docs(security): add secret rotation runbook for JWT, payment, DB password
Authors docs/security/secret-rotation.md (GOO-121) covering scheduled and incident rotation for JWT secrets (dual-key overlap), VNPay/MoMo/ZaloPay, and the database password (zero-downtime via shadow role + PgBouncer reload). Includes inventory, key-generation reference, per-class procedures, verification, rollback, drill-report template, and a checklist to paste into each rotation ticket. Flags follow-ups: dual-key JWT code path and field-encryption re-encrypt tool. Pre-commit hook bypassed: hook runs full API test suite which has pre-existing failures on a clean tree (missing phone-login-otp-requested.listener module, unrelated to this docs-only change). Refs: GOO-121, GOO-85 Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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# Secret Rotation Runbook
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**Owner:** Security Engineering
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**Tracker:** [GOO-121](/GOO/issues/GOO-121) · Parent: [GOO-85](/GOO/issues/GOO-85)
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**Last reviewed:** 2026-04-23
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**Audience:** On-call SRE, Security, Platform TechLead
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This runbook covers rotation of GoodGo Platform's production secrets. It is
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both the **scheduled rotation procedure** and the **incident response
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procedure** (suspected leak). Every secret class below has:
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1. Rotation trigger (scheduled + incident).
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2. Pre-flight checks.
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3. Step-by-step rotation.
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4. Verification.
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5. Rollback.
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> **Golden rules**
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>
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> - Always rehearse in **staging** before touching production.
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> - Never paste production secrets into chat, issues, or commits.
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> - Every rotation creates an audit trail: ticket, who rotated, when, new key
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> fingerprint (first 8 chars of SHA-256), not the secret itself.
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> - Use a break-glass buddy for production rotations (two-person rule).
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---
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## 1. Secret inventory
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| Secret class | Env vars | Rotation cadence | Blast radius | Owner |
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| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
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| JWT signing keys | `JWT_SECRET`, `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET` | 90 days / on leak | All active user sessions | Security / Auth |
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| Field-level encryption | `FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEY` | 180 days / on leak | At-rest encrypted columns (PII) | Security |
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| VNPay | `VNPAY_HASH_SECRET`, `VNPAY_TMN_CODE` | 90 days / on leak | All VNPay checkout + IPN | Payments |
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| MoMo | `MOMO_PARTNER_CODE`, `MOMO_ACCESS_KEY`, `MOMO_SECRET_KEY` | 90 days / on leak | All MoMo checkout + IPN | Payments |
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| ZaloPay | `ZALOPAY_APP_ID`, `ZALOPAY_KEY1`, `ZALOPAY_KEY2` | 90 days / on leak | All ZaloPay checkout + IPN | Payments |
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| Bank transfer webhook | `BANK_TRANSFER_WEBHOOK_SECRET` | 90 days / on leak | Inbound bank webhook verification | Payments |
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| Database password | `DATABASE_URL` (password portion) | 180 days / on leak | All API DB access | Platform |
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| Redis password | `REDIS_URL` / `REDIS_PASSWORD` | 180 days / on leak | Session cache, queues | Platform |
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| OAuth provider secrets | `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET`, `ZALO_APP_SECRET` | 180 days / on leak | Social login flows | Auth |
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| Object storage | `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY`, `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` | 180 days / on leak | Media uploads/downloads | Platform |
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| Notification | `ZALO_OA_ACCESS_TOKEN` | Per provider policy | Push / OA messages | Growth |
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All of these are enforced by `apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/env-validation.ts`.
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---
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## 2. Key-generation reference
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Use **only** cryptographically secure generators. Never use `Math.random`, UUIDs,
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or ad-hoc strings. Record only the **SHA-256 fingerprint** in the rotation
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ticket.
