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Executes the namespace half of the organization transfer decided in #1599. GHCR packages do not transfer between organizations and Fulcio certificates are immutable, so the namespace published at 1.0 must be the final one. This PR converts every operational ghcr.io/ls1intum/hephaestus/* reference to ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/<image> (dropping the redundant hephaestus/ segment) and makes every consumer that touches a previous release resolve its namespace and signing identity per version.

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The transfer is complete and all activation preconditions are met. The repository is now hephaestus-build/Hephaestus; all four images are republished digest-identical and public under ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/* (main-tip da6a343 plus 0.74.0 / 0.74 / latest). This PR is rebased onto post-transfer main and is ready to merge.

What changed

  • Namespace sweep — workflows (release.yml, ci-docker-build.yml, ci-quality-gates.yml, ci-tests.yml, reusable-docker-build.yml example), compose files (docker/preview/compose.app.yaml, server/compose.yaml), docker/.env.example, docker/postgres/Dockerfile, the baked application.yml agent-image default plus its configuration metadata, seven server test classes, check-preview-stack.ts, coolify-preview.ts, check-release-image-inventory.ts, and operational docs. Historical ADRs, MIGRATION.md history, and CHANGELOG stay untouched.
  • security/release-identities.json — maps version ranges to {namespace, certificateIdentityRepository}. Releases < 0.75.0 resolve to ghcr.io/ls1intum/hephaestus and the ls1intum/Hephaestus signing identity forever; the final (open) entry is the current identity, whose certificate identity CI derives from the run context so a future transfer or a fork needs no edit.
  • Per-version resolution wired into every previous-release consumer:
    • the N-1 upgrade gate: release.yml passes previous-version and resolve-release-upgrade-images.ts picks the previous release's own namespace from the map;
    • rescan-release-images.yml and deploy-locked-compose.yml resolve the lock's certificate identity via the new scripts/resolve-release-identity.ts (the expected-signer-repository override still wins);
    • prepare-release-lock.ts (host smoke + operator install) verifies with the release's identity;
    • verify-release-evidence.ts derives the expected first-party repository from the evidence manifest's release version.
  • purl — the release-lock attestation predicate derives pkg:github/<owner>/<repo> from the run context (lowercased) instead of a hardcoded slug.
  • Changeset (minor, **Operators:**) + .migration/ fragment — image pull paths change for new releases; old releases stay valid at their original paths.

Boundary verification

The map's hephaestus-build entry starts at 0.75.0. Verified against the live history: the latest published release is v0.74.0, the root package version is 0.74.0, and changeset status computes the next release as 0.74.0 → 0.75.0 (minor). So 0.75.0 is exactly the first release that will be cut post-transfer, and every shipped release (≤ 0.74.x) resolves to the ls1intum namespace and identity — asserted directly in scripts/release-identities.test.ts.

The first post-merge release's N-1 upgrade gate therefore pulls ghcr.io/ls1intum/hephaestus/application-server:0.74.0, which is untouched and public in the old organization.

release-pin-fetcher was deliberately not migrated; it is referenced nowhere in this branch's operational surface (no compose service, workflow, script, or security/release-images.json entry) — only in historical MIGRATION.md and ADR prose, which this PR leaves alone. No impact.

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  • pnpm run test:tooling 224/224 · check:changesets 5/5 · verify-changesets on the changeset and --migration fragment pairing · check:preview-stack 12/12 · check:env 19/19
  • Compose renders clean (docker/preview/compose.app.yaml, server/compose.yaml) · docs:lint 0 errors · format:check and lint:agents clean
  • actionlint: findings set-identical to main (zero new) · zizmor 1.29.0 --min-confidence medium: no findings
  • Affected server unit tests (48) green; spotless applied

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  • Release Changes

    • Container images are now published under ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/<image>.
    • Releases before version 0.75.0 remain available under the previous image namespace.
    • Existing installation and upgrade flows continue to work without changes.
  • Documentation

    • Added migration guidance for registry mirrors, network allowlists, pinned image references, and verification of historical releases.
    • Updated image references and release verification instructions throughout the documentation.

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The change moves current container images to ghcr.io/hephaestus-build, preserves historical image and signing identities, and adds per-release identity resolution for workflows and verification scripts. Runtime references, tests, documentation, and migration guidance use the new namespace.

