Merge pull request 'docs: STATUS.md update for 2026-07-25 triage cycle' (#250 ) from feature/triage-2026-07-25-cycle into main

docs: STATUS.md update for 2026-07-25 triage cycle
Merge pull request 'docs: STATUS.md update for 2026-07-16 triage cycle' (#249 ) from feature/triage-2026-07-16-cycle into main
2026-07-25 20:02:37 +00:00 · 2026-07-25 20:01:58 +00:00 · 2026-07-16 05:00:49 +00:00 · 2026-07-16 00:02:14 +00:00 · 2026-07-13 20:02:18 +00:00 · 2026-07-13 20:01:56 +00:00
11 changed files with 7990 additions and 28 deletions
@@ -21,32 +21,38 @@ jobs:
        with:
          path: api-company

+      # NOTE: cross-repo checkouts use SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN, NOT the auto-injected
+      # GITEA_TOKEN. Gitea's automatic GITEA_TOKEN is scoped to THIS repo only,
+      # so checking out other repos fails with
+      # "Determining the default branch → not found". GITEA_TOKEN is also a
+      # reserved secret name that cannot be overridden, hence a separate secret.
+      # SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN must be a PAT with read access to the API repos.
      - name: Checkout zip-enrichment
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: leeworks-agents/zip-enrichment
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN }}
          path: zip-enrichment

      - name: Checkout holidays
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: leeworks-agents/holidays
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN }}
          path: holidays

      - name: Checkout air-quality
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: leeworks-agents/air-quality
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN }}
          path: air-quality

      - name: Checkout vin-decoder
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: leeworks-agents/vin-decoder
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN }}
          path: vin-decoder

      - name: Copy openapi.yaml specs into docs-site
@@ -72,15 +78,39 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: api-company/docs-site
        run: npm run build

-      - name: Log in to container registry
+      - name: Install Docker CLI
+        # The job container (node:20) ships no `docker` binary. The runner has a
+        # dind daemon (dind.enabled in the runner HelmRelease), reachable via
+        # DOCKER_HOST, so we only need the client. Install the static binary.
+        env:
+          DOCKER_CLI_VERSION: "27.3.1"
        run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}" | docker login registry.leeworks.dev \
-            -u ${{ gitea.actor }} --password-stdin
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          curl -fSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 3 --retry-all-errors \
+            -o /tmp/docker.tgz \
+            "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_CLI_VERSION}.tgz"
+          tar -xzf /tmp/docker.tgz -C /tmp
+          install -m 0755 /tmp/docker/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
+          docker version --format '{{.Client.Version}}'
+          docker info >/dev/null   # confirms the dind daemon is reachable
+
+      - name: Log in to container registry
+        # Use Gitea's built-in container registry (gitea.leeworks.dev), which
+        # has a valid Let's Encrypt cert. The standalone registry.leeworks.dev
+        # serves Traefik's default self-signed cert and fails TLS verification.
+        #
+        # Auth uses REGISTRY_TOKEN, NOT the auto GITEA_TOKEN: the auto token has
+        # no package-registry scope, and the registry requires the username to
+        # match the token owner. REGISTRY_TOKEN must be a PAT (owner: 0xWheatyz)
+        # with write:package + read:package scope.
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}" | docker login gitea.leeworks.dev \
+            -u 0xWheatyz --password-stdin

      - name: Build and push docs-site image
        working-directory: api-company/docs-site
        run: |
-          IMAGE="registry.leeworks.dev/leeworks-agents/docs-site"
+          IMAGE="gitea.leeworks.dev/leeworks-agents/docs-site"
          SHA="${{ gitea.sha }}"
          docker build -t "$IMAGE:$SHA" -t "$IMAGE:latest" .
          docker push "$IMAGE:$SHA"
@@ -13,9 +13,19 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install kustomize
+        # The act runner runs as root (no `sudo`). Download a pinned release
+        # tarball directly with retries instead of piping the upstream installer
+        # script through bash — the installer makes extra GitHub API calls that
+        # are rate-limited/unreliable on this runner, and `curl -s` hid the
+        # error (a silent exit 6 = could not resolve host).
+        env:
+          KUSTOMIZE_VERSION: "5.4.3"
        run: |
-          curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh" | bash
-          sudo mv kustomize /usr/local/bin/
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          url="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize%2Fv${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}/kustomize_v${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+          curl -fSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 3 --retry-all-errors -o /tmp/kustomize.tar.gz "$url"
+          tar -xzf /tmp/kustomize.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin kustomize
+          kustomize version

      - name: kustomize build flux/
        run: kustomize build flux/ > /dev/null
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Cross-repo milestones. Per-API phases live in each API repo's ROADMAP.md.