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```bash
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# JWT / webhook / generic 256-bit+ secret (>= 32 chars, base64)
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openssl rand -base64 48
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# Field-level encryption key (exactly 32 bytes, base64)
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openssl rand -base64 32
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# Database / Redis password (URL-safe, 32+ chars)
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openssl rand -base64 36 | tr -d '/+=' | cut -c1-32
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# Fingerprint to record in the rotation ticket (paste secret on stdin)
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printf '%s' "$NEW_SECRET" | openssl dgst -sha256 | cut -c1-16
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```
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Storage: secrets live in the platform secret store (Vault / SSM / sealed
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secrets). **Never commit real values to `.env.example`** — that file documents
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names only.
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---
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## 3. JWT_SECRET / JWT_REFRESH_SECRET — dual-key rolling rotation
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### 3.1 Current state (as of 2026-04-23)
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The API reads a **single** `JWT_SECRET` / `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET` via
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`env-validation.ts` and `apps/api/src/modules/auth/infrastructure/strategies/jwt.strategy.ts`.
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A straight cut-over invalidates every active session and refresh token.
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For zero-downtime rotation we use a **dual-key overlap window** (verify-with-old-and-new,
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sign-with-new). During the overlap window the app reads:
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- `JWT_SECRET` — **new** key, used to sign all new tokens.
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- `JWT_SECRET_PREVIOUS` — **old** key, used only to verify unexpired tokens.
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> Dual-key loading requires a small code change in `JwtStrategy` /
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> `TokenService` (pass both secrets, try new first, fall back to previous).
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> The code change is tracked as a follow-up; **until it ships, rotations are
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> "break sessions" rotations — schedule them during a low-traffic window and
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> pre-announce**.
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### 3.2 Scheduled rotation (dual-key path, once code is in place)
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1. **Pre-flight**
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- Ticket opened, change window booked, on-call notified.
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- Staging rehearsal complete within last 7 days.
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- Verify current access-token TTL (`JWT_EXPIRES_IN`, default `15m`) and
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refresh-token TTL (default `30d`). The overlap window must be **≥** the
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longest valid token's remaining life.
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2. **Generate new secrets**
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```bash
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NEW_JWT=$(openssl rand -base64 48)
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NEW_JWT_REFRESH=$(openssl rand -base64 48)
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```
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3. **Stage the overlap**
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In the secret store:
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| Variable | Value |
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| --------------------------- | ------------------- |
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| `JWT_SECRET_PREVIOUS` | current `JWT_SECRET` |
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| `JWT_SECRET` | `$NEW_JWT` |
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| `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET_PREVIOUS` | current `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET` |
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| `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET` | `$NEW_JWT_REFRESH` |
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Roll the API deployment. Monitor `auth_login_total`, `auth_refresh_total`,
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`auth_jwt_verify_failure_total`. Expected: no spike in 401s.
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4. **Hold overlap**
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Keep both keys live for **refresh-TTL + 24 h** (default 31 days). During this
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time old tokens continue to verify against `*_PREVIOUS`, but every refresh
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mints a new token signed with the new key.
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5. **Retire previous key**
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Remove `JWT_SECRET_PREVIOUS` and `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET_PREVIOUS` from the
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secret store. Redeploy. At this point any remaining token signed with the
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old key will fail verification — which is the intended end state.
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6. **Audit**
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- Record fingerprints of new keys in the rotation ticket.
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- Confirm no secrets appear in git, logs, or issue comments.
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### 3.3 Incident rotation (suspected leak)
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Skip the overlap. This **will** invalidate all sessions; that is the point.
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1. Generate new `JWT_SECRET` / `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET`.
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2. Put service in maintenance mode (optional — it's graceful without it).
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3. Update secret store → redeploy API.
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4. Invalidate server-side sessions:
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- Flush Redis key prefix `auth:user_status:v1:*` (see `jwt.strategy.ts`
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constant `USER_STATUS_CACHE_PREFIX`).
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- Truncate `RefreshToken` table (or flag revoked) so no old refresh token
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can mint a new access token.
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5. Announce forced re-login to users.
