shopdb-flask/docs/proposals/ge-enforce-plugin.md

# Proposal: GE-Enforce as a shopdb plugin

Status: DRAFT / planning only. Not accepted, not built.
Author: planning session 2026-07-12.

## 1. What this is

Today GE-Enforce is a PowerShell manifest engine that reads per-PC-type
`manifest.json` files off an SMB share (`\\tsgwp00525.wjs.geaerospace.net\
shared\dt\shopfloor\`). Each logon, a scheduled task running as SYSTEM mounts
the share, reads the manifest for the machine's PC type, and installs or
self-heals apps, files, drivers, registry values, and scripts. A parallel
`preinstall.json` runs the same schema once at imaging.

This proposal turns the *manifest* into shopdb data: the authoritative manifest
lives in the shopdb database, is edited through the shopdb UI (an expansion of
`/settings/pctypemapping`), and is served to clients over HTTP as JSON. The
*payloads* (MSI/EXE/PS1/config bytes) stay on SMB, on HTTP, or both, referenced
by URL/path from the manifest rows. GE-Enforce.ps1 changes from "read a file on
W:" to "GET a manifest from shopdb, then fetch each payload from wherever the
row says."

The result: managing imaging PC types, their apps, scripts, files, registry
rules, and version gates becomes a first-class shopdb feature instead of hand-
edited JSON on a file share.

## 2. Why it fits shopdb

- shopdb already models the fleet (the collector ingests every PC's hostname,
  pctype, installed software, versions). Making shopdb *also* own what SHOULD be
  installed closes the loop: desired-state (manifest) and observed-state
  (collector) live in one system and can be diffed.
- `/settings/pctypemapping` already maps `gea-shopfloor-*` PC types to
  `ComputerType`. That page becomes the entry point for full imaging-PC-type
  management.
- The plugin contract (per-plugin models, migrations, API prefix, settings
  cards, collector hooks) is exactly the shape this needs.
- ADR-004 (per-site instances) matches: each site's shopdb owns each site's
  manifest. No multi-tenant complication.

## 3. Grounding: the real manifest schema

Source of truth for these field names (do not invent others):

- Schema: `pxe-images/tsgwp00525-v2/shared/dt/shopfloor/_meta/manifest-schema.json`
- Engine: `pxe-images/common/lib/Install-FromManifest.ps1`
- Dispatcher: `.../shopfloor/common/GE-Enforce.ps1`
- Architecture: `pxe/docs/ge-enforce-v2-architecture.md`

A manifest is `{ "Version": str, "_comment": str, "Applications": [entry, ...] }`.
Only `Name` and `Type` are required per entry.

### Per-entry fields (complete set)

Identity / action:
- `Name` (required, unique, also the status-key `<scope>/<Name>`)
- `Type` (required): one of `MSI EXE CMD BAT PS1 INF File Registry`
- `_comment` (documentation, heavily used in practice)

Type-specific payload references (sparse; depends on Type):
- MSI/EXE/CMD/BAT/INF: `Installer` (relative path) + `InstallArgs`
- PS1: `Script` (relative path, falls back to `Installer`) + `Args`
- File: `Source` (relative) + `Destination` (absolute on-PC path)
- Registry: `RegPath` + `RegName` + `RegValue` + `RegType`
  (`RegType` in `String DWord QWord MultiString ExpandString Binary`)
- Optional `LogFile`, `WaitTimeoutSec` (EXE hang kill), `InUseCheck`

Detection (decides whether the action fires / self-heals):
- `DetectionMethod`: one of
  `Registry File FileVersion Hash MarkerFile ValueMatches pnputil Always`
- `DetectionPath`, `DetectionName`, `DetectionValue`, `DetectionPattern`
- Note: `DetectionValue` is method-dependent - SHA256 for Hash, a 4-part
  version for FileVersion, a registry value for Registry, ignored for
  Always/File. Same column, different meaning per method.
- No `DetectionMethod` = always installs.

Targeting filters (all ANDed; each is multi-value):
- `PCTypes` (array; `"*"` = all; alias graph expands old<->new names)
- `PCSubTypes` / subtype via `<pctype>-<subtype>` values
- `TargetHostnames` (array; exact + `-like WJS-*` wildcards)
- `TargetMachineNumbers` (array; per-bay)
- `_CmmVersion` (scalar; per-entry PC-DMIS version gate, needs lib >= 2.6)

Nested:
- `InUseCheck`: `{ Behavior, Processes: [{Name, ExePath, GracefulCloseTimeoutSec}] }`
  Behavior in `Defer CloseAndReopen ForceClose ScheduleForReboot`

Parsed-but-inert today (model them, mark inert):
- `ApplyMode` (`Nightly Immediate ImmediateReboot`), `UpdateWindow` (`HH:MM-HH:MM`)

Preinstall-only extras (phase discriminator):
- `PreEnrollment`, `KillAfterDetection`, `PCTypesStrict`, `_pcTypesNote`