 ## Phase 0 — Orientation (one-time)
 - [x] Audit cluster: nodes, namespaces, ingress, Flux state → `docs/cluster-audit.md` (issue #36 — closed ✅)
- [ ] Add Flux GitRepository + Kustomization watching `leeworks-agents/api-company` — issue #2 (Talos PR implementation: issue #187)
+- [ ] Add Flux GitRepository + Kustomization watching `leeworks-agents/api-company` — issue #218 (fork PR #399 merged to leeworks-agents/Talos; awaiting operator merge of 0xWheatyz/Talos PR #14)
 - [ ] Deploy `gitea-act-runner` in cluster via Flux HelmRelease (`flux/gitea-runner/`) — issue #3
 - [ ] Stand up `registry.leeworks.dev` (container registry) — required before any API CI works — issue #4
 - [ ] Validate ESO HelmRelease deployment and ExternalSecret sync for all 4 API namespaces — issue #178
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ Per-API: implement Fastify/FastAPI service matching `openapi.yaml` exactly. Rapi
 - [ ] Gatus public status page at `status.leeworks.dev` — issue #8
 - [x] Instrument every API with `api_requests_total`, `api_response_duration_seconds`, `api_data_freshness_seconds` (issue #27 — closed ✅)
 - [x] Add Prometheus metrics endpoint to holidays service (issue #180 — closed ✅)
- [ ] Verify VIN Decoder metrics endpoint and ServiceMonitor scrape config — issue #174
+- [ ] Verify VIN Decoder metrics endpoint and ServiceMonitor scrape config — issue #231
 - [x] VIN Decoder metrics instrumentation + Grafana dashboard (issue #129 — closed ✅)
 - [x] VIN Decoder Gatus health check (issue #134 — closed ✅)
+- [x] Enable Alertmanager in kube-prometheus-stack + configure Slack receiver for SLO alerts (issue #210 — closed ✅)

 ## Phase 5 — Documentation site
 - [x] `docs-site/` Astro + Redoc skeleton (issue #28 — closed ✅)
@@ -1,6 +1,70 @@
 # Company Status

-_Last updated: 2026-06-05_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-25 (triage cycle)_
+
+## Completed This Cycle (2026-07-25 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues re-verified against critical-path blockers; no new agent-implementable work surfaced. Every issue remains gated on operator tasks: #47 (populate `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still empty** (Gitea API reports `empty: true`, size 22) — no deployment PRs possible from the agent side; `git fetch upstream` is a no-op.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator populates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-07-16 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues re-verified against critical-path blockers; no new agent-implementable work surfaced. Every issue remains gated on operator tasks: #47 (populate `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still empty** (Gitea API reports `empty: true`, size 22) — no deployment PRs possible from the agent side; `git fetch upstream` is a no-op.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator populates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-07-13 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues re-verified against critical-path blockers; no new agent-implementable work surfaced. Every issue remains gated on operator tasks: #47 (populate `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still empty** (Gitea API reports `empty: true`, size 22) — no deployment PRs possible from the agent side; `git fetch upstream` is a no-op.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator populates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-07-11 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues re-verified against critical-path blockers; no new agent-implementable work surfaced. Every issue remains gated on operator tasks: #47 (populate `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still empty** (Gitea API reports `empty: true`) — no deployment PRs possible from the agent side; `git fetch upstream` is a no-op.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator populates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-07-08 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues re-verified against critical-path blockers; no new agent-implementable work surfaced. Every issue remains gated on operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still absent** — no deployment PRs possible from the agent side; recent triage comments (2026-07-01/02/04/07) on #241/#179/#66/#47 confirm the block persists.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-07-04 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed; all confirmed still blocked on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **No agent-implementable work found** — every open issue is either a manual operator task or gated on Flux/cluster activation; kubectl unreachable from agent environment; upstream repo `0xWheatyz/api-company` still absent so no deployment PRs possible.
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-21 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 37 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed; all confirmed still blocked on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **No agent-implementable work found** — every open issue is either a manual operator task or gated on Flux/cluster activation; kubectl unreachable from agent environment.
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-15 — Triage Cycle)
+
+- **Triage** — All 38 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed; all confirmed still blocked on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS for all 8 subdomains).
+- **No agent-implementable work found** — every open issue is either a manual operator task or gated on Flux/cluster activation; kubectl unreachable from agent environment.
+- **0 new issues, 0 closures, 0 label changes, 0 open PRs.**
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** (1648 lines, no manifest regressions).
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).