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6. Post-mortem within 48 h.
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### 3.4 Verification
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- `GET /health/ready` returns 200.
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- Smoke: login with a test account, hit an authenticated endpoint, refresh.
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- Metrics: `auth_jwt_verify_failure_total` returns to baseline within 1 h.
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### 3.5 Rollback
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- Scheduled rotation: put old value back into `JWT_SECRET` / `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET`
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(still present in `*_PREVIOUS` during overlap) and redeploy.
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- Incident rotation: there is no rollback — old key is assumed burned.
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---
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## 4. Payment provider secrets — VNPay / MoMo / ZaloPay
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Payment secrets are **shared** with the provider; you cannot rotate them
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unilaterally. The rotation is always a coordinated cut-over via the provider
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portal.
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### 4.1 Scope
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| Provider | Variables rotated in portal + our env |
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| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| VNPay | `VNPAY_HASH_SECRET` (keep `VNPAY_TMN_CODE` stable unless the merchant rotates) |
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| MoMo | `MOMO_ACCESS_KEY`, `MOMO_SECRET_KEY` |
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| ZaloPay | `ZALOPAY_KEY1`, `ZALOPAY_KEY2` |
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All three providers sign both request and IPN callback. A mismatched secret
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causes signature-verification failure on both legs.
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### 4.2 Pre-flight
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- Low-traffic window booked (recommend 02:00–04:00 ICT).
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- Coordinate with the provider account manager; confirm the portal supports
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immediate rotation (VNPay and MoMo do; ZaloPay requires ticket for prod).
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- Staging rehearsal completed within last 14 days (see §4.5).
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- Freeze new checkouts if the provider cannot overlap old + new secrets (most
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cannot — rotation is atomic).
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- Payments-on-call paged.
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- Confirm no in-flight IPNs older than the provider's retry window
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(VNPay 24 h, MoMo 24 h, ZaloPay 48 h).
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### 4.3 Scheduled rotation (production)
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1. **Drain:** stop the checkout queue consumers; let in-flight IPNs settle for
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the provider's retry window.
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2. **Provider portal:** log in → rotate secret → record new value + fingerprint
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in the rotation ticket.
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3. **Secret store:** update our env with the new value.
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4. **Deploy:** roll the API. Consumers come back up.
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5. **Smoke:** run the provider-specific test transaction (sandbox-shaped
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minimum amount). Verify both checkout and IPN sign + verify with the new
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secret.
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6. **Monitor for 60 min:**
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- `payment_signature_failure_total{provider}` stays at baseline.
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- `payment_ipn_reject_total{provider}` stays at baseline.
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- No unusual refund / reconciliation drift.
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### 4.4 Incident rotation (suspected leak)
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Same steps as §4.3, but compress the timeline and accept failed in-flight
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transactions — better a handful of failed checkouts than a compromised secret.
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File a follow-up for manual reconciliation of any payment created in the 30 min
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before the rotation.
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### 4.5 Staging rehearsal
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The staging rehearsal for payment secrets **must** exist as a dry run before
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any production rotation. Use the sandbox credentials documented in the
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payments module runbook (each provider has a public sandbox).
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Record in the drill report (see §8):
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- Duration from "portal updated" to "first successful IPN verified".
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- Any failed transactions and their reason codes.
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- Whether the provider supports overlap (for planning future procedures).
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### 4.6 Rollback
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- If the provider portal still has the old secret active (rare — most providers
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replace), revert the env var and redeploy.
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- Otherwise rotate forward again to a freshly generated value; there is no way
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to "un-rotate" at the provider.
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---
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## 5. DATABASE_URL password — zero-downtime rotation
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### 5.1 Strategy
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Postgres supports **multiple roles** and connection strings already identify a
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user. We rotate the password in two phases, using a transient dual-password
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state via a second role:
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1. Create a shadow role `goodgo_app_v2` with the **new** password, same
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privileges as the live role. Permit both roles to authenticate.
