ci: publish web+appservice sha images on next (#1407)

build-web and build-appservice sat on a main-only when-anchor while
build-gateway used the next-capable one, so next-lane pushes produced
gateway sha images with no web/appservice counterpart — no sha-parity
image set existed for next-lane containerized deploys (measured: web and
appservice each had exactly one sha tag, the month-old last main build).

Fix: single shared image_build_when anchor for all three image steps;
web/appservice adopt the gateway-style branch guard (next = sha-only
destinations, tag refused; main adds :latest; anything else requires a
tag). The divergent second anchor is removed — two near-identical anchors
silently drifting apart is the defect class itself.

scripts/verify-release.test.mjs: 11/11 pass (SDLC-D-034 gate unchanged;
depends_on untouched, publish-next-npm serialization edge intact).

.woodpecker/ci.yml

@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ when:
   - event: push
     branch: main
 
-# Turbo remote cache (turbo.mosaicstack.dev) is configured via Woodpecker
-# repository-level environment variables (TURBO_API, TURBO_TEAM, TURBO_TOKEN).
-# This avoids from_secret which is blocked on pull_request events.
-# If the env vars aren't set, turbo falls back to local cache only.
+# Turbo remote cache (turbo.mosaicstack.dev) is wired in publish.yml via the
+# org-level Woodpecker secret `turbo_token` (events: push/tag/cron/manual/
+# deployment — never pull_request). This PR pipeline deliberately gets no
+# remote-cache credentials: an untrusted PR must not be able to write to (or
+# poison) the shared cache. Without TURBO_* env vars turbo falls back to
+# local cache only, which is the intended behavior here.
 
 steps:
   install:

.woodpecker/publish.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ variables:
   # non-excluded change still builds, so no transitive dep can silently go stale.
   # (Woodpecker: `when` entries are OR'd; `path` applies to push/PR only — hence
   # the separate `event: tag` entry.)
+  # #1407: ONE shared anchor for all three image steps. A second main-only
+  # anchor previously gated build-web/build-appservice, so next-lane pushes
+  # published gateway sha images with no web/appservice counterpart — no
+  # sha-parity set existed for next-lane containerized deploys. Every image
+  # step now builds on next too (sha-only destinations, enforced per step).
   - &image_build_when
     - event: tag
     - event: [push, manual]
@@ -44,16 +49,6 @@ variables:
           - '.woodpecker/**'
     - event: [push, manual]
       branch: next
-  - &main_image_build_when
-    - event: tag
-    - event: [push, manual]
-      branch: main
-      path:
-        exclude:
-          - 'packages/mosaic/**'
-          - 'docs/**'
-          - '**/*.md'
-          - '.woodpecker/**'
 
 when:
   - branch: [main, next]
@@ -73,6 +68,13 @@ steps:
   # being empty) and on any incomplete verification.
   verify:
     image: *node_image
+    environment:
+      # Turbo remote cache (see .woodpecker/ci.yml header comment): org-level
+      # secret, exposed only on trusted events (push/tag/cron/manual/deployment).
+      TURBO_API: https://turbo.mosaicstack.dev
+      TURBO_TEAM: mosaic
+      TURBO_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: turbo_token
     commands:
       - *enable_pnpm
       # (a) Commit identity: the provider's claimed SHA must equal the actual
@@ -108,6 +110,13 @@ steps:
 
   build:
     image: *node_image
+    environment:
+      # Turbo remote cache (see .woodpecker/ci.yml header comment): org-level
+      # secret, exposed only on trusted events (push/tag/cron/manual/deployment).
+      TURBO_API: https://turbo.mosaicstack.dev
+      TURBO_TEAM: mosaic
+      TURBO_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: turbo_token
     commands:
       - *enable_pnpm
       - pnpm build
@@ -460,7 +469,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-appservice:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    when: *main_image_build_when
+    when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
@@ -474,8 +483,17 @@ steps:
       - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.mosaicstack.dev\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - |
         DESTINATIONS="--destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/appservice:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}"
-        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
+        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "next" ]; then
+          if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "[publish] FATAL: next appservice publish must be sha-only; refusing tag '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "[publish] next appservice publish is sha-only"
+        elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/appservice:latest"
+        elif [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+          echo "[publish] FATAL: appservice image publish may only run for main, next, or tag events" >&2
+          exit 1
         fi
         if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/appservice:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
@@ -495,7 +513,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-web:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    when: *main_image_build_when
+    when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: REGISTRY_USERNAME
@@ -509,8 +527,17 @@ steps:
       - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.mosaicstack.dev\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - |
         DESTINATIONS="--destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/web:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}"
-        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
+        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "next" ]; then
+          if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "[publish] FATAL: next web publish must be sha-only; refusing tag '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "[publish] next web publish is sha-only"
+        elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/web:latest"
+        elif [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+          echo "[publish] FATAL: web image publish may only run for main, next, or tag events" >&2
+          exit 1
         fi
         if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/web:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"

apps/gateway/src/main.ts

@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ import { mountMcpHandler } from './mcp/mcp.controller.js';
 import { McpService } from './mcp/mcp.service.js';
 import { detectAndAssertTier, TierDetectionError } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
 import { resolveGatewayConfigPath } from './env.js';
+import { assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators } from './validation-pipe-check.js';
 
 async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
   const logger = new Logger('Bootstrap');
 