### Load-bearing behaviors the model must preserve

1. **Array order IS execution order.** Config-restore entries are deliberately
   placed AFTER their vendor installer so a mid-cycle overwrite heals the same
   cycle (eMxInfo.txt after eDNC; udc_webserver_settings after UDC). We MUST
   store an explicit per-scope `sortorder`, not a set.
2. **PCTypes alias graph** is many-to-many old<->new names resolved by set
   intersection, with a `PCTypesStrict` escape hatch. Not a simple FK.
3. **Polymorphic entry by Type** - sparse column set per type. DECISION: one
   wide `manifestentries` table with an `entrytype` discriminator column and
   nullable per-type columns. NOT SQLAlchemy STI subclasses, NOT a JSON blob.
   Justification (section 4): the whole fleet is ~64 entries, so sparse columns
   cost nothing; real columns get validated, indexed, field-diffed, joined
   against collector data, and read in plain SQL by an IT tech - a JSON blob
   hides all of that, and class-per-type STI is expert ceremony for no gain. A
   `validate()` that switches on `entrytype` (mirroring the engine's own
   `switch ($App.Type)`) is ~40 obvious lines.
4. **Two manifest phases** - runtime (self-heal, per logon) and preinstall
   (once at imaging) share the schema. One table with a `phase` discriminator.

## 4. Data model (new `geenforce` plugin)

Per-plugin Alembic chain (ADR-008). Tables (lowercase concatenated per naming
convention). Sizing that shapes every decision here: the real fleet is 10
runtime scopes = 43 entries, plus 1 preinstall manifest = 21 entries, so ~64
rows total. That smallness is why this stays deliberately low-tech (one wide
table, JSON-document snapshots, no row-mirroring) - the design target is an
average site IT tech maintaining it, not a specialist.

- `manifestscopes` - one row per imaging PC type / scope.
  - `scopeid` PK
  - `scopename` (e.g. `gea-shopfloor-cmm`)
  - `phase` enum (`runtime` | `preinstall`)
  - UNIQUE (`scopename`, `phase`), NOT `scopename` alone: `common` exists in
    runtime, and a scope name can appear in both phases. Note the phases are
    shaped differently - runtime is many per-pctype scopes (one manifest file
    each), preinstall is ONE flat manifest gated internally by `PCTypes`, so
    preinstall is modeled as a single `phase=preinstall` scope, not per-pctype
    scopes.
  - `computertypeid` FK -> `computertypes` (this REPLACES the thin
    `pctypemap_<pxetype>` setting; the mapping becomes a column here).
    Runtime-scope only; null for the preinstall scope.
  - `measuringtooltypeid` FK -> `measuringtooltypes`, nullable (metrology
    scopes: what device this scope implies; keeps imaging + collector agreed,
    see section 11).
  - `manifestversion` (string, mirrors manifest `Version`)
  - `description`, `isactive`
  - `iscommon` bool (the `common/` fleet-wide scope)

- `manifestentries` - one row per Applications[] entry (the working/draft copy).
  - `entryid` PK, `scopeid` FK
  - `sortorder` int (preserves array order; the ordering contract)
  - `name`, `entrytype` (MSI/EXE/.../Registry), `comment`
  - payload columns (nullable, per type): `installer`, `installargs`,
    `scriptpath`, `scriptargs`, `sourcepath`, `destination`,
    `regpath`, `regname`, `regvalue`, `regtype`
  - `payloadsource` enum (`smb` | `http` | `inline`) + `payloadref`
    (see section 5)
  - `payloadsha256` - integrity hash of the payload bytes, INDEPENDENT of the
    detection method. Mandatory for `http`/`inline` payloads; optional for
    `smb`. Do NOT reuse `detectionvalue` for this - `detectionvalue` is a
    SHA256 only when `detectionmethod = Hash`; an MSI with `Registry`/
    `FileVersion` detection has no payload hash, so an HTTP fetch would
    otherwise run unverified bytes (see section 5).
  - `regvalue` stores the RAW JSON literal (`1` vs `"1"`) and is emitted
    verbatim on export. `RegValue` is untyped in the manifest schema and real
    entries carry numbers; the engine string-coerces for `ValueMatches` but
    `Set-ItemProperty -Type DWord` cares, so preserve the literal.
  - detection columns: `detectionmethod`, `detectionpath`, `detectionname`,
    `detectionvalue`, `detectionpattern`
  - gates: `cmmversion`, plus child tables for the multi-value filters
  - control: `logfile`, `waittimeoutsec`, `applymode`, `updatewindow`
    (`applymode`/`updatewindow` are parsed-but-INERT in the engine today; the
    UI must label them "not yet enforced" so a tech does not trust a dead gate)
  - preinstall flags: `preenrollment`, `killafterdetection`, `pctypesstrict`
  - `isactive`

