docs: ratify ADR-017 KEEP — invite flow is load-bearing (some users can't use Google OIDC)

Records the deliberate keep-or-reverse decision on the Dex-write invite flow.
Decision: KEEP. Deciding fact: not all intended Future-B users will use Google
accounts, so Google OIDC alone can't onboard them — the invite flow is
load-bearing, not redundant. Trust-surface cost accepted deliberately, explicitly
NOT as a precedent for widening further, and explicitly NOT by adding delete RBAC
to fix the orphan gap. Open items reframed as tracked follow-ups (verify RBAC
against the real manifest; accept orphan for Future B, revisit before Future C).
Added the reversal to rejected-alternatives.

DECISIONS.md

@@ -519,12 +519,25 @@ about editing a gate while it's unmet) so the reasoning survives, not just the n
 
 ## ADR-017 — Invite flow: Tapir creates Dex local-password accounts (write access to the shared identity provider)
 
-**Status:** Accepted (2026-06-03), **recorded retroactively during reconciliation.** This
-capability **shipped in v0.7.0 without an ADR** — code, RBAC, and a deployed ServiceAccount
-landed before any decision record existed. This ADR documents what shipped and honestly records
-that the decision-before-code discipline was not followed here (see "Process note"). **Partially
-supersedes ADR-002 and ADR-013** (the "Tapir holds no write access to the shared identity
-provider" posture).
+**Status:** Accepted (2026-06-03), **recorded retroactively during reconciliation, then
+deliberately ratified KEEP (2026-06-03).** This capability **shipped in v0.7.0 without an ADR** —
+code, RBAC, and a deployed ServiceAccount landed before any decision record existed. This ADR
+documents what shipped and honestly records that the decision-before-code discipline was not
+followed here (see "Process note"). **Partially supersedes ADR-002 and ADR-013** (the "Tapir
+holds no write access to the shared identity provider" posture).
+
+**Keep-or-reverse, decided (2026-06-03).** After the retroactive recording, the maintainer
+weighed keep vs. reverse (drop the RBAC + invite flow, rely on Google OIDC only). **Decision:
+KEEP.** Deciding fact: not all intended Future-B users have / will use Google accounts, so Google
+OIDC alone *cannot* onboard them — the invite flow is therefore **load-bearing, not a redundant
+convenience**, and reversing it would leave some intended users with no onboarding path. The
+trust-surface cost (scoped `create` on `passwords` in `auth`) is accepted deliberately in
+exchange. The opposing argument (this contradicts ADR-015's "no write credential to shared infra"
+logic, applied there to secrets) was considered and outweighed *only* because the capability is
+genuinely necessary for real users here — it is **not** a precedent for widening the surface
+further. **Explicitly NOT chosen:** adding `delete` to the RBAC to close the orphan gap (that
+widens the surface in the wrong direction; accept the orphan at Future B instead — see open
+items).
 
 **Context.** Stage 1 onboarding needs a way for a friend to get a login. Two paths shipped:
 Google OIDC via Dex (no Tapir code — Dex handles it), and an **invite flow** where Tapir itself
@@ -556,7 +569,8 @@ the shared identity provider" posture (ADR-002/013).
 - The RBAC is **minimally scoped**: `create`+`get` on one resource type in one namespace, not
   broad Dex/cluster write. Blast radius is bounded and inspectable.
 - It enables friend onboarding **without Google OAuth app verification** (ADR-008 deferred that),
-  which is genuinely useful for Future B.
+  which is genuinely useful for Future B — and necessary for users who won't use Google (the
+  deciding fact in the keep decision above).
 - The code is careful: validate-before-consume, single-use tokens, graceful off-cluster degrade,
   sentinel errors mapped to clear messages, the base64-bcrypt storage gotcha handled.
 
@@ -567,7 +581,8 @@ the shared identity provider" posture (ADR-002/013).
 - **Create/delete asymmetry → orphaned Dex accounts.** Tapir now *creates* Dex Password CRs but
   (per ADR-013) does not *delete* them on account deletion. A deleted Tapir user leaves an
   orphaned Dex local-password account that can still authenticate (though it would hit the
-  registration gate with no profile). This widens the ADR-013 right-to-erasure gap. **Open.**
+  registration gate with no profile). This widens the ADR-013 right-to-erasure gap. **Open —
+  accepted for Future B, revisit before Future C (do NOT add `delete` RBAC just to fix this).**
 - **`create` on a shared-namespace identity resource** is a meaningfully larger trust surface than
   the rest of Tapir. If the `tapir` pod is compromised, the attacker can mint Dex local accounts.
   Bounded by the namespace/resource scope, but real — worth a deliberate look before Future C.
@@ -579,16 +594,15 @@ parallel agent sessions while the main planning thread was elsewhere, and shippe
 the first time in this project a guardrail-reversing change skipped the decision-before-code
 discipline. Recorded here not to rubber-stamp it but to restore the audit trail: the decision is
 now visible, its principle-reversal is named, and its open gaps (orphaned accounts, the larger
-trust surface) are tracked rather than buried in a release note. The maintainer is ratifying it
-after the fact; if on reflection the trust surface is unwanted, reversing it (drop the RBAC +
-invite flow, rely on Google OIDC only) is a clean follow-up ADR.
+trust surface) are tracked rather than buried in a release note. The maintainer ratified KEEP
+after the fact (see status block) on the deciding fact that some intended users cannot use Google
+OIDC.
 
-**Open items this ADR creates:**
-- Decide whether to close the orphaned-Dex-account gap (delete the Password CR on account
-  deletion — but that *widens* write access to `delete`, the opposite direction; or accept the
-  orphan for Future B and fix at Future C).
+**Open items this ADR creates (tracked in infra):**
 - Confirm the RBAC really is `create`+`get` only (not broader) against the deployed manifest in
-  `infra`.
+  `infra` — a security claim currently resting on a sibling report, not a verified manifest read.
+- Accept the orphaned-Dex-account gap for Future B; revisit (orphan cleanup + the whole Dex-write
+  surface) before any Future C move. Do **not** add `delete` RBAC solely to fix the orphan.
 - Review the larger trust surface before any Future C move.
 
 ---
@@ -614,6 +628,7 @@ maps to the ADR that settles it.
 | Vault-write SA for per-user OAuth tokens (ESO as runtime write path) | ESO syncs vault→cluster at deploy time, not a runtime write API; a write-SA widens blast radius to shared infra to store app row-data | ADR-015, infra#88 |
 | Supabase for per-user credential storage | Adds a second datastore for a few encrypted strings PG18 already holds; reopens ADR-002 | ADR-015, infra#88 |
 | Feedback-based Stage 0 gate (friends saying it's useful) | Politeness bias makes asked-for feedback the least reliable signal; return-usage is the real test | ADR-016 |
+| Reverse the Dex-write invite flow (Google OIDC only) | Some intended Future-B users won't use Google; OIDC-only leaves them with no onboarding path — invite flow is load-bearing | ADR-017 |
 
 If a future case genuinely reopens one of these, that's a new ADR superseding the relevant one —
 not a silent reversal.