+  // Fail loud BEFORE anything else if the global ValidationPipe cannot see
+  // the guarded DTOs' decorated properties (#1391): a broken metatype turns
+  // every request body into a 400 at first use; this surfaces it at boot.
+  assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators();
+
   if (!process.env['BETTER_AUTH_SECRET']) {
     throw new Error('BETTER_AUTH_SECRET is required');
   }

apps/gateway/src/validation-pipe-check.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * Boot-time ValidationPipe metatype self-check (#1391).
+ *
+ * The check exists to fail loud at boot when the global pipe cannot see a
+ * guarded DTO's decorated properties — the #436 class-erasure signature and
+ * its dependency-graph cousins. Red/green arms:
+ *
+ *   GREEN  real module state: BootstrapSetupDto's three properties are
+ *          decorated and visible through the globalThis-shared storage.
+ *   RED    a control class with NO decorators (the erasure shape): the
+ *          check throws PipeMetatypeCheckError naming every property.
+ *   RED-2  a control where one property is decorated and two are not: the
+ *          error names exactly the missing two — the miss list is precise,
+ *          not a blanket failure.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import {
+  assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators,
+  PipeMetatypeCheckError,
+} from './validation-pipe-check.js';
+
+describe('assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators (#1391 boot check)', () => {
+  it('GREEN: passes on real module state (decorated DTO visible to the pipe)', () => {
+    expect(() => assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('RED control: a class whose properties lost their decorators throws, naming them', async () => {
+    // Simulate metatype erasure: an undecorated class standing where a
+    // decorated DTO should be. Redefine the guard table for the test by
+    // importing the module and pointing its table at the eroded class —
+    // the check reads the table at call time, so a fresh module instance
+    // with a swapped table reproduces the boot failure deterministically.
+    const { PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS } = await import('./validation-pipe-check.js');
+
+    class ErodedDto {
+      name?: string;
+      email?: string;
+      password?: string;
+    }
+
+    const original = PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS[0];
+    expect(original).toBeDefined();
+    // Swap in the eroded target (same declared properties, zero decorators).
+    (
+      PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS as unknown as Array<{ name: string; target: object; properties: string[] }>
+    ).splice(0, PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS.length, {
+      name: 'ErodedDto',
+      target: ErodedDto,
+      properties: ['name', 'email', 'password'],
+    });
+
+    try {
+      expect(() => assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators()).toThrow(PipeMetatypeCheckError);
+      try {
+        assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators();
+      } catch (err) {
+        const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : '';
+        expect(message).toContain('ErodedDto.name');
+        expect(message).toContain('ErodedDto.email');
+        expect(message).toContain('ErodedDto.password');
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // Restore real module state for any later test in this file.
+      (PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS as unknown as unknown[]).splice(0, PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS.length, original);
+    }
+    // And confirm the restore is real.
+    expect(() => assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('RED-2 control: a partially decorated class names exactly the missing properties', async () => {
+    const { PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS } = await import('./validation-pipe-check.js');
+
+    class HalfErodedDto {
+      @IsString()
+      name?: string;
+      email?: string;
+      password?: string;
+    }
+
+    const original = PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS[0];
+    (
+      PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS as unknown as Array<{ name: string; target: object; properties: string[] }>
+    ).splice(0, PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS.length, {
+      name: 'HalfErodedDto',
+      target: HalfErodedDto,
+      properties: ['name', 'email', 'password'],
+    });
+
+    try {
+      try {
+        assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators();
+        expect.unreachable('partially decorated DTO must fail the boot check');
+      } catch (err) {
+        const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : '';
+        expect(message).toContain('HalfErodedDto.email');
+        expect(message).toContain('HalfErodedDto.password');
+        expect(message).not.toContain('HalfErodedDto.name has no');
+      }
+    } finally {
+      (PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS as unknown as unknown[]).splice(0, PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS.length, original);
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/validation-pipe-check.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { getMetadataStorage } from 'class-validator';
+import { BootstrapSetupDto } from './admin/bootstrap.dto.js';
+
+/**
+ * Boot-time self-check: the global ValidationPipe must be able to SEE the
+ * decorated properties of the DTOs it guards (#1391, #436 class).
+ *
+ * WHY THIS EXISTS. When Nest resolves a @Body() metatype to Object — via
+ * `import type` class erasure (#436), or a dependency graph where the
+ * controller's decorators and the application's route enhancers disagree
+ * (#1391's hypothesized dual-@nestjs/common on a mixed install) — the
+ * ValidationPipe's whitelist treats every property as forbidden. The first
+ * symptom is a 400 on the FIRST bootstrap attempt of a fresh install, the
+ * worst place to discover wiring damage: the operator cannot tell a broken
+ * payload from a broken daemon.
+ *
+ * This check fails LOUD at boot instead: if the pipe cannot see the DTO's
+ * decorated properties, the gateway refuses to start with a named cause.
+ * It catches the whole class — erasure, decorator metadata loss — on every
+ * host, at the moment the damage exists rather than at first use.
+ *
+ * Storage sharing note: class-validator keys its metadata storage on
+ * globalThis, so duplicate package copies do NOT hide metadata (measured,
+ * #1391 diagnosis). What hides it is losing the metatype itself, which is
+ * what this asserts against.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DTOs the global pipe guards, mapped to the properties the whitelist must
+ * admit. Target is the CONSTRUCTOR (the object class itself): class-validator
+ * decorators register metadata keyed on the constructor, and its executor
+ * looks up `object.constructor` (ValidationExecutor.js:50) — the probe
+ * through `prototype` returns zero. Extend when adding DTOs to the app.
+ */
+export const PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS: Array<{
+  name: string;
+  target: abstract new (...args: never[]) => unknown;
+  properties: string[];
+}> = [
+  {
+    name: 'BootstrapSetupDto',
+    target: BootstrapSetupDto,
+    properties: ['name', 'email', 'password'],
+  },
+];
+
+export class PipeMetatypeCheckError extends Error {
+  constructor(missing: string[]) {
+    super(
+      'ValidationPipe metatype check failed: ' +
+        missing.join('; ') +
+        '. The global ValidationPipe cannot see decorated DTO properties — ' +
+        'every request body would be rejected as non-whitelisted. ' +
+        'Check for import-type erasure or decorator metadata loss in the ' +
+        'dependency graph (see issues #436, #1391).',
+    );
+    this.name = 'PipeMetatypeCheckError';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Assert the pipe's whitelist can see every guarded DTO's decorated
+ * properties. Throws PipeMetatypeCheckError (fail-loud at boot) listing
+ * each miss. Pure function of module state: no I/O, safe to call twice.
+ */
+export function assertValidationPipeSeesDtoDecorators(): void {
+  const storage = getMetadataStorage();
+  const missing: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const dto of PIPE_GUARDED_DTOS) {
+    // class-validator records constraints keyed on the DTO's constructor
+    // (decorators run on the class), and its executor resolves them via
+    // object.constructor. A property with no recorded metadata is invisible
+    // to the whitelist — whatever the cause — and fails here.
+    // Signature mirrors ValidationExecutor.js:50 — (constructor, schema, always,
+    // strictGroups, groups?). No schema, always=true, no groups: every
+    // constraint regardless of grouping, which is what the whitelist sees.
+    const metadatas = storage.getTargetValidationMetadatas(dto.target, '', true, false);
+    const decorated = new Set(metadatas.map((m) => m.propertyName));
+
+    for (const property of dto.properties) {
+      if (!decorated.has(property)) {
+        missing.push(
+          `${dto.name}.${property} has no class-validator constraints visible to the pipe`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (missing.length > 0) {
+    throw new PipeMetatypeCheckError(missing);
+  }
+}