- `manifestpublishedversions` - immutable published snapshots, SIMPLIFIED to
  freeze the rendered JSON DOCUMENT in a single `manifestjson` column (drop the
  row-mirrored `manifestpublishedentries` family the earlier draft proposed).
  The only consumer of a snapshot is the client, and it consumes exactly that
  document, so freezing the text makes immutability structural (no UPDATE path),
  rollback a one-flag `iscurrent` flip, serving a single-row read, and version
  diffing a plain text diff - all things average IT can debug; row-mirroring
  would add ~6 shadow tables and a copy routine that can drift. Columns:
  `publishedversionid`, `scopeid`, `versionnumber` (1,2,3 per scope),
  `manifestjson` (MEDIUMTEXT, verbatim), `publishedat`, `publishedby`,
  `iscurrent`, `notes`. Editing `manifestentries` never affects the fleet;
  "publish" freezes a new snapshot; the client is ALWAYS served the current
  snapshot, never the live draft. Rollback = flip `iscurrent` to an older
  version (the post-cutover safety net once the on-share JSON is retired).
  Mirrors today's `_meta/history/<date>-<scope>.json` backups, but authoritative.
  Revision history: every publish is a permanent, immutable revision kept
  indefinitely (snapshots are small JSON text, ~10 scopes - storage is a
  non-issue). An OPTIONAL retention policy (keep last M per scope, or prune
  older than N months) can be added later; default is keep-everything, off.

- Draft-edit audit trail (field-level history BETWEEN publishes): drafts
  (`manifestentries`) are not versioned - editing overwrites the working copy.
  To answer "who changed this entry and when" in the window between two
  published revisions, log every draft mutation through the EXISTING core audit
  system (no new table): on create/update/delete of a scope, entry, or child
  row, write an audit record with the actor, timestamp, entry name, and the
  changed field(s). This gives per-edit provenance for free and shows up in the
  same Audit Logs UI IT already uses; the published snapshots remain the
  coarse-grained "what the fleet actually got" record.

- `manifestentrypctypes`, `manifestentryhostnames`, `manifestentrymachinenumbers`
  - child rows for the ANDed multi-value filters (one value + a `sortorder` per
    row, wildcards stored verbatim as patterns)

- `manifestinusechecks` + `manifestinusecheckprocesses`
  - the nested InUseCheck object and its Processes[] child list (leave
    `gracefulclosetimeoutsec` nullable; do not bake the engine's default of 10
    into the row, emit it only when set)

- `manifestpayloads` - inline payload bytes for `payloadsource = inline`
  (`entryid`, `filename`, `contenttype`, `payloadbytes` LONGBLOB, `payloadsha256`,
  `uploadedat`). App-enforced size cap ~1 MB; the upload UI rejects larger with
  "use SMB for this" so nobody pastes an MSI into the database. Can ship empty
  and unused until P6.

- `pctypealiases` - a MIRROR of the old<->new name alias graph from
  `Install-FromManifest.ps1:463-475`, for server-side resolve/validate only.
  The engine lib stays the single source of truth (see section 10); shopdb
  never becomes the authority the client depends on for aliases.

The JSON the client receives is REBUILT from a published snapshot in exact
array order. Parity with the current engine is proven by BEHAVIORAL equivalence,
not byte-identity (see section 9): re-serialized JSON will differ in key order
and whitespace, so the test is that both manifests parse to the same ordered
entry set with the same detection/targeting/action semantics.

## 5. Payloads: SMB and/or HTTP (both supported)

The user asked whether payloads can be SMB and/or HTTP. Yes - per entry:

- `payloadsource = smb`: `payloadref` is the current relative path
  (`apps/eDNC_6-4-5.msi`); the client still mounts W: and resolves it against
  the scope root exactly as today. The engine is unchanged for these rows (the
  mount + scope-root resolution still happen; an HTTP-only site skips the mount
  because it has no `smb` rows). This is the default and the migration target
  for large binaries (MSIs are hundreds of MB; SMB streaming beats HTTP).
- `payloadsource = http`: `payloadref` is a URL (absolute, or relative to a
  configured payload base). The client downloads to a local temp dir, verifies
  the Hash/FileVersion detection value, then runs it. Good for small
  config/script payloads and for sites with no SMB share.
- `payloadsource = inline`: for small text payloads (a `.ps1`, a config file, a
  registry value), the bytes live in shopdb itself and are served in-band. No
  external store at all. Best for scripts and File-type config drops.

Manifest generation emits, per entry, whatever the client needs to fetch the
bytes. The engine's existing "stage network EXE to local temp first" logic
(SYSTEM access-denied workaround) generalizes cleanly to HTTP download.

