pal-e-docs

Review: DNS A record + Caddy block for paldocs.app

review-1703-2026-07-03 Review

review needs-refinement
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Verdict: NEEDS_REFINEMENT

Board item #1703 — DNS A record + Caddy block for paldocs.app
Forgejo issue: ldraney/pal-e-platform#490 (open)
Type: Feature | Points: 3 | Sprint: 3

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type — Feature
  • [x] Lineage — references paldocs #46
  • [x] Repo — ldraney/pal-e-platform
  • [x] User Story — well-formed (platform owner, public URL access)
  • [x] Context — good background, references existing pattern
  • [x] File Targets — terraform/dns.tf identified
  • [x] Feature Flag — none (correct for infra work)
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria — 5 items
  • [x] Test Expectations — 3 items
  • [x] Constraints — 3 items, references existing pattern
  • [x] Checklist — present
  • [x] Related — present

Traceability

  • [x] story:ios-testflight label — present on board item
  • [ ] story note MISSING — project-paldocs user-stories section lists: kanban, project-pages, auth, consolidation, sprint-orchestration. No ios-testflight story entry. [SCOPE] Create user story entry on project-paldocs user-stories section for story:ios-testflight.
  • [x] arch:infra label — present on board item
  • [ ] arch note MISSING — search_notes("arch-infra") returned no results. [SCOPE] Create architecture note arch-infra for infrastructure component, or determine if arch:infra is foundational enough to not require a dedicated note.
  • [x] Forgejo issue — ldraney/pal-e-platform#490, open

File Targets

  • [x] terraform/dns.tf — verified: file exists at ~/pal-e-platform/terraform/dns.tf with 3 existing godaddy_dns_record resources (palinks_a, landscaping_assistant_a, westside_a) all using module.hetzner_edge.server_ipv4. Pattern is clear and well-established.
  • [x] terraform/modules/hetzner-edge/ — correctly marked as do-not-touch. VPS already provisioned, confirmed via cloud-init.yaml showing Caddy install.

Repo Placement

Correct. Issue filed on pal-e-platform, file target (terraform/dns.tf) is in pal-e-platform. Caddy block is manual VPS config acknowledged in Constraints — not a repo file, so no repo mismatch. Single-repo scope.

Dependencies

  • No blocking dependencies. This ticket can proceed independently.
  • This ticket IS a dependency for board item #1520 (paldocs #46 — Ship paldocs.app to TestFlight, sprint:4). Lineage correctly documents this relationship.
  • No conflicts with other sprint:3 items (auth track is independent).

Acceptance Criteria

  • AC1 (godaddy_dns_record resource) — agent-verifiable via code review
  • AC2 (tofu apply + DNS propagation) — manual, requires TF credentials and apply
  • AC3 (Caddy block on VPS) — manual, not in repo. Constraints correctly note this.
  • AC4 (curl https://paldocs.app returns 200) — manual end-to-end verification
  • AC5 (TLS auto-provisioned) — manual, Caddy handles automatically
Only AC1 is agent-automatable. ACs 2-5 require manual execution. This is appropriate for an infra ticket — the agent writes the Terraform, the operator applies it and configures Caddy. Test Expectations correctly label items as "Manual".
Note: GoDaddy secrets prerequisite (~/secrets/godaddy/paldocs.app.env) is mentioned in Context but not in Acceptance Criteria or Constraints. Minor gap — operator should be aware.

Blast Radius

Low. Adding a 4th DNS A record to an established pattern. No changes to existing domains. No downstream consumers affected. Caddy reverse proxy addition is similarly isolated — new server block, no modification of existing blocks.

Decomposition Assessment

  • 1 file target across 1 repo — no decomposition needed
  • 5 acceptance criteria but only 1 is a code change — within limits
  • Estimated agent work: less than 2 minutes (copy existing pattern, change domain name)
  • No decomposition needed

Recommendation

  • [SCOPE] Create user story entry story-paldocs-ios-testflight on project-paldocs user-stories section — "Ship paldocs to iOS App Store via turbo-ios + TestFlight"
  • [SCOPE] Create architecture note arch-infra for the infrastructure component (Hetzner edge VPS, Caddy, Tailscale mesh, DNS), or decide that arch:infra is a foundational label that does not require a dedicated note.