geenforce: display scope is self-sufficient, no common inheritance

Per decision: displays need none of the fleet-wide common scope's software, so
the gea-shopfloor-display scope carries everything it enforces and does not
inherit common. This avoids repackaging common's SMB-backed payloads for a
share-less display.

- Invert the client common-merge switch: -NoCommon (default-on) becomes
  -IncludeCommon (default OFF). A scope now enforces alone unless opted in.
  The capability stays for a future share-less non-display PC; displays omit it.
- Drop the common SMB-payload audit + inheritance sections from the display
  seed comments and docs (GE-ENFORCE-DISPLAY.md); document self-sufficiency.
- GE-ENFORCE-CLIENT.md: common-scope inheritance is now opt-in.
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cproudlock
2026-07-23 08:22:23 -04:00
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@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ return code, `$null`, or several emitted objects) into the count/results shape
`New-ShopdbReport` expects, so a not-yet-compliant engine still produces a valid
report.
## Common-scope inheritance
## Common-scope inheritance (opt-in, OFF by default)
Every PC inherits the fleet-wide `common` scope on top of its own pctype scope,
mirroring the real GE-Enforce.ps1 (which applies `common\manifest.json` first,
then the pctype's). `Invoke-ShopdbEnforce.ps1` fetches the `common` scope in
addition to `-Scope` and merges it in via `Merge-ShopdbManifests`:
By default a PC enforces its `-Scope` ALONE. Pass `-IncludeCommon` to also fetch
the fleet-wide `common` scope and merge it on top, mirroring the real
GE-Enforce.ps1 (which applies `common\manifest.json` first, then the pctype's).
When enabled, `Invoke-ShopdbEnforce.ps1` fetches `common` in addition to
`-Scope` and merges it via `Merge-ShopdbManifests`:
- entries are keyed by `Name` (case-insensitive);
- common's unique entries come first, then all pctype entries (common enforces
@@ -117,11 +118,16 @@ addition to `-Scope` and merges it in via `Merge-ShopdbManifests`:
- on a `Name` conflict the pctype entry wins (its override replaces common's).
Common is fetched over the same fail-safe path (ETag + last-known-good cache).
Pass `-NoCommon` to enforce the pctype alone, or `-CommonScope <name>` to inherit
a different fleet scope. A run whose `-Scope` already is the common scope does
not merge itself. This is how the three display subtypes (Dashboard, Lobby, 3D
Print Room), selected by `C:\Enrollment\display-type.txt`, pick up shared policy
without duplicating it per subtype.
`-CommonScope <name>` inherits a different fleet scope; a run whose `-Scope`
already is the common scope does not merge itself.
Displays do NOT use this: the `gea-shopfloor-display` scope is self-sufficient,
so the display scheduled task omits `-IncludeCommon`. Common-merge exists for a
future share-less non-display PC that genuinely needs the fleet-wide entries
(which would first require repackaging common's SMB payloads as http/inline).
The three display subtypes (Dashboard, Lobby, 3D Print Room), selected by
`C:\Enrollment\display-type.txt`, carry their shared policy inside the display
scope itself, not via common.
## Fail-safe is observable, not silent