Payload integrity uses the dedicated `payloadsha256` column, NOT `DetectionValue`.
This is the correction to a subtle trap: `DetectionValue` is a SHA256 only when
`DetectionMethod = Hash`. Most binaries detect by `Registry` or `FileVersion`
and carry no payload hash at all, so relying on `DetectionValue` would let an
HTTP/inline-fetched MSI run unverified. Instead, publishing an `http`/`inline`
payload computes and stores `payloadsha256`, and the client verifies the fetched
bytes against it BEFORE running, independent of how the entry detects install
state. `smb` payloads may set it too (defense in depth) but the share ACL is
their primary trust boundary. Detection stays a separate concern: it decides
whether to act; the payload hash decides whether the bytes are trustworthy.

Transport security: the client fetches as SYSTEM, so the shopdb TLS cert must be
trusted machine-wide. Sites with a self-signed or air-gapped shopdb need the CA
in the machine trust store (provisioned by the same Azure DSC step that writes
the token). Plain HTTP is acceptable only inside a trusted segment, and even
then the `payloadsha256` check is what actually guarantees payload integrity.

## 6. API surface (`/api/geenforce/...`)

Two permissions via the plugin's `get_permissions()` hook (split so day-to-day
techs can edit but only a lead ships to the fleet):
- `geenforce.manage` - create/edit/reorder scopes, entries, drafts, payloads.
- `geenforce.publish` - publish, rollback, export-to-share (the fleet-affecting
  actions).

Draft editing (`geenforce.manage`):
- `GET/POST /scopes`, `GET/PUT/DELETE /scopes/<id>` - imaging PC types
- `GET/POST /scopes/<id>/entries`, `PUT/DELETE /entries/<id>` - manifest entries
- `PUT /scopes/<id>/entries/reorder` - the ordering contract; Move Up/Down in the
  UI (plain buttons + visible `sortorder`), not a drag-and-drop dependency
- `POST /entries/<id>/payload` - upload an inline/http payload (multipart),
  compute + store its `payloadsha256` (the integrity hash; NOT `detectionvalue`)
- `GET /scopes/<id>/preview` - the draft JSON a client WOULD receive on next
  publish; `GET /scopes/<id>/published` shows the currently-served snapshot
- `GET /scopes/<id>/simulate?pctype=&subtype=&hostname=&machinenumber=&cmmversion=`
  - the "what would this PC get" simulator: runs the entry list through the same
  filter logic the engine uses and returns which entries apply and why the rest
  are filtered out. Reuses the P1 parity harness's filter engine, so it is
  nearly free, and it is the single most IT-empowering endpoint - it answers
  "why did/didn't app X install on PC Y" without reading a PowerShell log.

Publishing (`geenforce.publish`):
- `POST /scopes/<id>/publish` - freeze the current draft into a new immutable
  `manifestpublishedversions` snapshot (this is what the fleet gets)
- `POST /scopes/<id>/rollback/<version>` - mark an older snapshot current
- `POST /scopes/<id>/export-share` (or a `flask geenforce export-share` CLI) -
  write the current published JSON to `<shareroot>/<scope>/manifest.json` after
  copying the existing file to `_meta/history/<date>-<scope>.json`. This is a
  first-class feature, not a footnote: it is the Milestone 1 product (author in
  shopdb, engine untouched) and the permanent break-glass path.

Client-facing (gated by a collector-style service token, `geenforce.fetch`
scope, reusing the PAT + `X-API-Key` machinery already built for the collector):
- `GET /manifest?pctype=<scope>&subtype=<s>&hostname=<h>&machinenumber=<n>`
  Returns the latest PUBLISHED snapshot for that scope (never the live draft).
  The server can pre-apply the PCTypes/hostname/machinenumber/cmmversion filters
  (thin client) OR return the full scope and let the engine filter (fat client,
  matches today). Start fat: return the scope manifest unchanged so the engine
  logic is untouched. Include the snapshot version + an ETag so the client can
  cache and no-op when unchanged.
- Payload fetch for `http`/`inline` rows: `GET /payload/<entryid>` streaming the
  bytes; the client verifies them against `payloadsha256` from the manifest.

## 7. Frontend: expand `/settings/pctypemapping`

The current page (`PCTypeMappingSettings.vue`, "Collector PC Types") is a read-
only-ish table of `pxetype -> ComputerType` dropdowns. It grows into the imaging-
PC-type manager:

- **Scopes list**: add/rename/delete imaging PC types; each still carries its
  `ComputerType` mapping (that column moves from a setting into `manifestscopes`).
  A `phase` toggle (runtime vs preinstall). Common scope flagged.
- **Scope detail / manifest editor**: an ordered list of entries with Move
  Up/Down buttons and a visible `sortorder` (the ordering contract made visible;
  NOT drag-and-drop - a drag library is the kind of dependency that breaks
  silently and average IT cannot fix; add drag later if wanted). Each entry is a
  typed form - the visible fields switch on `entrytype` (MSI shows
  Installer+InstallArgs; PS1 shows Script+Args; File shows Source+Destination;
  Registry shows the Reg* quartet), one line of help per detection method.
  Filter chips for PCTypes/hostnames/machine numbers. InUseCheck sub-editor.
  Payload source selector (smb/http/inline) with upload for the latter two.
  `applymode`/`updatewindow` sit behind an "Advanced (not yet enforced by the
  engine)" disclosure. Ship the editor in three usable-alone increments: (a)
  scope list + entry table, (b) the typed entry form, (c) publish + diff. That
  keeps the biggest chunk of the build from ballooning.
- **Simulator ("what would this PC get")**: a small form (pctype, subtype,
  hostname, machine number, CMM version) that calls `GET /scopes/<id>/simulate`
  and lists which entries apply and why the rest are filtered. The single most
  IT-empowering piece of the UI.
- **Draft, preview, publish**: editing changes only the draft; "publish" freezes
  an immutable snapshot (see section 4) and is what the fleet then gets. Show the
  draft-vs-published diff before publishing. Rollback republishes a prior
  snapshot.
- **Desired vs observed (BUILT: observed-state reporting)**: rather than extend
  the collector, the plugin has its own reporting path. Each enforcement cycle a
  PC POSTs `POST /api/geenforce/report` (geenforce.report service token) with the
  published version it applied, the installed/skipped/failed/filtered counts, and
  per-entry outcomes. Stored in `manifestenforcementreports` (latest-per-host +
  history) and `manifestenforcementresults` (per-entry). Two payoffs fall out:
  RECEIVED - `receivedlatest` compares the applied version to the scope's current
  published version, so the fleet view shows which PCs picked up an update; and
  SELF-HEAL - each entry's action (installed = drift corrected, skipped = already
  good, failed) with any warning/error message. Admin reads: `GET /reports`
  (fleet compliance) and `GET /reports/<id>` (per-entry detail). This is the
  observed half that makes the manifest a closed desired-vs-observed loop.

This is an ADR-010 settings card contributed by the geenforce plugin, so it only
appears when the plugin is enabled.

## 8. Client change (minimal, staged)

`GE-Enforce.ps1` today: mount W:, read `<scope>\manifest.json`, hand to
`Install-FromManifest`. New path: GET the manifest from shopdb, write it to the
same local location the engine reads, then run the engine unchanged. That is the
smallest possible client delta - the engine, detection logic, self-heal, and
SMB payload resolution all stay identical. Only the *source of the JSON* moves
from file to HTTP.

Payloads: `smb` rows need no client change. `http`/`inline` rows need a small
fetch-and-verify helper (download to temp, check SHA256, then the existing
installer action runs against the local copy). The engine already stages network
EXEs to temp, so this is an extension, not a rewrite.

Auth: the client already has SFLD credentials in
`HKLM:\SOFTWARE\GE\SFLD\Credentials`. Add a shopdb service token (a
`geenforce.fetch` PAT) provisioned the same way (Azure DSC writes it to
registry), sent as `X-API-Key`. If shopdb is unreachable, the client falls back
to the last-known-good manifest cached locally (fail-safe: never leave a PC
unmanaged because the web app is down). This mirrors today's "creds missing =
exit 0, retry next cycle" resilience.

## 9. Cutover strategy

The manifest is desired-state that runs as SYSTEM and installs software fleet-
wide. A bad cutover = a fleet-wide mis-install. Stage it:

1. **Import + parity.** Write a one-shot importer that reads the current
   on-share manifests (common + every `gea-shopfloor-*` + preinstall.json;
   skip `.bak` / `.pre-mtconnect.bak` variants) into the new tables. Then
   generate JSON back out and prove BEHAVIORAL equivalence for every scope - do
   NOT chase byte-identity. Re-serialized JSON will differ in key order,
   whitespace, and `_comment` formatting, so a raw `diff` would never converge.
   The correct test: parse both the original and the regenerated manifest,
   normalize, and assert the same ordered entry list with identical
   detection/targeting/action fields per entry (ideally a small harness that
   mimics the engine's filter+detect decisions and confirms the same entries
   would fire in the same order on representative machine profiles). That, not
   byte equality, is what proves the model is lossless. (Same discipline as the
   ADR-001 data migration.)
2. **Shadow mode.** shopdb serves the manifest at a new endpoint; a canary PC
   fetches from shopdb but ALSO reads the share, and logs any diff. No install
   behavior changes. Run across one of each PC type for a few cycles.
3. **Read cutover, payloads still SMB.** Flip GE-Enforce to source the JSON from
   shopdb (payloads stay `smb`). The blast radius is only "where the JSON comes
   from"; the bytes and engine are unchanged. Keep the share manifests as the
   rollback (revert the dispatcher one-liner).
4. **Payload migration (optional, per entry).** Move small scripts/configs to
   `inline`/`http` opportunistically. Leave big MSIs on SMB indefinitely - SMB
   is the right transport for them.
5. **Author in shopdb.** Once read-cutover is stable, new manifest edits happen
   in the shopdb UI and the on-share JSON is retired (or auto-exported as a
   backup for break-glass).

Rollback during cutover (stages 2-4) is a one-line dispatcher revert, because
the engine and payload layout never stop working from the share. AFTER the share
JSON is retired (stage 5), that escape hatch is gone - post-cutover rollback is
republishing a prior `manifestpublishedversions` snapshot (section 4). Both
mechanisms must exist before stage 5, not just the dispatcher revert.

## 10. Risks / open questions

- **The engine is the contract.** Any drift between shopdb's generated JSON and
  what `Install-FromManifest.ps1` expects is a fleet-wide install bug. The
  byte-identical round-trip test (step 1) is non-negotiable, and the plugin must
  pin which engine lib version it targets (>= 2.6 for `_CmmVersion`).
- **PCTypes alias graph** must be kept in sync with
  `Install-FromManifest.ps1:463-475`. The engine lib stays the single source of
  truth; shopdb only MIRRORS the map for server-side validation. Do NOT invert
  this to have the engine fetch aliases from shopdb - that would add exactly the
  availability coupling the next bullet warns against. When the lib's alias map
  changes, update shopdb's mirror as part of shipping that lib version.
- **Availability coupling.** GE-Enforce currently depends only on SMB. Adding an
  HTTP dependency on shopdb means shopdb downtime could stall enforcement -
  hence the last-known-good local cache in section 8. Must be built in from day
  one, not bolted on. This is also why alias resolution and payloads stay
  independent of a live shopdb wherever possible.
- **Transport trust.** The client runs as SYSTEM, so shopdb's TLS cert must be
  in the machine trust store (self-signed/air-gapped sites need the CA
  provisioned via the same DSC step as the token). `payloadsha256` verification
  is the real integrity guarantee and holds even over plain HTTP inside a
  trusted segment (section 5).
- **Secrets in payloads.** Some config drops (site-config, credentials) may
  contain secrets. `inline` payloads live in the shopdb DB - those must respect
  the existing "secrets stay in .env, not the settings table" rule. Likely keep
  any secret-bearing payload on SMB with ACLs, never inline.
- **Preinstall runner** is a separate consumer (`00-PreInstall-*` at imaging,
  before enrollment). It may not have a shopdb token yet at that point in the
  imaging sequence. Preinstall may need to stay share-sourced longer than
  runtime, or fetch a bootstrap manifest anonymously over HTTP.
- **This is a big build.** Realistically phased: (P1) model + importer +
  behavioral-parity test; (P2) admin API + CRUD + publish/snapshot/rollback;
  (P3) frontend editor on /settings/pctypemapping; (P4) client fetch + shadow
  mode; (P5) read cutover; (P6) payload migration. P1 is the gating de-risk - if
  behavioral parity does not hold, stop. Snapshots (P2) must land before any
  client points at shopdb (P4), since serving the live draft to the fleet is
  unacceptable.

## 11. Relationship to existing work

- Replaces `plugins/computers/pctypemap.py` (the thin `pctypemap_<pxetype>`
  settings) - the pctype -> ComputerType mapping becomes the `computertypeid`
  column on `manifestscopes`. Two-source transition window: `pctype_mapping()`
  must keep reading the settings until the geenforce plugin is enabled, then
  fall back geenforce-table-first / settings-second, and only retire
  `seed_pctype_settings` + the settings at Milestone 1 close. Also reconcile the
  scope inventory: `pctypemap.py` lists `gea-shopfloor-display` but the share has
  no such manifest dir, and the share has a `main/` legacy dir the model ignores
  - the importer creates scopes only from what it finds (plus empty scopes for
  mapped-but-absent pctypes), and the P1 gate review reconciles the list with
  the floor team.
- Also folds in the metrology mapping now living in `pctypemap.py`
  (`METROLOGY_TOOL_MAP`). The collector already auto-creates a MeasuringTool
  asset and a directional PC->tool `controls` relationship when it sees a
  metrology pctype (CMM / Keyence / Genspect / wax-and-trace); the PC stays a
  shopfloor PC. A metrology scope in the manifest model should carry the
  attached-measuring-tool type alongside its ComputerType so imaging and
  collector agree on what device the scope implies.
- Reuses the collector's token machinery (PAT + `X-API-Key` + scopes) for the
  client-facing endpoints.
- Reuses `get_permissions()` (contract 0.10.0) for `geenforce.manage` (edit
  drafts) / `geenforce.publish` (publish, rollback, export) / `geenforce.fetch`
  (the client service token).
- Pairs with the collector: desired-state (this plugin) + observed-state
  (collector) enable a fleet compliance view.