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Image namespace migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Release identity map and resolution
security/release-identities.json, scripts/lib/release-identities.ts, scripts/resolve-release-identity.ts, scripts/lib/release-signer.ts, scripts/release-identities.test.ts
Adds version-based mappings for historical and current image namespaces and certificate identities. The helpers validate the map and resolve identities for release versions.
Release verification and upgrade workflows
.github/workflows/deploy-locked-compose.yml, .github/workflows/release-upgrade.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml, .github/workflows/rescan-release-images.yml, scripts/resolve-release-upgrade-images.ts, scripts/prepare-release-lock.ts, scripts/verify-release-evidence.ts, scripts/*test.ts
Release workflows and scripts resolve previous image repositories and signing identities per version. Evidence validation now uses the release namespace.
Current image publishing and runtime references
.github/workflows/ci-*.yml, docker/*, server/compose.yaml, server/application/..., scripts/check-*.ts, scripts/coolify-preview.ts, server/application/src/test/*
Current image publishing, local and preview compose files, application defaults, validation scripts, and test fixtures use ghcr.io/hephaestus-build.
Migration and operator documentation
.changeset/move-image-namespace.md, .migration/move-image-namespace.md, docs/admin/*, docs/contributor/e2e-testing.md, docs/runbooks/auth-cutover.md
Documents the namespace transfer, historical image locations, signing identities, registry updates, manual image pins, and verification commands.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 10cee

The namespace migration can reject valid signatures from pre-migration releases, use an incorrect fallback signing identity in misconfigured CI, and fail to republish unchanged images when only legacy base tags exist. These issues can break historical release verification and the first post-transfer release, so the PR is not merge-ready until they are fixed.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ReleaseWorkflow
  participant IdentityResolver
  participant ImageRegistry
  participant Cosign
  ReleaseWorkflow->>IdentityResolver: resolve namespace and certificate identity for release
  IdentityResolver-->>ReleaseWorkflow: return release-specific identity values
  ReleaseWorkflow->>ImageRegistry: resolve current and previous image references
  ReleaseWorkflow->>Cosign: verify images and release evidence
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Prepares the ls1intum -> hephaestus-build organization transfer (#1599).
GHCR packages do not transfer between organizations and Fulcio
certificates are immutable, so every release published so far keeps its
images and signatures under the old identity forever. This branch moves
everything that names the namespace, and teaches every consumer that
touches a *previous* release to resolve namespace and signing identity
per version:

- All image references move to ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/<image>,
  dropping the now-redundant hephaestus/ path segment: workflows,
  compose files, .env.example, the baked application.yml agent-image
  default and its configuration metadata, scripts, tests, and
  operational docs. Historical ADRs, MIGRATION.md history, and CHANGELOG
  entries stay untouched.
- security/release-identities.json maps version ranges to
  {namespace, certificateIdentityRepository}; releases before the first
  post-transfer release resolve to ghcr.io/ls1intum/hephaestus and the
  ls1intum/Hephaestus signing identity.
- scripts/lib/release-identities.ts is the shared resolver; the
  scripts/resolve-release-identity.ts CLI serves workflows. The N-1
  upgrade gate now passes previous-version instead of a fully-formed
  image so resolve-release-upgrade-images.ts can pick the previous
  release's own namespace, and rescan-release-images.yml,
  deploy-locked-compose.yml, prepare-release-lock.ts, and
  verify-release-evidence.ts verify against the release's identity
  instead of assuming the run's.
- The release-lock attestation purl derives from the run context
  instead of a hardcoded slug.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In @.github/workflows/ci-docker-build.yml:
- Line 239: Update the tag_image logic around the image variable so it resolves
the base image namespace from the base commit, falling back from
ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/ to the legacy ghcr.io/ls1ntum/hephaestus/ namespace
when needed; apply the same resolved namespace to both BASE_SHA and merged-head
retry digest checks.

In `@scripts/lib/release-identities.ts`:
- Line 128: Update the condition guarding releaseSignerIdentity() in the
current-release path to delegate whenever CI is set, including when
GITHUB_REPOSITORY is absent; preserve the existing identity comparison and
non-CI behavior so misconfigured CI does not fall back to the static map
identity.