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@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ credential-less kiosk PCs that pull their manifest over HTTPS on port 443 and
authenticate with a read-only service PAT scoped `geenforce.fetch`, sent as
`X-API-Key`. They have no SMB share mount. The kiosk engine and the kiosk
browser are baked into the display image, not shipped over HTTPS, so the display
manifest heals POLICY / CONFIG drift and inherited common entries, never EXEs.
manifest heals POLICY / CONFIG drift only, never EXEs. It is self-sufficient and
does not inherit the fleet-wide `common` scope (see below).
There are three display subtypes, selected by `C:\Enrollment\display-type.txt`:
`Dashboard`, `Lobby`, and `3DPrintRoom`.
@@ -53,58 +54,18 @@ creates a new version).
| `Lobby` | `/tv` | slides plugin TV dashboard (surface `lobby`) |
| `3DPrintRoom` | `/parts-kiosk` | **PLACEHOLDER, TODO-confirm** printedparts parts kiosk route; confirm the real 3D-print-room target with the floor team before publishing to production displays |
## Inheritance: the client merges common
## Self-sufficient: displays do NOT inherit common
The manifest model has no inheritance column. The display scope is a plain
(non-common) runtime scope carrying only display-specific entries. The CLIENT
merges the fleet-wide `common` scope underneath the display scope at fetch time.
So `common` is where the fleet-wide policy/config/self-update entries live, and
`gea-shopfloor-display` adds the kiosk-only entries on top.
The `gea-shopfloor-display` scope carries everything a display enforces. It does
NOT inherit the fleet-wide `common` scope. Displays run the enforcer with
common-merge off (the client default; common-merge is opt-in via
`Invoke-ShopdbEnforce.ps1 -IncludeCommon`), so `common`'s SMB-backed fleet
entries (Adobe, Oracle, OpenText, Defect Tracker, EventSaver, printer map,
self-update, asset-reporting, ...) never reach a share-less display.
## Blocker: common carries SMB payloads that break on share-less displays
Before a share-less display can safely inherit `common`, every `common` entry
that pulls a payload file from the SMB share must first be given an `http` or
`inline` payload (with a `payloadsha256`). A display has no share mount, so any
inherited entry whose `Installer` / `Source` / `Script` resolves to a
share-relative path will fail its fetch.
Registry entries in `common` carry no payload (they write inline reg values) and
are safe to inherit as-is. The entries below reference a share file and must be
converted first. This audit is the authoritative to-convert list; the payload
bytes themselves are not converted here (that needs the real payload files).
Common entries that reference an SMB/share payload (as of the on-share
`common/manifest.json`, 22 entries, Version 2.0):
| # | Common entry | Type | Share payload | Field |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | CMD | `scripts/Install-AcroReader.cmd` | Installer |
| 2 | Migrate pc-type.txt to gea-shopfloor-* taxonomy | PS1 | `scripts/Migrate-PCType.ps1` | Script |
| 3 | WJF Defect Tracker | MSI | `apps/WJF_Defect_Tracker.msi` | Installer |
| 4 | 3OF9 barcode font | File | `configs/3OF9.ttf` | Source |
| 5 | Edge IE-Mode site list | File | `configs/enterprise-mode-site-list.xml` | Source |
| 6 | Ensure VNC firewall rule | PS1 | `scripts/ensure-vnc-firewall.ps1` | Script |
| 7 | FMS hosts pin (WJFMS3.AE.GE.COM) | PS1 | `scripts/Set-FmsHostsEntry.ps1` | Script |
| 8 | Oracle Client 11.2 | CMD | `scripts/Install-Oracle11r2.cmd` | Installer |
| 9 | PrinterInstallerMap (site-map printer installer) | File | `apps/PrinterInstallerMap.exe` | Source |
| 10 | OpenText HostExplorer ShopFloor | CMD | `scripts/Setup-OpenText.cmd` | Installer |
| 11 | GE-Enforce dispatcher (self-update) | File | `GE-Enforce.ps1` | Source |
| 12 | Install-FromManifest lib (self-update) | File | `lib/Install-FromManifest.ps1` | Source |
| 13 | Report asset (host + IP + machine number) to ShopDB | PS1 | `apps/Report-AssetToShopDB.ps1` | Script |
| 14 | EventSaver screensaver (binary) | File | `apps/EventSaver.scr` | Source |
| 15 | EventSaver screensaver (config) | File | `configs/EventSaver.ini` | Source |
| 16 | EventSaver enable (per-user screensaver) | PS1 | `scripts/Set-EventSaverScreensaver.ps1` | Script |
| 17 | EventSaver power (keep monitor awake) | PS1 | `scripts/Set-EventSaverPower.ps1` | Script |
| 18 | EventSaver disable (measuring-tool bays) | PS1 | `scripts/Set-EventSaverDisable.ps1` | Script |
| 19 | EventSaver disable (specific hostnames) | PS1 | `scripts/Set-EventSaverDisable.ps1` | Script |
Safe to inherit as-is (Registry entries, no share payload): `3OF9 barcode font
registry entry`, `Edge IE-Mode policy level`, `Edge IE-Mode policy site list
pointer`.
Not every entry above is relevant to a display (a display needs no Oracle
client, OpenText, or Defect Tracker), so a follow-up decision is which common
entries a display should actually run (via `PCTypes` targeting) versus which
must be repackaged as `http`/`inline`. But any that survive targeting must have
a non-SMB payload before displays inherit common.
This was a deliberate decision: a display needs none of common's software, and
inheriting common would have forced repackaging every SMB `common` payload as
`http`/`inline` for a share-less box. Keeping the display scope self-sufficient
avoids all of that. If a future non-display share-less PC genuinely needs the
fleet-wide entries, that is what `-IncludeCommon` plus a per-entry SMB->http
payload conversion would be for -- but displays do not use it.