 ## APIs
 | API            | Spec | Code | Deployed | Listed on RapidAPI | Paying Users | MRR |
@@ -22,8 +86,102 @@ Legend: [x]=done, [~]=in-progress, [ ]=not started
 - **API service manifests:** `flux/zip-enrichment/`, `flux/holidays/`, `flux/air-quality/` scaffolded (PR #48, closes #46)
 - **Image automation:** `flux/image-automation/` — ImageRepository + ImagePolicy + ImageUpdateAutomation for all three APIs
 - **VIN Decoder manifests:** `flux/vin-decoder/` — Flux HelmRelease + Kustomization committed (issue #140)
+- **Alertmanager:** `flux/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml` — enabled with Slack receiver config (`gatus-slack-webhook` secret); PR #212 open (issue #210)

-## Completed This Cycle (2026-06-05 — Sprint Planning Cycle #206)
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-08 — Triage Cycle #240)
+
+- **Triage** — All 28 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed and commented with current status (2026-06-08).
+  - **All issues confirmed blocked** on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS).
+  - **No agent-implementable work found** — all open issues are either manual operator tasks or gated on Flux/cluster activation; kubectl unreachable from agent environment.
+  - **28 issues triaged** — status comments posted on all open `agent-ready` issues.
+  - **0 new issues created** — no gaps found; all ROADMAP items remain grounded in open issues.
+  - **0 issues closed** — no stale issues; oldest open issue is #3 from 2026-05-18 (21 days < 30-day threshold).
+  - **0 label changes** — all existing labels correct.
+  - **0 open PRs** — nothing to review or merge.
+  - **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no manifest regressions.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-07 — Triage Cycle #232)
+
+- **Triage** — All 28 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed and commented with current status (2026-06-07).
+  - **All issues confirmed blocked** on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS).
+  - **No agent-implementable work found** — all open issues are either manual operator tasks or gated on Flux/cluster activation; kubectl unreachable from agent environment.
+  - **1 new issue triaged** — #231 commented with @qa-engineer assessment; BLOCKED on #218.
+  - **0 new issues created** — no gaps found; all ROADMAP items remain grounded in open issues.
+  - **0 issues closed** — no stale issues.
+  - **0 label changes** — all existing labels correct.
+  - **0 open PRs** — nothing to review or merge.
+  - **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no manifest regressions.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-06 — Sprint Planning Cycle #227)
+
+
+
+- **Sprint Planning** — Full ROADMAP cross-reference + backlog triage completed (2026-06-06).
+  - **ROADMAP cross-reference:** All 18 unchecked items confirmed grounded in open issues — **zero gaps**.
+    - Phase 0: #3, #4, #66, #76–#83, #126–#128, #173, #178, #179, #203, #218 — all tracked.
+    - Phase 4: #7, #8, #174 — all tracked.
+    - Phase 5: #30 — tracked.
+    - Phase 6: #19, #33, #44, #106, #116, #139, #150, #151, #161, #166, #167 — all tracked.
+  - **Staleness check:** Oldest open issue is #3 / #4 from 2026-05-18 (19 days) — **below 30-day threshold; zero closures**.
+  - **Label audit:** All priority/complexity labels confirmed correct from cycle #221 audit — **zero changes**.
+  - **0 new issues created** — no roadmap gaps found.
+  - **0 issues closed** — no stale issues.
+  - **0 label changes** — all existing labels correct.
+  - **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no manifest regressions.
+- **Critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-06 — Triage Cycle #226)
+
+- **Triage** — All 28 open `agent-ready` issues reviewed and commented with current status (2026-06-06).
+  - **All issues confirmed blocked** on the same critical-path operator tasks: #47 (create `0xWheatyz/api-company`), #218 (merge Talos PR #14), #33/#106/#150 (DNS).
+  - **No agent-implementable work found** — all open issues are either manual operator tasks or gated on Flux/cluster activation.
+  - **0 new issues created** — no gaps found; all ROADMAP items are grounded in open issues.
+  - **0 issues closed** — no issues are stale or resolvable by agent action.
+  - **0 PRs open** — nothing to review or merge.