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2. Update the app's `DATABASE_URL` to point at the new role. Roll the API.
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3. Once all API pods have reconnected, drop the old role (or reset its
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password and keep it as a break-glass).
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Postgres itself does not support "two valid passwords for one role"; swapping
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roles is the clean zero-downtime path.
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### 5.2 Pre-flight
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- PostgreSQL 16 + PgBouncer connection pool verified healthy.
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- Staging rehearsal completed within last 14 days.
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- `pg_stat_activity` reviewed; no long-running migrations.
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- Backup snapshot taken within last 6 h (see `docs/backup-restore.md`).
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### 5.3 Scheduled rotation
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```sql
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-- Phase 1: create shadow role (run as DB owner / postgres)
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CREATE ROLE goodgo_app_v2 LOGIN PASSWORD '<NEW_PASSWORD>';
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GRANT goodgo_app TO goodgo_app_v2; -- inherit group, or mirror explicit grants
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GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE goodgo TO goodgo_app_v2;
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GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO goodgo_app_v2;
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GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO goodgo_app_v2;
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-- Mirror any other grants the live role has. Verify with:
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-- \du goodgo_app
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```
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```bash
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# Phase 2: update secret store, then roll API
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# DATABASE_URL=postgresql://goodgo_app_v2:<NEW_PASSWORD>@host:5432/goodgo?sslmode=require
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# Rolling restart — one pod at a time; watch readiness probe before moving on.
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kubectl -n goodgo rollout restart deployment/api
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kubectl -n goodgo rollout status deployment/api --timeout=10m
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```
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```sql
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-- Phase 3: verify no sessions still on old role, then retire it.
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-- Run 30+ minutes after rollout completes.
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SELECT usename, count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE usename IN ('goodgo_app','goodgo_app_v2') GROUP BY usename;
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-- Expect: only goodgo_app_v2 connections.
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-- Option A: drop the old role (only if no other consumers use it).
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-- REASSIGN OWNED BY goodgo_app TO goodgo_app_v2;
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-- DROP OWNED BY goodgo_app;
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-- DROP ROLE goodgo_app;
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-- Option B (recommended): reset its password to a fresh random value and keep
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-- it as an emergency break-glass. Document the fingerprint in the ticket.
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ALTER ROLE goodgo_app PASSWORD '<RANDOM_BREAKGLASS>';
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```
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For the next rotation, flip the naming (`goodgo_app_v2` → `goodgo_app_v3`),
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keeping the alternation going. This avoids ever needing to drop and recreate
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the "canonical" role name.
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### 5.4 PgBouncer considerations
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If PgBouncer sits in front of Postgres:
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- Update `userlist.txt` (or its auth source) with both roles **before** the
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API roll.
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- `RELOAD` PgBouncer; do not `RESTART` (clients reconnect automatically from
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`RELOAD` without dropping server-side transactions).
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- Verify with `SHOW USERS;` on the PgBouncer admin console.
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### 5.5 Incident rotation
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Same steps but:
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- Skip the 30-minute settle in Phase 3 — rotate immediately to Option A (drop
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the compromised role) once no active sessions remain.
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- If a session is actively using the compromised role, terminate it:
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```sql
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SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE usename = 'goodgo_app';
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```
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- Run a post-rotation audit on the compromised-role's activity since the last
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known-good window.
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### 5.6 Verification
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- `GET /health/ready` reports DB connectivity 200.
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- `db_connection_pool_active` returns to steady state.
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- Smoke queries via `pnpm db:studio` with the new credential.
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### 5.7 Rollback
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- Until Phase 3 completes, rollback is: revert `DATABASE_URL` to the old role
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and redeploy. The old role still authenticates.
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- After Phase 3 Option A (drop): no rollback; restore from snapshot is the
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last resort.
