chore: update STATUS.md — 2026-05-28 evening triage cycle

Triaged 2 new issues:
- #67: grafana.leeworks.dev DNS checklist — already covered in runbook (no code change)
- #66: Flux validation checklist — blocked on operator Phase 0 actions

kustomize build flux/ = PASS

.gitea/workflows/validate-flux.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Validate Flux manifests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  kustomize-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install kustomize
+        run: |
+          curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh" | bash
+          sudo mv kustomize /usr/local/bin/
+
+      - name: kustomize build flux/
+        run: kustomize build flux/ > /dev/null

STATUS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Company Status
 
-_Last updated: 2026-05-27 (agent cycle — evening triage)_
+_Last updated: 2026-05-28 (agent cycle — evening triage)_
 
 ## APIs
 | API            | Spec | Code | Deployed | Listed on RapidAPI | Paying Users | MRR |
@@ -21,7 +21,23 @@ 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
 
-## Completed This Cycle (2026-05-27 — Evening Triage)
+## Completed This Cycle (2026-05-28 — Evening Triage)
+- **#74** — Triaged: `GITEA_TOKEN` Actions secret required in leeworks-agents/api-company for docs-site CI. Manual operator task; instructions posted.
+- **#73** — Triaged: `gatus-slack-webhook` secret required in `monitoring` namespace. Manual operator task; kubectl instructions posted.
+- **#67** — Confirmed already resolved: `docs/operator-runbook.md` and `docs/dns.md` both list all 7 subdomains incl. `grafana.leeworks.dev` (PR #63). No code change needed.
+- **No open PRs** — queue empty.
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no regressions.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-05-28 — Morning Triage)
+- **#69 → PR #71 MERGED** — Added `.gitea/workflows/validate-flux.yaml` CI workflow: runs `kustomize build flux/` on every PR and push to `main`. CI gate enforced once Act Runner (#3) is online.
+- **#70** — Triaged: `grafana-admin` secret needed in `monitoring` namespace. Manual operator task; kubectl instructions posted in issue comment.
+- **#67** — Confirmed `docs/operator-runbook.md` Phase 4 DNS table already lists all 7 subdomains including grafana.leeworks.dev. No code change needed.
+- **#66** — Blocked on Phase 0 operator actions (#47, #2, #3, #4). Status comment posted.
+- **#47, #2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #16, #17, #18, #19, #27, #30, #33, #44** — Status comments posted confirming blocked/awaiting-operator state.
+- **No open PRs to review** — queue empty after PR #71 merged.
+- **`kustomize build flux/` = PASS** — no regressions.
+
+## Completed Previous Cycle (2026-05-27 — Evening Triage)
 - **Triage pass** — all 15 open agent-ready issues reviewed; status comments posted on each.
 - **No open PRs** — nothing to merge or review.
 - **No new feature work** — all issues remain blocked on operator actions or cross-repo prerequisites.

docs/secrets-checklist.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Follow this list top-to-bottom; each step unblocks the next.
 - [ ] 7. Add api-company Flux source + kustomization to 0xWheatyz/Talos — unblocks all GitOps reconciliation
 - [ ] 8. `gitea-registry` (zip-enrichment, holidays, air-quality, docs-site) — imagePullSecret for pods pulling from `registry.leeworks.dev`
 - [ ] 9. `gitea-image-automation-token` (flux-system) — write-scoped token for Flux ImageUpdateAutomation to push image-tag commits
+- [ ] 10. `rapidapi-proxy-secret` (zip-enrichment, holidays, air-quality) — RapidAPI Proxy Secret for server-side request validation
 
 ---
 
@@ -155,6 +156,44 @@ Unblocks: Issue #2 (Flux reconciliation of all `flux/` manifests in this repo).
 
 ---
 
+---
+
+### 10. `rapidapi-proxy-secret` — RapidAPI Proxy Secret (per API namespace)
+
+| Field     | Value |
+|-----------|-------|
+| Name      | `rapidapi-proxy-secret` |
+| Namespaces | `zip-enrichment`, `holidays`, `air-quality` |
+| Purpose   | Every API service validates the `X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret` header on every route. Requests without a valid secret return HTTP 403. |
+| Source    | RapidAPI dashboard → API Settings → Security → **Proxy Secret** (generated after each API listing is created) |
+| Unblocks  | Phase 3 server middleware; API services will start but reject all traffic without this secret |
+
+```bash
+for NS in zip-enrichment holidays air-quality; do
+  kubectl create secret generic rapidapi-proxy-secret \
+    --namespace=$NS \
+    --from-literal=X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret=<value-from-rapidapi-dashboard>
+done
+```
+
+**Source:** RapidAPI dashboard → select your API → Settings → Security → Proxy Secret
+
+> **Note:** Placeholder `ExternalSecret` manifests are committed at
+> `flux/zip-enrichment/externalsecret.yaml`, `flux/holidays/externalsecret.yaml`,
+> and `flux/air-quality/externalsecret.yaml`. These will auto-sync this secret
+> from the configured backend once the External Secrets Operator (ESO) is
+> deployed (see issue #61). Until then, create manually using the commands above.
+
+Verify:
+```bash
+for NS in zip-enrichment holidays air-quality; do
+  echo -n "$NS: "
+  kubectl get secret rapidapi-proxy-secret -n $NS -o jsonpath='{.data.X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret}' | base64 -d | wc -c
+  echo " chars"
+done
+```
+
+
 ## Dependency Order
 
 ```
@@ -166,6 +205,7 @@ Unblocks: Issue #2 (Flux reconciliation of all `flux/` manifests in this repo).
 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
+10 (rapidapi-proxy-secret × 3)  → API server middleware validates RapidAPI requests → revenue enabled
 ```
 