## 12. Recommendation

Feasible and a strong architectural fit, but it is a multi-phase build with a
fleet-wide blast radius. The single most important gate is P1: import the real
manifests and prove BEHAVIORAL parity (same entries fire in the same order with
the same detection/targeting), not byte-identity. Do not build the UI or touch a
client until that parity holds. Three things separate a safe build from a
dangerous one and must not be cut: behavioral-parity import (P1), immutable
published snapshots with rollback before any client points at shopdb (P2/P4),
and a dedicated `payloadsha256` for every HTTP/inline payload (section 5). If and
when we proceed, this warrants a new ADR (ADR-012: GE-Enforce manifest
ownership) capturing the desired-state model, the published-snapshot contract,
the SMB/HTTP/inline payload + integrity model, and the fail-safe cache.

## 13. Execution plan (build order, gates, milestones)

Governing constraint: every step must be runnable and maintainable by average
site IT, not just the original developer. Where an earlier draft implied expert
machinery, this section simplifies it (and the model above already reflects
those simplifications: one wide table, JSON-document snapshots, no row-mirroring).

### Phases and gates

- **P0 - Scaffold (S, ~0.5-1 day).** `flask plugin new geenforce`, structure
  copied from `plugins/measuringtools/`. Unlike bundled plugins' no-op migration
  anchors, this NEW plugin's `0001_geenforce_baseline` actually creates the
  tables and registers them in `PLUGIN_TABLE_OWNERS` (ADR-008). Deploy stays the
  standard `flask db upgrade` + `flask plugin upgrade-all`. Manifest:
  `api_prefix: /api/geenforce`, `default_enabled: false`, tight `core_version`.

- **P1 - Model + importer + parity harness (M, ~1-1.5 wk). THE GATE.** Order
  inside: tables -> `flask geenforce import-share` (reads common + every
  `gea-shopfloor-*` + preinstall.json, skips `.bak`, idempotent) -> exporter
  (rebuilds each scope's JSON from rows in `sortorder`) -> the parity harness
  (below). **GATE A:** `flask geenforce parity` prints PASS for all scopes. If
  it cannot pass, STOP the project. No API/UI/client work before Gate A.

- **P2 - Publish/snapshot/rollback + admin API + export-to-share (M, ~1.5-2 wk).**
  Publish freezes rendered JSON into `manifestpublishedversions`. CRUD per
  section 6. Plus `flask geenforce export-share` + an "Export to share" button
  that writes each scope's published JSON to the share after backing up the old
  file to `_meta/history/`. Engine, dispatcher, share layout, payloads, PCs all
  untouched. **GATE B = Milestone 1** (below).

- **P3 - Frontend editor (L, ~2-3 wk; parallel with P4 after P2 API freezes).**
  Expand `PCTypeMappingSettings.vue` per section 7, in three shippable
  increments; Move Up/Down not drag; the simulator.

- **P4 - Client fetch + shadow mode (M effort + soak time; needs P2, not P3).**
  Week-1 spike: a ~20-line PS1 on ONE canary PC proves SYSTEM-context HTTP auth +
  TLS trust before any real client change. Then `GE-Enforce.ps1` fetches JSON to
  a local cache and hands the file to `Install-FromManifest.ps1` unchanged;
  shadow mode installs from the share but logs any diff vs shopdb; ETag +
  last-known-good cache from day one. **GATE C:** zero shadow diffs across one PC
  of every pctype for >= 20 cycles.

- **P5 - Read cutover (S effort, M calendar).** Per-scope flip, canary first via
  `TargetHostnames`. Payloads stay `smb`. Rollback = dispatcher revert; share
  export continues as break-glass. **GATE D:** all scopes cut over.

- **P6 - Payload migration (S per entry, optional forever).** Small configs to
  `inline` (verified by `payloadsha256`); MSIs stay on SMB. Each entry
  independently revertible (flip `payloadsource`).

Hard ordering: P0 -> P1 -> P2 -> rest. **Snapshots (P2) MUST precede any client
pointing at shopdb (P4).** P3 and P4 parallelize. Preinstall stays share-sourced
through at least Milestone 1 (no token pre-enrollment; export writes
`preinstall.json` too, so it is authored-in-shopdb for free with no client risk).

### The P1 parity harness (concrete, IT-re-runnable)

`plugins/geenforce/parity.py` + a CLI, also wrapped as a CI test. Two checks per
scope, output one readable line per scope (`entries N/N identical  profiles M/M
same-fire  PASS`), exit 0/1, prints the first differing entry/field on fail:

1. **Lossless field check (order-preserving).** Canonicalize each entry to
   exactly the fields the engine reads (Name, Type, the payload fields, all
   Detection*, the filter arrays, `_CmmVersion`, InUseCheck, preinstall flags);
   exclude `_comment` and key order (documentation, not behavior). Compare the
   ordered lists position by position.
2. **Same-entries-fire-in-same-order.** Re-implement in ~120 lines of Python the
   engine's four filter functions exactly as written in `Install-FromManifest.ps1`
   (`Test-PCTypeMatches` incl. the alias groups at lines 463-475, `"*"`, and
   `<Type>-<SubType>`; `Test-HostnameMatches` exact + `-like`; 
   `Test-MachineNumberMatches`; `Test-CmmVersionMatches`). For each machine-
   profile fixture, run BOTH manifests through it and assert the identical
   ordered list of entry names that pass all filters. Detection itself is not
   executed - check 1 already proved detection fields identical, so identical
   inputs to detection are guaranteed. This pair proves losslessness without
   byte-diffing.