+  - **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no manifest regressions.
+- **Current critical path unchanged:** (1) Operator creates `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) Operator merges `0xWheatyz/Talos` PR #14 (#218), (3) Operator configures DNS for all 8 subdomains (#33, #106, #150).
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-06 — Sprint Planning Cycle #221)
+
+- **#221** — STATUS.md updated for 2026-06-06 sprint planning cycle (this entry). Last-updated date confirmed 2026-06-06.
+- **0 new issues created** — all ROADMAP unchecked items confirmed grounded in open issues (35 open issues, zero gaps).
+- **0 issues closed** — oldest open issue is #3 from 2026-05-18 (19 days < 30-day stale threshold).
+- **3 label changes:**
+  - #106 (grafana.leeworks.dev DNS): added `blocked` label (missing despite dependency on #47)
+  - #150 (vin.leeworks.dev DNS): added `blocked` label (missing despite dependency on #47)
+  - #203 (ClusterIssuer verification): downgraded P1 → P2 (gated on DNS #33, not a first-order blocker)
+- **Critical path unchanged:** Operator must (1) create `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) merge upstream Talos PR #14 (#218) to activate Flux, (3) configure DNS (#33, #106, #150).
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no manifest regressions.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-06 — Docs Cycle #219)
+
+- **#219** — STATUS.md Current Blockers updated: removed closed issues #187 and #90; replaced with open issue #218 (Operator: merge 0xWheatyz/Talos upstream PR #14 to activate Flux GitOps for api-company). Critical Path item 2 updated to reference #218. `kustomize build flux/` = PASS.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-05 — Sprint Planning Cycle #215)
+
+- **#215** — STATUS.md updated for 2026-06-05 sprint planning cycle (this entry). Last-updated date confirmed 2026-06-05.
+- **1 new issue created:** #214 (ROADMAP.md Phase 4 Alertmanager annotation — documentation gap filed).
+- **0 issues closed** — no stale issues; oldest open issue is #2 from 2026-05-18 (18 days < 30-day threshold).
+- **0 label/priority changes** — all existing labels confirmed correct.
+- **ROADMAP cross-reference:** all unchecked items confirmed grounded in open issues; 1 new documentation gap found and filed (#214 — Alertmanager / Slack receiver missing from ROADMAP.md Phase 4).
+- **Critical path unchanged:** Operator must (1) create `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) merge upstream Talos PR #14 (#187) to activate Flux, (3) configure DNS (#33, #106, #150).
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no regressions.
+- **0 open PRs** — nothing to review or merge.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-05 — Sprint Planning Cycle #211)
+
+- **#211** — STATUS.md updated for 2026-06-05 sprint planning cycle (this entry). Last-updated date confirmed 2026-06-05.
+- **1 new issue implemented:** #210 (Enable Alertmanager + Slack receiver — gap identified by roadmap cross-reference); PR #212 opened to `leeworks-agents/api-company` with `kustomize build flux/` = PASS.
+- **0 issues closed** — oldest open issue is #2 from 2026-05-18 (18 days old — under 30-day stale threshold).
+- **0 label changes** — all priority/complexity labels confirmed correct.
+- **ROADMAP cross-reference:** 18 unchecked items confirmed grounded in open issues; 1 new gap found and filed (#210 — Alertmanager was missing from roadmap coverage).
+- **Current Blockers unchanged:** Operator must (1) create `0xWheatyz/api-company` (#47), (2) merge upstream Talos PR #14 (#187) to activate Flux, (3) configure DNS (#33, #106, #150).
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no regressions.
+- **1 open PR** — PR #212 (Alertmanager enable + Slack receiver): `kustomize build flux/` PASS; pending merge.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-06-05 — Sprint Planning Cycle #206)

 - **#206** — STATUS.md updated for 2026-06-05 sprint planning cycle (this entry). Last-updated date set to 2026-06-05.
 - **Completed outcomes from 2026-06-04 sprint planning cycle recorded:**
@@ -122,7 +280,7 @@ Legend: [x]=done, [~]=in-progress, [ ]=not started
 - **PR #160 closed** — had merge conflicts and ROADMAP.md regressions (unchecked completed items). Clean fix applied here.
 - **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no regressions.

