# Production Readiness Verification

Systematic verification checklist for deploying StemeDB in production environments.

## Quick Reference

| Category | Status | Last Verified |
|----------|--------|---------------|
| Crash Recovery | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-05 |
| Signature Verification | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-05 |
| End-to-End Pipeline | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-05 |
| Load Testing | ✅ Tooling ready | Run `./scripts/run-load-test.sh` |
| API Security | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-08 |
| Backup/Restore | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-08 |
| Observability | ✅ Pass | 2026-02-08 |

## Verification Areas

### 1. Data Integrity & Durability

| Check | Command | Expected |
|-------|---------|----------|
| WAL crash recovery | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_crash_recovery` | All pass |
| No duplicate assertions | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_p0_crash_recovery` | All pass |
| Cursor checkpoint | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_cursor` | All pass |

### 2. Signature Verification

| Check | Command | Expected |
|-------|---------|----------|
| v1 signatures (legacy) | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_ingest_assertion` | Pass |
| v2 signatures (enterprise) | Pharma-ingest with real keys | All assertions accepted |
| Invalid signature rejection | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_rejects_invalid` | Pass |
| Unsigned assertion rejection | `cargo test -p stemedb-ingest test_rejects_unsigned` | Pass |

### 3. End-to-End Pipeline

| Check | Command | Expected |
|-------|---------|----------|
| API server starts | `cargo run --bin stemedb-api` | Binds to :18180 |
| Assertion ingestion | `POST /v1/assert` | Returns hash |
| Query returns data | `GET /v1/query?subject=X` | Returns assertions |
| Skeptic conflict analysis | `GET /v1/skeptic?subject=X&predicate=Y` | Returns conflict_score |
| Health check | `GET /v1/health` | assertions_count > 0 |

### 4. Load Testing

**Tool:** `cmd/load-test` (Go-based with native Ed25519 signing)

| Scenario | Command | Target | Status |
|----------|---------|--------|--------|
| Baseline latency | `--scenario baseline` | 10K assertions, p99 < 200ms | ✅ Ready |
| Sustained writes | `--scenario sustained` | 1K/sec for 1 hour, p99 < 200ms | ✅ Ready |
| Concurrent readers | `--scenario concurrent` | 100 readers, <2x degradation | ✅ Ready |

**Quick Start:**
```bash
# Run all scenarios (5 min sustained by default)
./scripts/run-load-test.sh

# Run full 1-hour sustained test
LOAD_TEST_DURATION=1h ./scripts/run-load-test.sh

# Run specific scenario
./scripts/run-load-test.sh --scenario baseline
go run ./cmd/load-test --api-url http://localhost:18180 --scenario sustained --duration 10m
```

**Prerequisites:**
- Set `STEMEDB_METER_ENABLED=false` for accurate sustained test results
- Ensure ~10-20GB disk space for 1-hour tests (~3.6M assertions)
- Results saved to `uat/production-readiness/results/`

### 5. API Security

| Check | Implementation | Status |
|-------|----------------|--------|
| Authentication | `X-API-Key` header, BLAKE3-hashed storage | ✅ Implemented |
| RBAC | 3 roles: admin, write, read-only | ✅ Implemented |
| Per-key rate limiting | Token bucket per API key (separate from per-agent quota) | ✅ Implemented |
| Key management | 5 CRUD endpoints: create, list, revoke, rotate, update | ✅ Implemented |
| Bootstrap | `STEMEDB_ROOT_API_KEY` env var creates admin key on first start | ✅ Implemented |
| Input validation | Oversized payloads rejected | ✅ Partial |
| TLS in transit | HTTPS termination | External (nginx/LB) |

**Key files:**
- `crates/stemedb-api/src/middleware/api_key.rs` — X-API-Key middleware + RBAC + per-key rate limiting
- `crates/stemedb-storage/src/api_key_store/` — Storage trait + implementation
- `crates/stemedb-api/src/handlers/api_keys.rs` — Create, list, revoke, rotate, update endpoints
- `crates/stemedb-api/src/bootstrap.rs` — STEMEDB_ROOT_API_KEY bootstrap

### 6. Backup & Restore

| Check | Procedure | Status |
|-------|-----------|--------|
| WAL backup | `./scripts/backup-stemedb.sh` — rsync WAL + DB, timestamped | ✅ Implemented |
| WAL-only backup | `./scripts/backup-stemedb.sh --wal-only` — faster, WAL only | ✅ Implemented |
| Restore | `./scripts/restore-stemedb.sh <backup-path>` | ✅ Implemented |
| Safety checks | Server-not-running check, non-empty dir protection | ✅ Implemented |
| Force restore | `--force` renames existing dirs (never deletes) | ✅ Implemented |
| WAL verification | Magic bytes (`STEM`) checked on restore | ✅ Implemented |
| Metadata | `backup-metadata.json` with timestamp, file counts, sizes | ✅ Implemented |