Fixtures (`plugins/geenforce/parityfixtures.json`, ~16-18 profiles): one per
pctype; CMM version variants `2016/2019/2026`/empty; collections machine-number
variants (a credentialed bay, an MTConnect bay, neither); legacy-alias profiles
(`Standard`+`Machine`, `CMM`) to exercise the alias graph both ways; a `WJS-*`
hostname-wildcard profile; preinstall profiles including one that hits
`PCTypesStrict`. Watch-items the harness must handle: empty `Applications: []`
scopes (4 exist), entries with NO `DetectionMethod` (fire every run), and the
`regvalue` literal typing.

### First slice: one vertical through `gea-shopfloor-cmm`

Only 4 entries but hits every hard part - MSI type, Registry detection with and
without a pinned value, nested InUseCheck with Processes[], and the `_CmmVersion`
gate. Tables: scopes, entries, entrypctypes, inusechecks + processes,
publishedversions, pctypealiases. `flask geenforce import-share --scope
gea-shopfloor-cmm`; `flask geenforce publish gea-shopfloor-cmm`; one endpoint
`GET /api/geenforce/manifest?pctype=gea-shopfloor-cmm` serving the published
snapshot (fat-client, ETag, collector-style `X-API-Key`/PAT auth reusing
`shopdb/core/api/collector.py`). **Done =** parity PASS for cmm; the endpoint's
JSON fed to `Install-FromManifest.ps1` on a bench CMM PC logs `4 skipped`
identically to the share manifest; editing a draft does NOT change the served
bytes but publishing does, and rollback restores the prior published bytes;
unauth = 401, wrong-scope = 401.

### Milestone 1 (the recommended first stop)

End of P2 plus the publish/scope-list slice of P3: **manifests are authored and
published in shopdb, exported to the share by a button, and the engine,
dispatcher, share layout, payloads, and every PC are completely unchanged.**
That delivers the real pain relief - validated editing instead of hand-edited
JSON, version history, one-click rollback (republish + re-export), desired-state
data sitting next to collector data - at ZERO client risk, with a rollback any
IT tech already knows (restore the `_meta/history` backup file). Natural point to
write ADR-012 with real experience behind it. P4/P5 (HTTP fetch, cutover) are a
separately green-lit second milestone.

### Ranked risks / fail-fast

1. **Generated-JSON vs engine drift (fleet-wide mis-install).** Parity harness
   first; CI re-proves parity against checked-in real manifests on every
   exporter change; pin lib >= 2.6.
2. **Serving a half-finished draft.** Structural: client reads only
   `iscurrent` snapshots; test asserts a draft edit leaves served bytes
   unchanged. Must exist before P4.
3. **Availability coupling.** Last-known-good local cache in the first client
   prototype; shadow test blocks shopdb and confirms enforce-from-cache + WARN.
4. **SYSTEM HTTP auth + TLS trust.** The ~20-line canary spike in P4 week 1,
   before the real client change. Hours of cost; if it fails, Milestone 1 still
   delivers full value.
5. **Alias-graph drift.** Seed pins a lib version; harness legacy-name profiles
   fail loudly on divergence; new-lib runbook includes "update the alias seed".
6. **Preinstall has no pre-enrollment token.** Keep share-sourced through
   Milestone 1/2; decide later.
7. **Editor scope creep.** Three shippable increments; buttons over drag; reuse
   JSON preview.

### IT operability (day-to-day runbook, proving the design is manageable)

All in Settings > Imaging PC Types. No PowerShell, no SQL, no share edits.
- **Add an app to a PC type:** open the PC type, Add Entry, pick Type (fields
  adapt), fill installer + detection + targeting, Move Up/Down to order, Preview
  (+ simulator), Publish with a note. PCs pick it up next 5-min cycle.
- **Bump a version:** drop the new MSI in the scope's `apps/` on the share,
  update the entry's Installer + Detection value, Preview, Publish.
- **Roll back a bad publish:** History -> pick last-good version -> Roll Back
  (during Milestone 1 also click Export to Share).
- **Canary a risky change:** add the one test PC under Target Hostnames, Publish;
  when happy, remove the filter and Publish again.
- **Check "did PC Y get app X":** the simulator with that PC's type/machine
  number/CMM version shows exactly which entries apply and why others are filtered.
- **See revision history / who changed what:** the PC type's History tab lists
  every published version (date, author, note) with a Roll Back on each; the
  Audit Logs page shows the finer-grained draft edits (who touched which entry
  field, when) between publishes.