-## Current Blockers (as of 2026-06-04)
+## Current Blockers (as of 2026-06-07)

 In dependency order — operator tasks unless noted:

@@ -133,11 +291,10 @@ In dependency order — operator tasks unless noted:
 5. **P1 #83** — Configure `GITEA_TOKEN` Actions secret in zip-enrichment, holidays, air-quality repos (operator)
 6. **P1 #126** — Configure `GITEA_TOKEN` Actions secret in vin-decoder repo (operator — depends on #122 ✅)
 7. **P1 #127** — Create `gitea-registry` imagePullSecret in `vin-decoder` namespace (operator)
-8. **P1 #187** — Merge upstream PR #14 on 0xWheatyz/Talos to activate Flux for api-company (operator) — Fork PR #399 already MERGED to leeworks-agents/Talos; upstream PR #14 is the critical gate; unblocks #2, #3, #4, #66 chain
-9. **P1 #90** — Wire Flux GitRepository + Kustomization for api-company in `0xWheatyz/Talos` (superseded by #187; upstream PR #14 pending operator merge)
+8. **P1 #218** — Operator: merge 0xWheatyz/Talos upstream PR #14 to activate Flux GitOps for api-company — Fork PR #399 already MERGED to leeworks-agents/Talos; upstream PR #14 is the critical gate; unblocks #2, #3, #4, #66 chain (replaces closed #187 and #90)
 10. **P2 #80** — Create `gitea-image-automation-token` secret in `flux-system` namespace (operator) — enables Flux image automation
 11. **P2 #173** — Create ESO source secrets in `external-secrets` namespace for RapidAPI proxy-secret syncing (operator) — blocks ESO sync
-12. **P2 #174** — VIN Decoder metrics instrumentation in `leeworks-agents/vin-decoder` repo (agent task, depends on #18 deploy)
+12. **P2 #231** — Verify VIN Decoder metrics endpoint and ServiceMonitor scrape config in live cluster (depends on #218 — Flux must be active first)
 13. **P2 #178** — Validate ESO HelmRelease deployment and ExternalSecret sync for all 4 API namespaces (depends on #173 + Flux active)
 14. **P2 #179** — Execute extended full-stack Flux validation checklist including VIN Decoder (depends on #126, #127, #128)

@@ -181,7 +338,7 @@ In dependency order — operator tasks unless noted:
 See **Current Blockers** section above for the full ordered list as of 2026-06-01.

