fix(vault-seed): seed OIDC client/cookie secrets from the SOPS bootstrap source#1989
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dex's staticClients and oauth2-proxy consume ${dex_client_secret} /
${flux_web_client_secret} / ${oauth2_proxy_cookie_secret} straight from
the variables-cluster SOPS secret via Flux post-build substitution —
while headlamp, actual-budget and the OpenBao OIDC auth method read the
SAME logical secrets back from the vault paths, which were seeded by an
INDEPENDENT Password generator. Two unrelated random values for one
client secret: dex rejects every vault-sourced consumer (verified live:
sha256(variables-cluster.dex_client_secret) != sha256(vault-synced
dex-client-secret)).
Replace the three generator-based pushes with seed-* PushSecrets that
mirror the variables-cluster keys into the same vault paths (hourly,
like every other SOPS-sourced seed), and drop their now-unused Password
generators and cache ExternalSecrets. The truly generated secrets
(umami / fleetdm) keep the cache pattern.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ℹ️ The 🧪 System Test failure here is the pre-existing repo-wide CI breakage (OpenBao service-registration label updates rejected with HTTP 422 → |
This was referenced Jun 10, 2026
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Root cause
The same logical secret has two unrelated values:
${dex_client_secret}/${flux_web_client_secret}/${oauth2_proxy_cookie_secret}directly from thevariables-clusterSOPS secret via Flux post-build substitutioninfrastructure/oidc/{dex,flux-web,oauth2-proxy}— which were seeded by an independent Password generatorVerified live on prod just now:
sha256(variables-cluster.dex_client_secret) ≠ sha256(vault-synced dex-client-secret)→ dex rejects every vault-sourced consumer. This predates the 2026-06-10 incident (the generator never knew about the SOPS value), and the post-incident regeneration (#1981) re-rolled the dice.Fix
Replace the three generator-based pushes with
seed-*PushSecrets that mirror thevariables-clusterkeys into the same vault paths (hourly, like every other SOPS-sourced seed). Drop the now-unused Password generators and cache ExternalSecrets (Flux prunes them; the cache Secrets are GC'd with their owners). The truly generated secrets (umami / fleetdm) keep the #1981 cache pattern — they have no external system of record.After merge I'll re-run the vault-config Job once so the OpenBao OIDC auth method picks up the corrected
oidc_client_secret.Validation
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