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@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@
.PARAMETER ShadowMode
Fetch + compare + report, but install from the share (no behavior change).
.PARAMETER CommonScope
The fleet-wide scope every PC inherits (default 'common'). Its manifest is
fetched in addition to -Scope and merged in, so a display enforces its own
scope entries PLUS common's. On a Name conflict the -Scope (pctype) entry
wins. Set -NoCommon to disable, or point at a different common scope name.
.PARAMETER IncludeCommon
Also fetch the fleet-wide CommonScope and merge it into -Scope, so the PC
enforces its own scope entries PLUS common's (on a Name conflict the -Scope
entry wins). OFF by default: a scope is enforced ALONE (self-sufficient).
Displays are self-sufficient and do NOT set this. Only a share-less non-display
PC that genuinely needs the fleet-wide common entries over HTTPS turns it on.
.PARAMETER NoCommon
Do not fetch or merge the common scope; enforce -Scope alone (the original
single-scope behavior).
.PARAMETER CommonScope
Name of the fleet-wide scope merged when -IncludeCommon is set (default
'common'). Ignored without -IncludeCommon.
.NOTES
Fail-safe: any error exits 0 so a bad web app never blocks or breaks a PC.
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ param(
[Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$EnginePath,
[string]$ShareManifestPath,
[switch]$ShadowMode,
[switch]$IncludeCommon,
[string]$CommonScope = 'common',
[switch]$NoCommon,
[string]$BaseUrl,
[string]$ApiToken,
[string]$LogFile = "C:\Logs\Shopfloor\shopdb-enforce-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).log"
@@ -126,12 +127,13 @@ try {
# no common merge - the share already carries its own common scope).
$manifestToRun = $ShareManifestPath
} else {
# Common-scope inheritance: a display enforces its own scope PLUS the
# fleet-wide common scope. Fetch common too (best-effort, same fail-safe
# cache) and merge it in with the pctype winning on conflict. Skipped
# when -NoCommon, or when this run IS the common scope.
# Optional common-scope inheritance (OFF by default; displays are
# self-sufficient). Only when -IncludeCommon is set do we fetch the
# fleet-wide common scope (best-effort, same fail-safe cache) and merge
# it in with the pctype winning on conflict. Skipped when this run IS
# the common scope.
$manifestToMerge = $sync.Path
if (-not $NoCommon -and $CommonScope -and ($CommonScope -ine $Scope)) {
if ($IncludeCommon -and $CommonScope -and ($CommonScope -ine $Scope)) {
$commonSync = Sync-ShopdbManifest -Scope $CommonScope -Config $config
if ($commonSync.Path) {
$manifestToMerge = Merge-ShopdbManifests -PrimaryManifestPath $sync.Path -CommonManifestPath $commonSync.Path

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@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ What this scope contains:
launches the kiosk target for the subtype. The display-type -> target map is
a data-driven table (DISPLAY_TYPE_TARGETS) so the targets are easy to edit.
Inheritance: the manifest model has no inheritance column. The display scope is
a plain (non-common) runtime scope; the CLIENT merges the fleet-wide 'common'
scope with the display scope at fetch time. So this scope carries display-only
entries and relies on the client to layer 'common' underneath. See the common
SMB-payload audit in docs/GE-ENFORCE-DISPLAY.md before letting a share-less
display inherit common.
Self-sufficient: the display scope carries EVERYTHING a display enforces and
does NOT inherit the fleet-wide 'common' scope. Displays run the enforcer with
common-merge off (the client default), so common's SMB-backed fleet entries
never reach a share-less display. This keeps the display path simple and needs
no common-payload repackaging.
Authoring path mirrors how every other scope is created: build a manifest dict
and hand it to service.replace_scope_draft (the same call the import-share CLI
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ from . import service
SCOPE_NAME = 'gea-shopfloor-display'
SCOPE_PHASE = 'runtime'
# Match the fleet-wide 'common' manifest version so a merged display + common
# document stays internally consistent.
SCOPE_VERSION = '2.0'
# Edge kiosk relaunch policy key. Values below mirror 09-Setup-Display.ps1
@@ -222,8 +219,8 @@ def build_display_manifest():
'gea-shopfloor-display runtime scope. Heals Edge kiosk relaunch '
'policy drift and dispatches the kiosk to the subtype target. No '
'EXE payloads: kiosk engine and browser are baked into the display '
'image. The client merges the fleet-wide common scope underneath '
'this one at fetch time.'),
'image. Self-sufficient: displays do NOT inherit the common '
'scope.'),
'Applications': applications,
}

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@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def test_seed_creates_display_scope(db):
scope = ManifestScope.query.filter_by(
scopename=SCOPE_NAME, phase='runtime').first()
assert scope is not None
# Not the common scope: the client merges common underneath at fetch time.
# A plain runtime scope, not the common scope. Displays are self-sufficient
# and do NOT inherit common.
assert scope.iscommon is False
# Four Registry drift-heal entries + one PS1 dispatcher, in order.