 1. **Create `0xWheatyz/api-company` repo** (#47) — **highest priority, unblocks everything**
-2. **Add api-company Flux source to Talos** (#90) — needs Talos PR, reference manifests at `flux/api-company-source/`
+2. **Merge upstream Talos PR #14 to activate Flux for api-company** (#218) — manifests already committed; operator must merge 0xWheatyz/Talos PR #14
 3. **Create `gitea-leeworks-agents-token` secret** in `flux-system` (#76)
 4. **Create `gitea-runner-token` secret** in `gitea-runner` (#77)
 5. **Enable Gitea packages + DNS for `registry.leeworks.dev`** (#4)
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
    "preview": "astro preview"
  },
  "dependencies": {
-    "astro": "^4.8.0",
    "@astrojs/mdx": "^3.0.0",
-    "@astrojs/sitemap": "^3.1.0",
+    "@astrojs/sitemap": "~3.2.1",
+    "astro": "^4.8.0",
    "redoc": "^2.1.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Deploying the APIs (Flux GitOps → Talos)
+
+> Handoff doc. The APIs are **not** deployed by Gitea Actions — they are deployed
+> by **Flux** running on the Talos Kubernetes cluster. The Gitea Actions in this
+> repo only build the docs-site image, validate Flux manifests, and publish
+> OpenAPI specs to RapidAPI.
+
+## How a deploy actually happens
+
+```
+API repo (e.g. leeworks-agents/zip-enrichment)
+  └─ its own CI builds & pushes  registry.leeworks.dev/zip-enrichment/server:<tag>
+       └─ Flux image-automation (flux/image-automation/) rewrites the
+          {"$imagepolicy": "flux-system:<api>"} marker in flux/<api>/helmrelease.yaml
+            └─ Flux GitRepository "api-company" (polls main every 5m)
+                 └─ HelmRelease per API (flux/<api>/helmrelease.yaml, bedag/raw chart)
+                      └─ Deployment rolls out in the cluster namespace
+```
+
+Each API has its own directory under `flux/`:
+
+| API | Namespace | HelmRelease path | Image |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| zip-enrichment | `zip-enrichment` | `flux/zip-enrichment/helmrelease.yaml` | `registry.leeworks.dev/zip-enrichment/server` |
+| holidays | `holidays` | `flux/holidays/helmrelease.yaml` | `registry.leeworks.dev/holidays/server` |
+| air-quality | `air-quality` | `flux/air-quality/helmrelease.yaml` | `registry.leeworks.dev/air-quality/server` |
+| vin-decoder | `vin-decoder` | `flux/vin-decoder/helmrelease.yaml` | `registry.leeworks.dev/vin-decoder/server` |
+
+(Confirm each path's exact image with `grep -r imagepolicy flux/`.)
+
+## Prerequisite: the manifests must be live in the cluster's Flux source
+
+`flux/api-company-source/gitrepository.yaml` is **reference only**. The
+*authoritative* copy must be committed to **`0xWheatyz/Talos`** at:
+
+```
+testing1/first-cluster/cluster/flux/api-company/
+```
+
+If that path does not point Flux at this repo's `flux/` directory, Flux never
+sees these HelmReleases and nothing deploys. Verify the Talos repo references
+this repo's `main` branch and that a Flux `Kustomization` includes the
+`api-company` path.
+
+Per-API the cluster also needs (already templated under `flux/<api>/`):
+- `namespace.yaml` — the target namespace
+- the `gitea-registry` imagePullSecret in that namespace
+- `externalsecret.yaml` — pulls API keys (e.g. RapidAPI) via external-secrets
+- `servicemonitor.yaml` — Prometheus scraping (optional for deploy)
+
+## One-time local setup (machine with cluster access)
+
+You need tools that are **not** installed on the dev machine yet:
+
+```bash
+# Talos kubeconfig — export from the Talos controlplane, e.g.:
+#   talosctl kubeconfig ~/.kube/talos-leeworks
+export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/talos-leeworks
+kubectl cluster-info        # must succeed before continuing
+
+# Flux CLI
+brew install fluxcd/tap/flux
+# Helm (optional, for debugging charts)
+brew install helm
+
+flux check                  # confirm Flux is installed & healthy in-cluster
+```
+
+## Deploy / sync all APIs
+
+```bash
+export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/talos-leeworks
+
+# 1. Pull the latest main into the cluster's Git source
+flux reconcile source git api-company -n flux-system
+
+# 2. Apply the manifests (name may differ — check: flux get kustomizations -A)
+flux reconcile kustomization api-company -n flux-system
+
+# 3. Reconcile each API's HelmRelease
+flux reconcile helmrelease zip-enrichment -n zip-enrichment
+flux reconcile helmrelease holidays       -n holidays
+flux reconcile helmrelease air-quality    -n air-quality
+flux reconcile helmrelease vin-decoder    -n vin-decoder
+
+# 4. Verify everything is Ready
+flux get helmreleases -A
+kubectl get pods -A | grep -E 'zip-enrichment|holidays|air-quality|vin-decoder'
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+```bash
+# Why is a release not Ready?
+flux get helmrelease <name> -n <ns>
+kubectl describe helmrelease <name> -n <ns>
+
+# Is image automation picking up new tags?
+flux get image policy -n flux-system
+flux get image update -A
+
+# Pod won't start (image pull / secret issues)
+kubectl describe pod <pod> -n <ns>
+kubectl get events -n <ns> --sort-by=.lastTimestamp | tail -20
+```
+
+## Force a fresh deploy of a single API
+
+```bash
+flux suspend helmrelease <name> -n <ns>
+flux resume  helmrelease <name> -n <ns>   # triggers a fresh reconcile
+# or restart the workload directly:
+kubectl rollout restart deployment/<name> -n <ns>
+```
+
+## Related docs in this repo
+- `docs/operator-runbook.md` — day-2 operations
+- `docs/registry.md` — container registry (`registry.leeworks.dev`) setup
+- `docs/secrets-checklist.md` — required cluster secrets
+- `flux/image-automation/` — automatic image tag bumping
@@ -286,7 +286,11 @@ annotations:

 ## Grafana Dashboard

-A reference dashboard JSON is available at `docs/grafana-api-dashboard.json` (TBD — will be committed once Grafana is deployed per issue #7).
+Grafana dashboards are committed as Flux ConfigMaps and are auto-loaded by Grafana via the `grafana_dashboard: "1"` label:
+- `flux/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-apis.yaml` — consolidated 4-API dashboard (all APIs)
+- `flux/monitoring/vin-decoder-dashboard.yaml` — VIN Decoder-specific dashboard
+
+Dashboards will load automatically once Grafana is deployed (issue #7) and Flux is active (issue #218).

 Key panels to include:
 1. Request rate by API and status (`rate(api_requests_total[5m])`)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Follow this list top-to-bottom; each step unblocks the next.
 - [ ] 1. `gitea-leeworks-agents-token` (flux-system) — unblocks Flux GitRepository auth
 - [ ] 2. `gitea-runner-token` (gitea-runner) — unblocks Gitea Actions runner registration
 - [ ] 3. `grafana-admin` (monitoring) — unblocks Grafana login
- [ ] 4. `gatus-slack-webhook` (monitoring) — unblocks Gatus alert notifications
+- [ ] 4. `gatus-slack-webhook` (monitoring) — unblocks Gatus alert notifications AND Alertmanager Slack SLO alerts
 - [ ] 5. `GITEA_TOKEN` in each API repo's Actions Secrets — unblocks CI image push
 - [ ] 6. Gitea packages enabled + DNS record for `registry.leeworks.dev` — unblocks image push to registry
 - [ ] 7. Add api-company Flux source + kustomization to 0xWheatyz/Talos — unblocks all GitOps reconciliation
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ Grafana will be accessible at `https://grafana.leeworks.dev` (login: `admin` / `
 |-----------|-------|
 | Name      | `gatus-slack-webhook` |
 | Namespace | `monitoring` |
-| Purpose   | Gatus posts downtime alerts to a Slack channel via incoming webhook |
+| Purpose   | Gatus posts downtime alerts to a Slack channel via incoming webhook. Also mounted by Alertmanager (`alertmanagerSpec.secrets`) to send SLO / firing-alert Slack notifications. |
 | Source    | Slack → Your workspace → Apps → Incoming Webhooks → Add to Slack → copy webhook URL |
-| Unblocks  | Issue #8 (Gatus status page at `status.leeworks.dev`) |
+| Unblocks  | Issue #8 (Gatus status page at `status.leeworks.dev`); Alertmanager Slack receiver (issue #210) |
+| Consumers | **Two components** share this secret: (1) **Gatus** (`flux/monitoring/gatus-helmrelease.yaml`) — public status-page alerts; (2) **Alertmanager** (`flux/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml` via `alertmanagerSpec.secrets`) — SLO / firing-alert Slack notifications |
+
+> **Note (dual consumer):** Creating this one secret (`gatus-slack-webhook` in the `monitoring` namespace) unblocks **both** Gatus alert delivery AND Alertmanager's Slack receiver. The Alertmanager configuration references this secret at `global.slack_api_url_file: /etc/alertmanager/secrets/gatus-slack-webhook/url` (enabled in PR #212 / issue #210).

 ```bash
 kubectl create secret generic gatus-slack-webhook \
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ kubectl create secret generic rapidapi-proxy-secret \
 1 (gitea-leeworks-token) → Flux can pull this repo over HTTPS
 2 (gitea-runner-token)   → runner online → CI runs
 3 (grafana-admin)        → Grafana login works
-4 (gatus-slack-webhook)  → Gatus alerting works
+4 (gatus-slack-webhook)  → Gatus alerting works + Alertmanager Slack SLO alerts
 5 + 6 (GITEA_TOKEN + registry packages) → CI pushes images → API services deploy
 8 (gitea-registry)       → pods can pull images from registry.leeworks.dev → services start
 9 (gitea-image-automation-token) → Flux ImageUpdateAutomation pushes tag-update commits
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ spec:
                - name: vin-decoder
                  image: registry.leeworks.dev/vin-decoder/api:latest # {"$imagepolicy": "flux-system:vin-decoder"}
                  ports:
-                    - containerPort: 3000
+                    - name: http
+                      containerPort: 3000
                  env:
                    - name: RAPIDAPI_PROXY_SECRET
                      valueFrom:
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ spec:
          selector:
            app: vin-decoder
          ports:
-            - port: 80
+            - name: http
+              port: 80
              targetPort: 3000
      - apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
        kind: Ingress
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Create the Gitea PATs the build-docs workflow needs and store them as action
+# secrets on leeworks-agents/api-company:
+#   - SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN : read:repository  (clone the sibling API repos)
+#   - REGISTRY_TOKEN      : write:package + read:package
+#                           (push the docs-site image to gitea.leeworks.dev)
+#
+# Why this script exists:
+#   - The auto-injected GITEA_TOKEN is scoped to THIS repo only (can't read
+#     sibling repos) and has no package-registry scope (can't push images).
+#     GITEA_TOKEN is also a reserved secret name that cannot be overridden.
+#   - `tea` cannot CREATE a PAT (no such command), and Gitea's token-creation
+#     API requires BASIC AUTH (your password) — a token cannot mint a token.
+#   - `tea` CAN set the action secrets using its existing login.
+#
+# So: this prompts for your password ONCE, mints both PATs via the API, and
+# pipes each straight into `tea`. Token values are never written to disk.
+#
+# Usage:  bash scripts/setup-sibling-repos-token.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+GITEA_URL="https://gitea.leeworks.dev"
+GITEA_USER="0xWheatyz"
+REPO="leeworks-agents/api-company"
+# Unique per run (date + seconds + pid) so re-runs never collide with an
+# existing PAT name — Gitea returns 400 "token name has been used" otherwise.
+STAMP="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$$"
+
+command -v curl >/dev/null || { echo "curl required"; exit 1; }
+command -v tea  >/dev/null || { echo "tea required";  exit 1; }
+command -v python3 >/dev/null || { echo "python3 required"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Gitea user: $GITEA_USER  ($GITEA_URL)"
+read -r -s -p "Gitea password (for $GITEA_USER): " GITEA_PASS
+echo
+
+failures=0
+
+# mint_token <token-name> <json-scopes-array> <secret-name>
+mint_token() {
+  local token_name="$1" scopes="$2" secret_name="$3" body code pat
+  # Capture body + HTTP status separately so 4xx errors show the real message.
+  body="$(curl -sS -o - -w $'\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
+    -u "${GITEA_USER}:${GITEA_PASS}" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"name\":\"${token_name}\",\"scopes\":${scopes}}" \
+    "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/users/${GITEA_USER}/tokens")"
+  code="${body##*$'\n'}"
+  body="${body%$'\n'*}"
+  if [ "$code" -lt 200 ] || [ "$code" -ge 300 ]; then
+    echo "  ✗ ${secret_name}: token API returned HTTP ${code}: ${body}" >&2
+    echo "    (401/403 = wrong password or 2FA; 400 = duplicate name or bad scope)" >&2
+    failures=$((failures+1)); return 1
+  fi
+  pat="$(printf '%s' "$body" | python3 -c 'import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["sha1"])' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  [ -n "$pat" ] || { echo "  ✗ ${secret_name}: could not parse token from: ${body}" >&2; failures=$((failures+1)); return 1; }
+  printf '%s' "$pat" | tea actions secrets create "$secret_name" --repo "$REPO" --stdin
+  echo "  ✓ ${secret_name} set (PAT '${token_name}')"
+}
+
+# Don't let one failure abort the rest.
+mint_token "sibling-repos-readonly-${STAMP}" '["read:repository"]'              "SIBLING_REPOS_TOKEN" || true
+mint_token "docs-registry-${STAMP}"          '["write:package","read:package"]' "REGISTRY_TOKEN"       || true
+
+unset GITEA_PASS
+echo "Done (${failures} failure(s)). Verify:  tea actions secrets list --repo ${REPO}"
+echo "Then re-run build-docs (push to main, or: tea actions workflows dispatch build-docs.yaml)"
+[ "$failures" -eq 0 ]