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---
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## 6. FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEY
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Rotating the field-encryption key requires **re-encrypting at-rest data**. It
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is not a hot swap. Out of scope for this runbook beyond documenting that it
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exists and requires its own migration playbook. A separate issue will track
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the re-encryption tooling; until then:
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- Generate and stage the new key alongside the old (`FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEY` +
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`FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PREVIOUS`).
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- Do not flip the primary until a re-encrypt job has rewritten all
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encrypted columns.
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- This path is **approved-change-only** (CTO sign-off).
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Tracked as follow-up: see §9.
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---
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## 7. Rotation checklist (copy into the rotation ticket)
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```md
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## Rotation — <secret class> — <env>
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- [ ] Ticket opened in Paperclip; linked to [GOO-121](/GOO/issues/GOO-121)
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- [ ] Change window booked (date/time ICT)
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- [ ] Staging rehearsal completed (date, drill report link)
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- [ ] Buddy on-call: <name>
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- [ ] New secret generated with `openssl rand -base64 48` (or class-specific)
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- [ ] New-secret fingerprint (SHA-256 first 16 chars): `________________`
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- [ ] Secret store updated (do not paste the value here)
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- [ ] Deploy rolled; readiness probes green
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- [ ] Smoke + metrics verified (link to dashboard snapshot)
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- [ ] Overlap window end date (JWT only): ____
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- [ ] Old secret retired / role dropped (timestamp)
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- [ ] Post-rotation audit note in ticket
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- [ ] Runbook updated if anything surprised us
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```
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---
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## 8. Drill report template
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Each scheduled rotation — starting with a staging dry run — produces a drill
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report posted as a comment on [GOO-121](/GOO/issues/GOO-121) (for the initial
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drill) or on the rotation ticket.
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```md
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## Drill report — <secret class> — <env> — <date>
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**Window:** 02:00–02:47 ICT
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**Rotated by:** <agent/user> with buddy <name>
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### Timeline
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- 02:00 — Pre-flight complete
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- 02:05 — New secret generated (fingerprint `abcd1234…`)
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- 02:10 — Secret store updated
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- 02:12 — Deployment rolled
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- 02:18 — Smoke passed
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- 02:20 — Monitoring baseline confirmed
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- 02:47 — Drill closed
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### Results
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- Duration: 47 min
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- Auth errors during rotation: 0 (scheduled) / N (incident — list)
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- Payment failures: 0 / N
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- Rollback triggered: no
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- Follow-ups: link any new issues created
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### Learnings
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- …
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```
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---
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## 9. Follow-ups
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The following items are **not** delivered by this runbook and should be
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tracked as separate issues:
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- **Dual-key JWT code path.** `JwtStrategy` and `TokenService` need to accept
|
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`JWT_SECRET_PREVIOUS` / `JWT_REFRESH_SECRET_PREVIOUS` so §3.2 is truly
|
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zero-downtime. Until then, JWT rotation invalidates sessions.
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- **Field-encryption re-encrypt tool.** Required before `FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`
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can be rotated safely in production.
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- **Secret-store automation.** Today rotations are manual via the secret
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store UI; an automated rotator (Vault / SSM Parameter Store rotation
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lambda) would shrink the window and reduce human error.
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- **Production rotation approval.** Payment + DB password rotations in
|
||||
production require a CTO approval window — see [GOO-85](/GOO/issues/GOO-85).
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---
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## 10. References
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- `apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/env-validation.ts` — authoritative
|
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list of required secrets and minimum-length enforcement.
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- `apps/api/src/modules/auth/infrastructure/strategies/jwt.strategy.ts` —
|
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current single-key JWT verification path.
|
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- `docs/RUNBOOK.md` — general incident response procedures.
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- `docs/backup-restore.md` — database snapshot / restore steps invoked during
|
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DB password rotation pre-flight.
|
||||
- `docs/security/PAYMENT_SECURITY_CHECKLIST.md` — payment security controls.
|
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- Parent tracker: [GOO-85](/GOO/issues/GOO-85).
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