**Usage:**
```bash
# Create backup
./scripts/backup-stemedb.sh --output /mnt/backups

# Restore from backup (stop server first)
./scripts/restore-stemedb.sh backups/stemedb-backup-20260208-120000/ --force
```

### 7. Observability

| Check | Implementation | Status |
|-------|----------------|--------|
| Structured logs | `tracing` crate | ✅ Implemented |
| Metrics endpoint | `GET /metrics` Prometheus text format | ✅ Implemented |
| Application metrics | 6 metrics: assertions, queries, latency, quarantine, circuit breakers | ✅ Implemented |
| Sync/cluster metrics | 10 metrics: sync cycles, lag, convergence, node counts | ✅ Implemented |
| Grafana dashboard | `docs/grafana/stemedb-overview.json` (4 rows, 12 panels) | ✅ Implemented |
| Distributed tracing | OpenTelemetry | Planned (Phase 8B) |
| Alerting | WAL lag, errors | Planned (Phase 9E) |

**Application Metrics:**

| Metric | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `stemedb_assertions_total` | Gauge | Total assertions in database (updated on health check) |
| `stemedb_assertions_ingested_total` | Counter | Assertions ingested via API |
| `stemedb_queries_total` | Counter | Queries by endpoint (query, skeptic, layered, constraints) |
| `stemedb_query_latency_seconds` | Histogram | Query latency by endpoint |
| `stemedb_quarantine_pending` | Gauge | Pending quarantine events |
| `stemedb_circuit_breakers_open` | Gauge | Open circuit breakers |

## Running Full Verification

```bash
# 1. Run all unit tests
cargo test --workspace --lib

# 2. Start fresh API server
rm -rf /tmp/stemedb-prod-test && mkdir -p /tmp/stemedb-prod-test
STEMEDB_DATA_DIR=/tmp/stemedb-prod-test cargo run --bin stemedb-api &
sleep 5

# 3. Run pharma-ingest (tests v2 signatures)
cargo run -p stemedb-ontology --bin pharma-ingest -- --with-conflicts

# 4. Verify endpoints
curl http://localhost:18180/v1/health
curl "http://localhost:18180/v1/query?subject=Semaglutide"
curl "http://localhost:18180/v1/skeptic?subject=Semaglutide&predicate=nausea_rate"

# 5. Kill and restart (crash recovery test)
pkill -9 -f stemedb-api
STEMEDB_DATA_DIR=/tmp/stemedb-prod-test cargo run --bin stemedb-api &
sleep 3
curl http://localhost:18180/v1/health  # Should show same assertion count
```

## Results Archive

Date-stamped verification results:

| Date | Report | Summary |
|------|--------|---------|
| 2026-02-05 | [wal-sync-fix.md](./results/2026-02-05-wal-sync-fix.md) | WAL segment cache fix, all tests pass |

## Next Steps

**After passing verification**, follow these steps to deploy to production:

1. **Choose Architecture:** Review [Reference Architectures](../../docs/operations/reference-architecture/README.md) to select single-node pilot or three-node cluster based on scale and availability requirements.

2. **Set Up Monitoring:** Deploy metrics collection and dashboards per your chosen architecture:
   - Single-node: [Docker Compose with Monitoring](../../docs/operations/deployment/docker-compose/pilot-with-monitoring.yml)
   - Three-node: Configure Prometheus to scrape all nodes

3. **Review Runbooks:** Familiarize on-call team with [Operational Runbooks](../../docs/operations/runbooks/):
   - [Server Won't Start](../../docs/operations/runbooks/server-wont-start.md)
   - [High Query Latency](../../docs/operations/runbooks/high-query-latency.md)
   - [Quarantine Overflow](../../docs/operations/runbooks/quarantine-overflow.md)
   - [Restore from Backup](../../docs/operations/runbooks/restore-from-backup.md)
   - [Add Node to Cluster](../../docs/operations/runbooks/add-node.md) (cluster only)

4. **Validate Pilot:** Run [Pilot Success Criteria](../../docs/operations/pilot-success-criteria.md) validation suite:
   - All 15 "Must Pass" criteria
   - At least 4/6 "Should Pass" criteria
   - All 5 "Amazement Moments" demonstrable

5. **Deploy:** Follow deployment guide for your chosen architecture:
   - [Single-Node Pilot](../../docs/operations/reference-architecture/single-node-pilot.md)
   - [Three-Node Cluster](../../docs/operations/reference-architecture/three-node-cluster.md)

6. **Monitor:** Set up alerts based on [Resource Sizing Guide](../../docs/operations/reference-architecture/resource-sizing.md) thresholds (disk >80%, CPU >70%, latency p99 >1s).

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## Related

- [UAT Report Template](../how-to.md)
- [Consumer Health UAT](../consumer-health/README.md)
- [Production Readiness Facts](../../ai-lookup/features/production-readiness.md)