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+---
+kind: spec
+status: active
+---
+
+# Mosaic Stack Roadmap
+
+Companion to [docs/PRD.md](./PRD.md). Governed by the D11 rule: **every planned
+phase appears here from day one, even as a placeholder** — nothing exists only
+in heads. A phase marked _placeholder_ is a commitment to design it, not a
+design; scoping one requires its own PRD section or requirements doc plus
+review.
+
+Phases are product phases. The in-flight platform workstreams (KBN-100/101
+kanban SOT implementation, FCM #758, FCOM #766, TESS, RI #1275, and the other
+Part II contracts in the PRD) run as parallel tracks under their own issues
+and are prerequisites where noted.
+
+| Phase | Scope                                                                          | Status                                    |
+| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
+| P0    | Current state on `next`: read-only dashboard, chat, auth/SSO login, admin tabs | shipped, evolving                         |
+| P1    | **v1 slice** (PRD Part I §9)                                                   | next up                                   |
+| P2    | Connectors + comms + wizard expansion                                          | placeholder                               |
+| P3    | Full onboarding profile + M365                                                 | placeholder                               |
+| P4    | Enterprise mode + one-way conversion                                           | placeholder                               |
+| P5    | Federation                                                                     | placeholder (deliberately undesigned, D3) |
+
+## P0 — current state
+
+What exists on `next` today: web dashboard (login/register/SSO, chat,
+read-only projects/tasks, settings, admin user/system-health tabs), the
+Gateway, the CLI-first framework tooling, and the fleet control plane. The
+webUI audit (USC estate, webui-audit lane) measures the gap between this and
+P1.
+
+## P1 — v1 slice (D11)
+
+1. Standalone onboarding wizard: system/company name, component choices,
+   initial user, initial estate + project, seeded examples, re-runnable.
+2. Hierarchy core: company → estate → project → workspace → kanban, read-only
+   task bubble-up (kanban SOT Amendment A1 is the schema contract).
+3. Basic RBAC on the hierarchy.
+4. Minimal agent enrollment: one harness, API key, name/persona.
+
+Prerequisites: KBN-100/101 schema foundation; the D8 tool inventory and
+webUI→tool mapping (any missing tool is built first, D12).
+
+## P2 — connectors + comms + wizard expansion (placeholder)
+
+Email and drive connectors (Gmail/IMAP, Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox) with
+granular agentic-access consent; comms integrations (Matrix/Discord/Slack)
+including agent auto-enroll. Wizard gains the corresponding tabs (D4), plus
+the D4 capabilities deferred out of P1's minimal slice: expanded agent
+enrollment (OAuth login, multi-account, model choice with recommendation,
+account assignment, comms auto-enroll) and the Standalone SSO/OIDC
+configuration tab.
+
+## P3 — full onboarding profile + M365 (placeholder)
+
+Complete user onboarding profile (communication-style capture, optional
+voice-matching interview) under the D14 custody rule; M365 connectors,
+available to both deployment modes as ordinary connectors (same consent model
+as the P2 connector class). The Enterprise install flow's M365 prominence
+(D4) arrives with the Enterprise phase, P4.
+
+## P4 — Enterprise mode + conversion (placeholder)
+
+Enterprise install flow (org chart, RBAC focus, immediate OIDC, SSO
+prominent); per-user brains with architectural isolation (D14); Vault
+required; the one-way Standalone → Enterprise conversion (D3).
+
+## P5 — federation (placeholder)
+
+Connecting deployments: system-level config, assigned users, rights and
+data-access control, trusts with boundaries, strict data access, exfiltration
+monitoring. Explicitly not designed yet (D3); nothing in earlier phases may
+foreclose it. Requires its own PRD + threat model before any scoping.

