metacircular/STATUS.md

Metacircular Platform Status

Last updated: 2026-03-26

Platform Overview

One node operational (rift), running core infrastructure services as containers fronted by MC-Proxy. MCIAS runs separately (not on rift). Bootstrap phases 0–4 complete (MCIAS, Metacrypt, MC-Proxy, MCR all operational). MCP is deployed and managing all platform containers. MCNS is deployed on rift, serving authoritative DNS.

Service Status

Service	Version	SDLC Phase	Deployed	Node
MCIAS	v1.7.0	Maintenance	Yes	(separate)
Metacrypt	v1.0.0	Production	Yes	rift
MC-Proxy	v1.0.0	Maintenance	Yes	rift
MCR	v1.0.0	Production	Yes	rift
MCAT	v1.0.0	Complete	Unknown	—
MCDSL	v1.0.0	Stable	N/A (library)	—
MCNS	v1.0.0	Production	Yes	rift
MCP	v0.1.0	Production	Yes	rift
MCDeploy	v0.1.0	Active dev	N/A (CLI tool)	—

Service Details

MCIAS — Identity and Access Service

• Version: v1.7.0 (client library: clients/go/v0.1.0)
• Phase: Maintenance. Phases 0-14 complete. Feature-complete with active refinement.
• Deployment: Running in production. All other services authenticate against it.
• Recent work: WebAuthn/FIDO2 passkeys, TOTP 2FA, service-context login policies, Nix flake for CLI tools.
• Artifacts: systemd units (service + backup timer), install script, Dockerfile, example configs.

Metacrypt — Cryptographic Service Engine

• Version: v1.0.0.
• Phase: Production. All four engine types implemented (CA, SSH CA, transit, user-to-user). Active work on integration test coverage.
• Deployment: Running on rift as a container, fronted by MC-Proxy on ports 443 (web, L7), 8443 (API, L4), and 9443 (gRPC, L4).
• Recent work: ACME integration tests (60+ tests), mcdsl migration, security audit fixes.
• Artifacts: systemd units (service + web + backup timer), Docker Compose (standard + rift), install script, example configs.

MC-Proxy — TLS Proxy and Router

• Version: v1.0.0. Phases 1-8 complete.
• Phase: Maintenance. Stable and actively routing traffic on rift.
• Deployment: Running on rift. Fronts Metacrypt, MCR, and sgard on ports 443, 8443, and 9443. Prometheus metrics on 127.0.0.1:9091.
• Recent work: MCR route additions, Nix flake, L7 backend cert handling, Prometheus metrics, L7 policies.
• Artifacts: systemd units (service + backup timer), Docker Compose (standard + rift), install and backup scripts, rift config.

MCR — Container Registry

• Version: v1.0.0. All implementation phases complete.
• Phase: Production. Deployed on rift, serving container images.
• Deployment: Running on rift as two containers (mcr API + mcr-web), fronted by MC-Proxy on ports 443 (web, L7), 8443 (API, L4), and 9443 (gRPC, L4). Metacrypt is already pulling images from MCR.
• Recent work: Manifest push bug fix (LastInsertId unreliable after upsert), structured slog error logging in OCI handlers, first production deploy, Dockerfile fixes, server wiring, OCI route mounting.
• Artifacts: systemd units (service + web + backup timer), Dockerfiles (API + web), Docker Compose (rift), install script, rift config.

MCAT — Login Policy Tester

• Version: v1.0.0.
• Phase: Complete. Diagnostic tool, not core infrastructure.
• Deployment: Available for ad-hoc use. Lightweight tool for testing MCIAS login policy rules.
• Recent work: Migrated to mcdsl for auth, config, CSRF, and web.
• Artifacts: systemd unit, install script, example config.

MCDSL — Standard Library

• Version: v1.0.0.
• Phase: Stable. All 9 packages implemented and tested (87 tests). Being adopted across the platform.
• Deployment: N/A (Go library, imported by other services).
• Packages: auth, db, config, httpserver, grpcserver, csrf, web, health, archive.
• Adoption: mcat, mc-proxy, and mcr migrated. metacrypt and mcias pending.

MCNS — Networking Service

• Version: v1.0.0.
• Phase: Production. Custom Go DNS server replacing CoreDNS precursor.
• Deployment: Running on rift as a container managed by MCP. Serves two authoritative zones plus upstream forwarding.
• Recent work: v1.0.0 implementation (custom Go DNS server), engineering review, deployed to rift replacing CoreDNS.
• Artifacts: Dockerfile, Docker Compose (rift), MCP service definition, systemd units, install script, example config.

MCP — Control Plane

• Version: v0.1.0.
• Phase: Production. Phases 0-4 complete. Deployed to rift, managing all platform containers.
• Deployment: Running on rift. Agent as systemd service under mcp user with rootless podman. Manages metacrypt, mc-proxy, mcr, and mcns containers.
• Architecture: Two components — mcp CLI (thin client on vade) and mcp-agent (per-node daemon with SQLite registry, podman management, monitoring with drift/flap detection). gRPC-only (no REST).
• Recent work: Full v1 implementation (12 RPCs, 15 CLI commands), deployment to rift, container migration from kyle→mcp user, service definition authoring.
• Artifacts: systemd service (NixOS), TLS cert from Metacrypt, service definition files, design docs.

MCDeploy — Deployment CLI

• Version: v0.1.0.
• Phase: Active development. Tactical bridge tool for deploying services while MCP is being built.
• Deployment: N/A (local CLI tool, not a server).
• Recent work: Initial implementation, Nix flake.
• Description: Single-binary CLI that shells out to podman/ssh/scp/git for build, push, deploy, cert renewal, and status. TOML-configured.

Node Inventory

Node	Address (LAN)	Address (Tailscale)	Role
rift	192.168.88.181	100.95.252.120	Infrastructure services

Rift Port Map

Port	Protocol	Services
53	DNS (LAN + Tailscale)	mcns
443	L7 (TLS termination)	metacrypt-web, mcr-web
8080	HTTP (all interfaces)	exod
8443	L4 (SNI passthrough)	metacrypt API, mcr API
9090	HTTP (all interfaces)	exod
9443	L4 (SNI passthrough)	metacrypt gRPC, mcr gRPC, sgard
9091	HTTP (loopback)	MC-Proxy Prometheus metrics

Non-platform services also running on rift: exod (ports 8080/9090), sgardd (port 19473, fronted by MC-Proxy on 9443).