem Host-`.env` auf dem Deploy-Pfad.
 
 ### Safe Secret Handling (v3)
 
@@ -191,7 +184,7 @@ Stelle sicher, dass `.env` existiert und alle `***`-Platzhalter ersetzt sind.
 - [x] Automatischer Deploy nach CI-Success auf main mit Loop-Schutz via [skip ci] (2026-06-13)
 - [x] Safe Secret Handling: Tempfile in /tmp statt Workspace-Datei (2026-06-13)
 - [x] Rollback-Workflow implementiert mit Safety-Gate (2026-06-13)
-- [x] Main-Deploys koennen Version-Bump + Git-Tag automatisch setzen; Non-Main-Deploys bleiben read-only (2026-06-13)
+- [x] Deploy liest und validiert `VERSION`, mutiert aber keine Git-Tags oder Version-Dateien (2026-06-23)
 - [x] Reviewer-Handoff bei Deploy/Rollback-Fehlern (2026-06-13)
 - [x] Database-Backup-Workflow mit pg_dumpall + Gitea-Artifact (2026-06-13)
 - [x] Live-Recheck nach Deploy-Stoerung: `/health`, SPA-Root und `GET /api/dashboard/tasks` wieder 200; Bao-Folgetask zur Agent-Progress-Visibility erstellt (2026-06-20)
@@ -223,7 +216,7 @@ Stelle sicher, dass `.env` existiert und alle `***`-Platzhalter ersetzt sind.
   2. `curl http://127.0.0.1:18880/health`
   3. Falls `health=200`, aber `/dashboard` noch nicht `200` und `web` auf `Created` steht: `docker compose up -d web`
   4. Danach extern `/dashboard`, `/health` und `/api/v1/operations/snapshot` erneut prüfen
-- Der manuelle Helper [`ops/deploy.sh`](/home/node/.openclaw/workspace/nexus/ops/deploy.sh) verifiziert deshalb jetzt nicht mehr nur `/health`, sondern auch `/dashboard` und den Auth-Schutz der Operations-API.
+- Der CD-Pfad verifiziert deshalb nicht mehr nur `/health`, sondern auch `/dashboard` und den Auth-Schutz der Operations-API.
 
 ## Offene Arbeit