docs/requirements/native-kanban-sot.md

@@ -372,3 +372,87 @@ The P0–P3 canon does not authorize:
 ## 7. Global release evidence
 
 P0–P3 may close only when requirements traceability maps every requirement above to automated and situational evidence, including cross-workspace denials, DB/Valkey fault injection, concurrent leases, stale fencing, generated-file immutability, UI conflict/reconnect behavior, migration reconciliation, independent review, mandatory SecReview, and final Certifier evidence.
+
+## 8. Amendment A1 — hierarchy parentage and RBAC chain above workspaces
+
+**Status:** amendment to the ratified canon, added by reviewed PR under
+decision D13 (operator ruling, 2026-08-25; decision owner Jason). It adds
+parent structure ABOVE workspaces. Sections 1–7, every invariant in §3, and
+every REQ above remain binding verbatim, with exactly one express modification:
+the narrow portfolio-analytics carve-out stated in §8.2.4. Nothing else below
+this line is weakened.
+
+### 8.1 What is added
+
+1. A platform hierarchy exists above workspaces:
+   **company/organization → estate → platform-project → workspace**. Each
+   workspace belongs to exactly one platform-project, each platform-project to
+   exactly one estate, each estate to exactly one company.
+2. **Record class.** Hierarchy records (company, estate, platform-project,
+   their parentage edges, and hierarchy-level access grants) are a new,
+   explicitly named record class: **tenancy/authorization structure records**.
+   They are not business or orchestration records, so §3 invariant 10 and
+   REQ-TEN-001 do not apply to them and are not weakened by them — those two
+   requirements bind business/orchestration rows exactly as before.
+   Constraints on the new class:
+   - Hierarchy tables MUST NOT carry task, plan, or any other
+     business/orchestration payload — parentage, naming, and grant data only.
+   - A hierarchy record can never be the subject of work: it cannot be
+     claimed, ordered, gated, or referenced as a dependency by any
+     business/orchestration row.
+   - Hierarchy mutations flow through the same sole-writable-SOT, fail-closed,
+     audited mutation path as everything else (§8.2.3).
+3. The hierarchy serves exactly two runtime functions, plus audited
+   maintenance of its own structure:
+   - **RBAC evaluation:** access grants are declared per company, estate, or
+     platform-project and evaluate down the chain to workspace-scoped
+     authorization. Tenant context continues to be derived from authenticated
+     authority (REQ-TEN-001); the chain adds where grants can be declared,
+     not a bypass of workspace authorization.
+   - **Read-only roll-ups:** task and status visualization bubbles up the
+     hierarchy as aggregation over workspaces the reader is authorized on.
+   - **Chain maintenance (not a third runtime function):** re-parenting an
+     asset — moving a workspace to another platform-project, a
+     platform-project to another estate, and so on ("assets are transferable
+     subject to the structure", PRD Part I §4) — is an audited edit of the
+     hierarchy records themselves under §8.3. It never modifies
+     business/orchestration rows and never crosses a workspace boundary for
+     them; the workspace's contents move with the workspace untouched.
+4. Naming: this amendment says **platform-project** for the hierarchy level
+   above workspaces, because §5 REQ-PLAN-001 already defines `projects` as
+   planning entities INSIDE a workspace. The two are different objects. Final
+   terminology (rename of one or the other) is an implementation-PR decision
+   under this amendment's review; the schema MUST NOT merge them.
+
+### 8.2 What is explicitly unchanged
+
+1. `workspace_id` remains the hard mechanical isolation unit (§2 D2,
+   REQ-TEN-001). Hierarchy tables carry parentage; they do not create
+   cross-workspace relationships between business/orchestration rows, which
+   remain rejected (§3 invariant 10).
+2. Roll-up is **never a write**: no aggregation path may mutate, claim, order,
+   or gate work in any workspace. Bubble-up views are generated projections in
+   the sense of §3 invariant 5 — non-authoritative and never import sources.
+3. Fail-closed mutation health (§3 invariants 3–4), sole writable PostgreSQL
+   SOT, fencing, audit, and the Coordinator/Certifier authority rules are
+   untouched.
+4. No §6 non-goal is authorized, with one express, narrow carve-out that this
+   amendment makes to the "portfolio analytics" non-goal: the read-only
+   roll-up of §8.1 — per-workspace task counts and statuses aggregated up the
+   parent chain, over workspaces the reader is authorized on — is in scope.
+   Everything beyond that boundary (metrics, trends, forecasting, scoring,
+   dashboards computed across workspaces, any derived analytic that is not a
+   direct count/status aggregation) remains a non-goal. This is an explicit
+   narrowing by amendment, not a claim that §6 is unchanged; every other §6
+   non-goal is untouched.
+
+### 8.3 Acceptance (binding on the implementing PRs)
+
+- Schema tests prove each workspace resolves to exactly one
+  platform-project/estate/company chain and that chain edits are audited.
+- Authorization tests prove a grant at each hierarchy level yields exactly the
+  workspace permissions the chain implies, and that revocation up the chain
+  propagates.
+- Negative tests prove roll-up endpoints cannot mutate state and that a
+  reader sees aggregates only over workspaces they are authorized on
+  (no cross-tenant existence oracles).

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway.ts

@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@ export function registerGatewayCommand(program: Command): void {
     .command('recover-token')
     .description('Recover an admin token — prompts for login if no valid session exists')
     .option('-g, --gateway <url>', 'Gateway URL (overrides meta.json)')
-    .action(async (cmdOpts: { gateway?: string }) => {
+    .option('-e, --email <email>', 'Headless: account email (password read from stdin line 2)')
+    .action(async (cmdOpts: { gateway?: string; email?: string }) => {
       const { runRecoverToken } = await import('./gateway/token-ops.js');
-      await runRecoverToken(cmdOpts.gateway);
+      await runRecoverToken(cmdOpts.gateway, cmdOpts.email);
     });
 
   // ─── logs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -202,9 +203,14 @@ export function registerGatewayCommand(program: Command): void {
 
   gw.command('uninstall')
     .description('Uninstall the gateway daemon and optionally remove data')
-    .action(async () => {
+    .option(
+      '-y, --yes',
+      'Headless: skip the confirmation prompt (required when stdin is not a TTY)',
+    )
+    .option('--remove-data', 'Also remove all gateway data (never implied by --yes)')
+    .action(async (cmdOpts: { yes?: boolean; removeData?: boolean }) => {
       const { runUninstall } = await import('./gateway/uninstall.js');
-      await runUninstall();
+      await runUninstall(cmdOpts);
     });
 
   // ─── doctor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/install.ts

@@ -95,11 +95,17 @@ export async function runInstall(opts: InstallOpts): Promise<void> {
     // fatal (#1392): an install that reports success over an empty/partial
     // database is the exact T63 failure this command must never reproduce.
     let verifyResult: VerifyResult | undefined;
+    let verificationThrew = false;
     try {
       const { runPostInstallVerification } = await import('./verify.js');
       verifyResult = await runPostInstallVerification(configResult.host, configResult.port);
-    } catch {
-      // Non-fatal — verification is a courtesy
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Health/token/bootstrap courtesy failures are non-fatal, but a THROWN
+      // schema verification must not let install report success either (N2,
+      // rev-code-02 review 285): mark it and treat as fatal below.
+      verificationThrew = true;
+      const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      prompter.warn(`Post-install verification errored: ${msg}`);
     }
     if (verifyResult && verifyResult.schemaMigrated === false) {
       prompter.warn(
@@ -107,6 +113,12 @@ export async function runInstall(opts: InstallOpts): Promise<void> {
       );
       process.exit(1);
     }
+    if (verificationThrew) {
+      prompter.warn(
+        'Gateway install ABORTED: post-install verification errored (see above); refusing to report success on an unverified database.',
+      );
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
   } catch (err) {
     // Stages normally return structured results for expected failures.
     // Anything that reaches here is an unexpected runtime error — render a

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/piped-credentials.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import { readCredentialsFromPipedStdin } from './piped-credentials.js';
+
+describe('readCredentialsFromPipedStdin — #1394 stdin dual path (real streams)', () => {
+  it('reads exactly two lines; email trimmed, password as-is', async () => {
+    const r = await readCredentialsFromPipedStdin(
+      Readable.from(['  [email protected]  \n', 'pw with spaces \n']),
+    );
+    expect(r.email).toBe('[email protected]');
+    expect(r.password).toBe('pw with spaces ');
+  });
+
+  it('empty stdin → nulls (the headless-no-credentials shape)', async () => {
+    const r = await readCredentialsFromPipedStdin(Readable.from(['']));
+    expect(r).toEqual({ email: null, password: null });
+  });
+
+  it('single line only → email set, password null', async () => {
+    const r = await readCredentialsFromPipedStdin(Readable.from(['only-email\n']));
+    expect(r.email).toBe('only-email');
+    expect(r.password).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('stops after two lines even if more follow', async () => {
+    const r = await readCredentialsFromPipedStdin(
+      Readable.from(['[email protected]\n', 'pw\n', 'extra\n', 'more\n']),
+    );
+    expect(r).toEqual({ email: '[email protected]', password: 'pw' });
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/piped-credentials.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
+
+/**
+ * Read email + password as two lines from non-TTY stdin (the headless dual
+ * path for callers that cannot pass argv: printf 'email\npassword\n' | …).
+ * Caller gates on !isTTY; the password line is kept as-is (no trim —
+ * whitespace may be intentional).
+ *
+ * Separate module (not login.ts) so tests can exercise the REAL reader
+ * against real streams while token-ops specs mock this seam cleanly.
+ */
+export function readCredentialsFromPipedStdin(
+  input: NodeJS.ReadableStream = process.stdin,
+): Promise<{ email: string | null; password: string | null }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+    const rl = createInterface({ input });
+    rl.on('line', (l) => {
+      lines.push(l);
+      if (lines.length >= 2) rl.close();
+    });
+    rl.on('close', () => {
+      resolve({ email: (lines[0] ?? '').trim() || null, password: lines[1] ?? null });
+    });
+  });
+}

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/recover-token.spec.ts

@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ vi.mock('./daemon.js', () => ({
 
 vi.mock('./login.js', () => ({
   getGatewayUrl: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('http://localhost:14242'),
-  // promptLine/promptSecret are used by ensureSession; return fixed values so tests don't block on stdin
+  // promptLine/promptSecret are used by ensureSession on the TTY path; return fixed
+  // values so tests never block on stdin.
   promptLine: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('[email protected]'),
   promptSecret: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('test-password'),
 }));
 
+// #1394: non-TTY runs resolve credentials from piped stdin instead of prompts.
+vi.mock('./piped-credentials.js', () => ({
+  readCredentialsFromPipedStdin: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+    email: '[email protected]',
+    password: 'test-password',
+  }),
+}));
+
 const mockFetch = vi.fn();
 vi.stubGlobal('fetch', mockFetch);
 
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ describe('ensureSession', () => {
     expect(mockSignIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('prompts for credentials and signs in when stored session is invalid', async () => {
+  it('resolves piped-stdin credentials and signs in when stored session is invalid', async () => {
     mockLoadSession.mockReturnValueOnce({ cookie: 'old-cookie', userId: 'u1', email: '[email protected]' });
     mockValidateSession.mockResolvedValueOnce(false);
     const newAuth = { cookie: fakeCookie, userId: 'u2', email: '[email protected]' };
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ describe('ensureSession', () => {
     expect(mockSaveSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(baseUrl, newAuth);
   });
 
-  it('prompts for credentials when no session exists', async () => {
+  it('resolves piped-stdin credentials when no session exists', async () => {
     mockLoadSession.mockReturnValueOnce(null);
     const newAuth = { cookie: fakeCookie, userId: 'u2', email: '[email protected]' };
     mockSignIn.mockResolvedValueOnce(newAuth);
@@ -84,6 +93,10 @@ describe('ensureSession', () => {
     const cookie = await ensureSession(baseUrl);
     expect(cookie).toBe(fakeCookie);
     expect(mockSignIn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The non-TTY path resolves credentials from the piped-stdin seam, not prompts.
+    expect(
+      vi.mocked(await import('./piped-credentials.js')).readCredentialsFromPipedStdin,
+    ).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('exits non-zero when signIn fails', async () => {
@@ -111,7 +124,7 @@ describe('runRecoverToken', () => {
     vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
   });
 
-  it('prompts for login, mints a token, and persists it when no session exists', async () => {
+  it('signs in via piped stdin, mints a token, and persists it when no session exists', async () => {
     mockLoadSession.mockReturnValueOnce(null);
     const newAuth = { cookie: fakeCookie, userId: 'u2', email: '[email protected]' };
     mockSignIn.mockResolvedValueOnce(newAuth);

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/schema-check.spec.ts

@@ -153,4 +153,29 @@ describe('resolveSchemaCheckConfigPath', () => {
       if (prevHome !== undefined) vi.stubEnv('HOME', prevHome);
     }
   });
+
+  it('gives MOSAIC_CONFIG NO authority (N1, review 285): env never overrides file resolution', async () => {
+    const { resolveSchemaCheckConfigPath } = await import('./schema-check.js');
+    const daemonDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'schema-check-env-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(daemonDir);
+    const daemonHome = join(daemonDir, '.config', 'mosaic', 'gateway');
+    mkdirSync(daemonHome, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(daemonHome, 'mosaic.config.json'), JSON.stringify(LOCAL_CFG));
+    // A stale env var pointing at a DIFFERENT file must be ignored entirely:
+    const decoyDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'schema-check-decoy-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(decoyDir);
+    const decoyPath = join(decoyDir, 'mosaic.config.json');
+    writeFileSync(decoyPath, JSON.stringify(STANDALONE_CFG));
+
+    const prevHome = process.env['HOME'];
+    vi.stubEnv('HOME', daemonDir);
+    vi.stubEnv('MOSAIC_CONFIG', decoyPath);
+    try {
+      const resolved = resolveSchemaCheckConfigPath();
+      expect(resolved).toBe(join(daemonHome, 'mosaic.config.json'));
+      expect(resolved).not.toBe(decoyPath);
+    } finally {
+      if (prevHome !== undefined) vi.stubEnv('HOME', prevHome);
+    }
+  });
 });

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/schema-check.ts

@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ export const SCHEMA_FAIL_REMEDIATION = [
  */
 export function resolveSchemaCheckConfigPath(explicit?: string): string | undefined {
   if (explicit) return resolve(explicit);
+  // NOTE: no env-var candidate, deliberately. apps/gateway/src/env.ts gives env
+  // NO config authority (a stale MOSAIC_CONFIG could verify a database the
+  // daemon never reads — rev-code-02 review 285, note N1). Resolution order
+  // mirrors the daemon's file priorities only.
   const candidates = [
-    process.env['MOSAIC_CONFIG'],
     join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic', 'gateway', 'mosaic.config.json'), // daemon-written
     resolve(process.cwd(), 'mosaic.config.json'),
     join(homedir(), '.mosaic', 'mosaic.config.json'),

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/token-ops.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('../../auth.js', () => ({
+  loadSession: vi.fn(),
+  validateSession: vi.fn(),
+  signIn: vi.fn(),
+  saveSession: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./login.js', () => ({
+  getGatewayUrl: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('http://localhost:14242'),
+  promptLine: vi.fn(),
+  promptSecret: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./piped-credentials.js', () => ({
+  readCredentialsFromPipedStdin: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./daemon.js', () => ({
+  readMeta: vi.fn(),
+  writeMeta: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { ensureSession } from './token-ops.js';
+import { loadSession, validateSession, signIn, saveSession } from '../../auth.js';
+import { promptLine, promptSecret } from './login.js';
+import { readCredentialsFromPipedStdin } from './piped-credentials.js';
+
+const URL = 'http://localhost:14242';
+
+function asNonTTY(): void {
+  Object.defineProperty(process.stdin, 'isTTY', { value: false, configurable: true });
+}
+
+describe('ensureSession — #1394 credential precedence (flag > piped stdin > prompt)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.mocked(loadSession).mockReturnValue(null);
+    asNonTTY();
+  });
+
+  it('stored valid session wins; no credentials touched', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(loadSession).mockReturnValue({ cookie: 'SESS', email: '[email protected]' } as never);
+    vi.mocked(validateSession).mockResolvedValue(true);
+    await expect(ensureSession(URL)).resolves.toBe('SESS');
+    expect(signIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('flag email + stdin password: FLAG wins for email, stdin supplies the password', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(signIn).mockResolvedValue({ cookie: 'NEW', email: '[email protected]' } as never);
+    vi.mocked(readCredentialsFromPipedStdin).mockResolvedValue({
+      email: '[email protected]',
+      password: 'stdin-pw',
+    });
+
+    await ensureSession(URL, { email: '[email protected]' });
+
+    expect(signIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(URL, '[email protected]', 'stdin-pw');
+    expect(promptLine).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(promptSecret).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('stdin-only path (no flag): both credentials from piped lines', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(signIn).mockResolvedValue({ cookie: 'NEW2', email: '[email protected]' } as never);
+    vi.mocked(readCredentialsFromPipedStdin).mockResolvedValue({
+      email: '[email protected]',
+      password: 'spw',
+    });
+
+    await ensureSession(URL);
+    expect(signIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(URL, '[email protected]', 'spw');
+  });
+
+  it('no credentials headless → exit(2) with --email guidance; signIn untouched', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(readCredentialsFromPipedStdin).mockResolvedValue({ email: null, password: null });
+    const exit = vi.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation((() => {
+      throw new Error('EXIT');
+    }) as never);
+    const err = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    await expect(ensureSession(URL)).rejects.toThrow('EXIT');
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2);
+    expect(err).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('--email'));
+    expect(signIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    exit.mockRestore();
+    err.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('successful sign-in persists the session', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(signIn).mockResolvedValue({ cookie: 'C', email: '[email protected]' } as never);
+    vi.mocked(readCredentialsFromPipedStdin).mockResolvedValue({
+      email: '[email protected]',
+      password: 'pw',
+    });
+
+    await ensureSession(URL);
+    expect(saveSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(URL, expect.anything());
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/token-ops.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { loadSession, validateSession, signIn, saveSession } from '../../auth.js';
 import { readMeta, writeMeta } from './daemon.js';
 import { getGatewayUrl, promptLine, promptSecret } from './login.js';
+import { readCredentialsFromPipedStdin } from './piped-credentials.js';
 
 interface MintedToken {
   id: string;
@@ -107,8 +108,24 @@ export async function requireSession(gatewayUrl: string): Promise<string> {
  * Ensure a valid session for the gateway, prompting for credentials if needed.
  * On sign-in failure, prints the error and exits non-zero.
  * Returns the session cookie.
+ *
+ * Credential precedence when sign-in is needed (#1394):
+ *   1. explicit opts (--email flag; highest)
+ *   2. non-TTY stdin — first line email, second line password (headless dual
+ *      path for callers without argv access: printf 'email\npassword\n' | …)
+ *   3. interactive prompt (TTY only)
  */
-export async function ensureSession(gatewayUrl: string): Promise<string> {
+export interface SessionCredentialOptions {
+  /** Email from an explicit flag (argv). Highest precedence. */
+  email?: string;
+  /** Password from an explicit source. Rare; passwords normally come via stdin/prompt. */
+  password?: string;
+}
+
+export async function ensureSession(
+  gatewayUrl: string,
+  opts: SessionCredentialOptions = {},
+): Promise<string> {
   // Try the stored session first
   const session = loadSession(gatewayUrl);
   if (session) {
@@ -119,10 +136,25 @@ export async function ensureSession(gatewayUrl: string): Promise<string> {
     console.log(`No session found for ${gatewayUrl}. Please sign in.`);
   }
 
-  // Prompt for credentials — password must not be echoed to the terminal
-  const email = await promptLine('Email: ');
-  // Do not trim password — it may contain intentional leading/trailing whitespace
-  const password = await promptSecret('Password: ');
+  let email = opts.email;
+  let password = opts.password;
+  if ((!email || !password) && !process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    const piped = await readCredentialsFromPipedStdin();
+    email = email ?? piped.email ?? undefined;
+    password = password ?? piped.password ?? undefined;
+  }
+  if (!email || !password) {
+    if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
+      console.error(
+        'No valid session and no credentials available headlessly. Provide --email plus ' +
+          "a password line on stdin (printf 'email\\npassword\\n' | …), or run interactively.",
+      );
+      process.exit(2);
+    }
+    email = await promptLine('Email: ');
+    // Do not trim password — it may contain intentional leading/trailing whitespace
+    password = await promptSecret('Password: ');
+  }
 
   const auth = await signIn(gatewayUrl, email, password).catch((err: unknown) => {
     console.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
@@ -146,11 +178,12 @@ export async function runRotateToken(gatewayUrl?: string): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 /**
- * `mosaic gateway config recover-token` — prompts for login if no session exists.
+ * `mosaic gateway config recover-token` — signs in if no session exists.
+ * Passes the --email flag through to ensureSession (#1394 dual path).
  */
-export async function runRecoverToken(gatewayUrl?: string): Promise<void> {
+export async function runRecoverToken(gatewayUrl?: string, email?: string): Promise<void> {
   const url = getGatewayUrl(gatewayUrl);
-  const cookie = await ensureSession(url);
+  const cookie = await ensureSession(url, { email });
   const label = `CLI recovery token (${new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 16).replace('T', ' ')})`;
   const minted = await mintAdminToken(url, cookie, label);
   persistToken(url, minted);

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/uninstall.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+vi.mock('./daemon.js', () => ({
+  GATEWAY_HOME: '/tmp/u-test-gateway-home',
+  getDaemonPid: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(null),
+  readMeta: vi.fn(),
+  stopDaemon: vi.fn(),
+  uninstallGatewayPackage: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { runUninstall } from './uninstall.js';
+import { readMeta, uninstallGatewayPackage } from './daemon.js';
+
+describe('gateway uninstall — #1390 headless semantics', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('non-TTY without --yes FAILS LOUD (exit 1, nothing touched)', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(readMeta).mockReturnValue({
+      version: '0.0.7',
+      installedAt: '',
+      entryPoint: '',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 14242,
+    });
+    const exit = vi.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation((() => {
+      throw new Error('EXIT');
+    }) as never);
+    const err = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    await expect(runUninstall()).rejects.toThrow('EXIT');
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+    expect(err).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('stdin is not a TTY'));
+    expect(uninstallGatewayPackage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    exit.mockRestore();
+    err.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('--yes proceeds headlessly WITHOUT removing data (never implied)', async () => {
+    const meta = {
+      version: '0.0.7',
+      installedAt: '',
+      entryPoint: '',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 14242,
+    };
+    vi.mocked(readMeta).mockReturnValue(meta);
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    await runUninstall({ yes: true });
+
+    expect(uninstallGatewayPackage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Gateway data kept'));
+    log.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('--yes --remove-data removes data headlessly', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(readMeta).mockReturnValue({
+      version: '0.0.7',
+      installedAt: '',
+      entryPoint: '',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 14242,
+    });
+    mkdirSync('/tmp/u-test-gateway-home', { recursive: true }); // existsSync gate
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    await runUninstall({ yes: true, removeData: true });
+
+    expect(uninstallGatewayPackage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Gateway data removed'));
+    log.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('no meta → clean no-op even with --yes', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(readMeta).mockReturnValue(null);
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    await runUninstall({ yes: true });
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Gateway is not installed.');
+    expect(uninstallGatewayPackage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    log.mockRestore();
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/uninstall.ts

@@ -8,30 +8,65 @@ import {
   uninstallGatewayPackage,
 } from './daemon.js';
 
-export async function runUninstall(): Promise<void> {
-  const rl = createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
+export interface UninstallOptions {
+  /** Skip the confirmation prompt (headless/scripted uninstall). */
+  yes?: boolean;
+  /** Also remove all gateway data at GATEWAY_HOME (never implied by --yes). */
+  removeData?: boolean;
+}
+
+export async function runUninstall(opts: UninstallOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
+  const nonInteractive = Boolean(opts.yes) || process.env['MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES'] === '1';
+
+  // Non-TTY without explicit consent must FAIL LOUD, not quietly do nothing:
+  // the pre-fix behavior (prompt on a closed stdin → default No → exit 0,
+  // gateway untouched) reported success-by-silence to every scripted caller
+  // (#1390). An explicit refusal beats a silent no-op.
+  if (!nonInteractive && !process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    console.error(
+      'gateway uninstall: stdin is not a TTY and no --yes was given — refusing to ' +
+        'run an interactive uninstall headlessly (nothing was changed). ' +
+        'Use --yes (and --remove-data to also delete gateway data), or run from a terminal.',
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const rl = nonInteractive
+    ? null
+    : createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
   try {
-    await doUninstall(rl);
+    await doUninstall(rl as NonNullable<typeof rl>, opts, nonInteractive);
   } finally {
-    rl.close();
+    rl?.close();
   }
 }
 
-function prompt(rl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface>, question: string): Promise<string> {
+function prompt(
+  rl: NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof createInterface>>,
+  question: string,
+): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => rl.question(question, resolve));
 }
 
-async function doUninstall(rl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface>): Promise<void> {
+async function doUninstall(
+  rl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface>,
+  opts: UninstallOptions,
+  nonInteractive: boolean,
+): Promise<void> {
   const meta = readMeta();
   if (!meta) {
     console.log('Gateway is not installed.');
     return;
   }
 
-  const answer = await prompt(rl, 'Uninstall Mosaic Gateway? [y/N] ');
-  if (answer.toLowerCase() !== 'y') {
-    console.log('Aborted.');
-    return;
+  if (nonInteractive) {
+    console.log(`Uninstalling Mosaic Gateway (--yes${opts.removeData ? ' --remove-data' : ''})...`);
+  } else {
+    const answer = await prompt(rl, 'Uninstall Mosaic Gateway? [y/N] ');
+    if (answer.toLowerCase() !== 'y') {
+      console.log('Aborted.');
+      return;
+    }
   }
 
   // Stop if running
@@ -45,13 +80,20 @@ async function doUninstall(rl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface>): Promise<void
     }
   }
 
-  // Remove config/data
-  const removeData = await prompt(rl, `Remove all gateway data at ${GATEWAY_HOME}? [y/N] `);
-  if (removeData.toLowerCase() === 'y') {
+  // Remove config/data. Interactive: ask. Headless: only with the explicit
+  // flag — destructive recursion is never implied by --yes alone (#1390).
+  let removeData = Boolean(opts.removeData);
+  if (!nonInteractive) {
+    const answer = await prompt(rl, `Remove all gateway data at ${GATEWAY_HOME}? [y/N] `);
+    removeData = answer.toLowerCase() === 'y';
+  }
+  if (removeData) {
     if (existsSync(GATEWAY_HOME)) {
       rmSync(GATEWAY_HOME, { recursive: true, force: true });
       console.log('Gateway data removed.');
     }
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Gateway data kept at ${GATEWAY_HOME}.`);
   }
 
   // Uninstall npm package

packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway/verify.ts

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export async function runPostInstallVerification(
     const { runMigrations, getMigrationStatus } = await import('@mosaicstack/db');
     const result = await checkDatabaseSchema(
       { runMigrations, getMigrationStatus },
-      process.env['MOSAIC_CONFIG'],
+      undefined, // resolver mirrors daemon file priorities; env has no config authority (N1)
     );
     if (result.status === 'ok') {
       ok(result.detail);