In `@scripts/verify-release-evidence.ts`:
- Around line 204-207: Update the manifest validation flow around
validateManifest and releaseIdentityFor so the resolved release identity is
retained and reused by both signature-check paths. In verify-signatures mode,
derive cosign verify-attestation, cosign verify, and gh attestation verify
arguments from the manifest release’s historical repository and certificate
identity rather than the current GITHUB_REPOSITORY.
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  • .changeset/move-image-namespace.md
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  • .github/workflows/deploy-locked-compose.yml
  • .github/workflows/release-upgrade.yml
  • .github/workflows/release.yml
  • .github/workflows/rescan-release-images.yml
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  • .migration/move-image-namespace.md
  • docker/.env.example
  • docker/postgres/Dockerfile
  • docker/preview/compose.app.yaml
  • docs/admin/compatibility-policy.mdx
  • docs/admin/release-image-lock.md
  • docs/contributor/e2e-testing.md
  • docs/runbooks/auth-cutover.md
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  • scripts/check-release-image-inventory.test.ts
  • scripts/check-release-image-inventory.ts
  • scripts/coolify-preview.ts
  • scripts/lib/release-identities.ts
  • scripts/lib/release-signer.ts
  • scripts/prepare-release-lock.ts
  • scripts/release-deployment-policy.test.ts
  • scripts/release-identities.test.ts
  • scripts/release-image-lock.test.ts
  • scripts/resolve-release-identity.ts
  • scripts/resolve-release-upgrade-images.ts
  • scripts/verify-release-evidence.test.ts
  • scripts/verify-release-evidence.ts
  • security/release-identities.json
  • server/application/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
  • server/application/src/main/resources/application.yml
  • server/application/src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/hephaestus/agent/practice/PracticePiAdapterTest.java
  • server/application/src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/hephaestus/agent/runtime/AgentImageDefaultResolutionTest.java
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  • server/application/src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/hephaestus/agent/sandbox/docker/AgentImagePullBootstrapperTest.java
  • server/application/src/test/java/de/tum/cit/aet/hephaestus/agent/sandbox/docker/RepositoryTreeStagingLiveTest.java
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Addresses review on #1671. The namespace was already resolved per
release, but the signature checks still derived their signer from the
run context, so a pre-transfer release validated its old image
repository while rejecting its valid old workflow signatures.

- verify-release-evidence.ts resolves the SBOM attestation identity,
  the image-index certificate identity, the workflow repository and the
  attestation owner from the manifest's release version instead of
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY / GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER.
- releaseCertificateIdentity takes the signing workflow, since the
  indexes and their attestations are signed by reusable-docker-build.yml
  rather than release.yml.
- A current-release lookup inside CI now requires the run context rather
  than merely preferring it: CI without GITHUB_REPOSITORY throws instead
  of silently falling back to the map's recorded slug.

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⛔ Blocked on a GHCR package ACL gap (org action required — not a code issue)

All four Docker builds fail identically:

failed to push ghcr.io/hephaestus-build/postgres:pr-1671: denied: permission_denied: write_package

It is not specific to this PR, to buildpacks, or to any one image — application-server (Paketo), postgres and agent-pi (plain Dockerfile) all fail at the push step, and webapp is on the same path.

Root cause. The four republished packages are public, but none is linked to a repository:

package visibility linked repository
application-server public none
webapp public none
agent-pi public none
postgres public none

GHCR links a package to a repository automatically only when a workflow in that repository pushes it. These were created by an out-of-band republish (cosign copy / imagetools) from an admin credential, so no link exists — and without it the repository's GITHUB_TOKEN has no write access to the package even though the job correctly requests packages: write. Hence write_package denied.

Fix (org owner, per package). Package settings → Manage Actions access → add repository Hephaestus with the Write role:

There is no REST API for this; it is UI-only. Do not delete and let CI recreate the packages — that would destroy the 0.74.0 digests and Sigstore signatures that security/release-identities.json depends on for the N-1 upgrade gate.

Once the four links exist, re-run the failed jobs; no change to this branch is needed. Auto-merge stays armed, so the queue takes it as soon as the checks go green.

This gap blocks any image push from CI in the new organization, not just this PR — it would have surfaced on the next merge to main regardless.

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