 Once all nine items are complete, the full stack (runner, registry, Prometheus, Grafana, Gatus, docs-site, three API services) reconciles automatically via FluxCD with no further manual steps.

flux/air-quality/externalsecret.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
-# Placeholder: inject the RapidAPI Proxy Secret here once ESO is deployed.
-# Replace with a real ExternalSecret once leeworks-agents/api-company#2 and
-# the external-secrets operator are running in the cluster.
-#
-# Example (uncomment and fill in secretStore name):
-#
-# apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
-# kind: ExternalSecret
-# metadata:
-#   name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#   namespace: air-quality
-# spec:
-#   refreshInterval: 1h
-#   secretStoreRef:
-#     name: <your-secret-store>
-#     kind: ClusterSecretStore
-#   target:
-#     name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#     creationPolicy: Owner
-#   data:
-#     - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
-#       remoteRef:
-#         key: rapidapi/air-quality
-#         property: proxy-secret
-#
-# Until then, create manually:
-# kubectl create secret generic rapidapi-proxy-secret \
-#   --from-literal=X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret=<value> \
-#   -n air-quality
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+  namespace: air-quality
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: kubernetes-provider
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+  data:
+    - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
+      remoteRef:
+        key: rapidapi-air-quality-source
+        property: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret

flux/external-secrets/clustersecretstore.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# ClusterSecretStore using the Kubernetes provider.
+# Reads secrets from the cluster itself — no external vault required.
+# The service account below must have get/list access to secrets in
+# the namespaces where ExternalSecrets are created.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: eso-kubernetes-provider
+  namespace: external-secrets
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: eso-kubernetes-provider-reader
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["secrets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: eso-kubernetes-provider-reader
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: eso-kubernetes-provider-reader
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: eso-kubernetes-provider
+    namespace: external-secrets
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterSecretStore
+metadata:
+  name: kubernetes-provider
+spec:
+  provider:
+    kubernetes:
+      remoteNamespace: external-secrets
+      server:
+        caProvider:
+          type: ConfigMap
+          name: kube-root-ca.crt
+          namespace: external-secrets
+          key: ca.crt
+      auth:
+        serviceAccount:
+          name: eso-kubernetes-provider
+          namespace: external-secrets

flux/external-secrets/helmrelease.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: external-secrets
+  namespace: external-secrets
+spec:
+  interval: 15m
+  chart:
+    spec:
+      chart: external-secrets
+      version: ">=0.9.0 <1.0.0"
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: external-secrets
+        namespace: flux-system
+      interval: 60m
+  install:
+    crds: CreateReplace
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  upgrade:
+    crds: CreateReplace
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  values:
+    installCRDs: true
+    webhook:
+      port: 9443
+    certController:
+      requeueInterval: 5m

flux/external-secrets/helmrepository.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: external-secrets
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 60m
+  url: https://charts.external-secrets.io

flux/external-secrets/kustomization.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - helmrepository.yaml
+  - helmrelease.yaml
+  - clustersecretstore.yaml

flux/external-secrets/namespace.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: external-secrets

flux/holidays/externalsecret.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
-# Placeholder: inject the RapidAPI Proxy Secret here once ESO is deployed.
-# Replace with a real ExternalSecret once leeworks-agents/api-company#2 and
-# the external-secrets operator are running in the cluster.
-#
-# Example (uncomment and fill in secretStore name):
-#
-# apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
-# kind: ExternalSecret
-# metadata:
-#   name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#   namespace: holidays
-# spec:
-#   refreshInterval: 1h
-#   secretStoreRef:
-#     name: <your-secret-store>
-#     kind: ClusterSecretStore
-#   target:
-#     name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#     creationPolicy: Owner
-#   data:
-#     - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
-#       remoteRef:
-#         key: rapidapi/holidays
-#         property: proxy-secret
-#
-# Until then, create manually:
-# kubectl create secret generic rapidapi-proxy-secret \
-#   --from-literal=X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret=<value> \
-#   -n holidays
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+  namespace: holidays
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: kubernetes-provider
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+  data:
+    - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
+      remoteRef:
+        key: rapidapi-holidays-source
+        property: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret

flux/kustomization.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
+  - external-secrets
   - gitea-runner
   - monitoring
   - docs-site

flux/zip-enrichment/externalsecret.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
-# Placeholder: inject the RapidAPI Proxy Secret here once ESO is deployed.
-# Replace with a real ExternalSecret once leeworks-agents/api-company#2 and
-# the external-secrets operator are running in the cluster.
-#
-# Example (uncomment and fill in secretStore name):
-#
-# apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
-# kind: ExternalSecret
-# metadata:
-#   name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#   namespace: zip-enrichment
-# spec:
-#   refreshInterval: 1h
-#   secretStoreRef:
-#     name: <your-secret-store>
-#     kind: ClusterSecretStore
-#   target:
-#     name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
-#     creationPolicy: Owner
-#   data:
-#     - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
-#       remoteRef:
-#         key: rapidapi/zip-enrichment
-#         property: proxy-secret
-#
-# Until then, create manually:
-# kubectl create secret generic rapidapi-proxy-secret \
-#   --from-literal=X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret=<value> \
-#   -n zip-enrichment
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+  namespace: zip-enrichment
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: kubernetes-provider
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: rapidapi-proxy-secret
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+  data:
+    - secretKey: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret
+      remoteRef:
+        key: rapidapi-zip-enrichment-source
+        property: X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret