rootnode-academy/docs/WINTER_BREAK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md

Winter Break Camp — Launch Checklist

The single go/no-go list for opening the Winter Break Linux & Systems Foundations Camp (docs/WINTER_BREAK_CAMP_CURRICULUM_OPTIONS.md Option A) to real public registration. Every item is tagged COMPLETE, BLOCKED, DECISION REQUIRED, or MANUAL OWNER ACTION — see docs/PHASE10_LAUNCH_READINESS.md for the full evidence matrix behind each tag. Nothing on this list is invented by the platform — every non-COMPLETE item is a real decision, asset, or piece of hardware that has to come from Chase, a legal reviewer, or Stripe, not from more code.

• Canonical repo reconciled — COMPLETE. docs/PHASE10_CANONICAL_STATE_AUDIT.md: this workstation's HEAD, Gitea's origin/main, and every claimed milestone SHA all verified consistent. No stranded branches/tags on the remote.
• Second-PC state reconciled — DECISION REQUIRED (verification only, not a code blocker). Gitea shows no evidence of stranded work, but this session cannot see the other workstation directly — run the commands in docs/PHASE10_CANONICAL_STATE_AUDIT.md §1.3 there to positively confirm.
• Secrets centralized (Infisical) — MANUAL OWNER ACTION. No "RootNode Academy" project exists yet in infisical.cedshomelab.com (verified, contradicts this being already done) — create it with Development/Staging/Production environments. See docs/ SECRETS_AND_INFISICAL.md for the full secret inventory ready to migrate in.
• Production server — BLOCKED. Not purchased/provisioned — verified via empty terraform.tfvars/no state file and placeholder group_vars/production.yml. See docs/ PHASE10_PRODUCTION_DEPLOYMENT.md.
• Production VMs (rn-platform-01 / rn-lab-host-01) — BLOCKED. Depends on the server above.
• Firewall/isolation (code) — COMPLETE. docs/PHASE10_SECURITY_AUDIT.md — RFC1918 egress denial, mTLS wiring, firewall Ansible role all present and unchanged from Phase 4/ 4.1; cannot be verified against a live host until one exists.
• Production database — BLOCKED. Depends on the server above. Migrations themselves reconfirmed idempotent this phase (37/37, both a fresh apply and a same-DB restart).
• DNS (marketing site) / [ ] DNS (Platform API) — PARTIAL. rootnodeacademy.com is live and real (Cloudflare-fronted, confirmed this phase); no subdomain exists yet for the Platform API itself — needs a real server first.
• HTTPS (marketing site) / [ ] HTTPS (Platform API) — PARTIAL, same split as DNS.
• Monitoring (code) — COMPLETE. /healthz//metrics live and exercised in every regression run this phase; deployment itself needs the production server.
• Backups (code) / [ ] Backups (executed) — PARTIAL. Ansible backup role exists, never run against a real host.
• Restore test — BLOCKED. Never executed — no target exists. A backup that has never been restore-tested does not count as launch-ready.
• Stripe TEST validation — COMPLETE. A real Stripe TEST Checkout Session, a real TEST payment at the actual $399.00 price, a genuine signed webhook, the existing registration→enrollment conversion, a real duplicate-delivery proof, a real automated abandoned-checkout proof, and a real refund with the non-cascade rule reconfirmed — all proven end to end in Phase 9.1 (docs/PHASE9_1_STRIPE_TEST_VALIDATION.md). One real defect (webhook-event correlation) was found and fixed as a direct result.
• Stripe LIVE configuration — BLOCKED. Not configured, not attempted — requires Chase's own Stripe account business/identity verification (only Chase can do this) plus real LIVE credentials placed in Infisical (blocked on the missing project above), never invented or substituted by this phase.
• Live webhook configuration — BLOCKED. Depends on LIVE credentials and a real HTTPS Platform API endpoint, neither of which exist yet.
• Google Workspace — COMPLETE. [email protected], gmail.send scope, domain-wide delegation — validated in Phase 5C (docs/ RUNBOOK_GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_EMAIL.md); deployment to production needs the real server.
• Website integration — COMPLETE. Full contract tested end to end, including against real Stripe. The website itself (separate repo, not RootNode-owned) is live and real; this phase did not access or modify it.
• Winter Break price — COMPLETE. $399.00 launch ("Founding Cohort") / $449.00 standard reference, paid in full, no deposit, no payment plan — founder-approved by Chase directly, validated against real Stripe TEST mode at this exact amount.
• Winter Break dates — DECISION REQUIRED. Chase's call, not invented.
• Venue — DECISION REQUIRED. Chase's call (or confirm fully online/remote), not invented.
• Capacity — DECISION REQUIRED. Chase's call, not invented.
• Agreements (legal text) — BLOCKED. agreement_definitions.body_summary remains a plain-language placeholder; no attorney-approved text exists for any required category (program terms, guardian consent, participation waiver, acceptable-use/lab rules, cancellation acknowledgment, privacy notice). See docs/PHASE10_LAUNCH_READINESS.md Gate 12 for the full taxonomy — none of it was authored or treated as approved by this phase.
• Refund/cancellation policy — DECISION REQUIRED. The platform's mechanical behavior (record, never auto-cascade into registration/enrollment status) is real and proven against actual Stripe money movement; the customer-facing POLICY text is Chase's decision.
• Tax decision — DECISION REQUIRED. No tax treatment is configured anywhere in this codebase (Phase 9's own explicit "no complex tax automation" boundary) — this is not an implicit "no tax owed" determination, it requires Chase or a professional to actually decide.
• Production offering — BLOCKED. Cannot legitimately open registration until dates/ venue/capacity/agreements/refund policy/tax are all resolved — the mechanism itself (PATCH /api/admin/offerings/:id, transition to enrollment_open) is ready the moment they are.
• Instructor assignment — MANUAL OWNER ACTION. Mechanism ready (instructor_offerings); Chase assigns the real instructor once the real offering exists.
• Roster process — COMPLETE. Rehearsed end to end (classroom session, real Lab task, instructor visibility) in this phase's dress rehearsal, 13/13.
• Student activation — COMPLETE. Proven real twice — Phase 9.1's real-Stripe run and this phase's deterministic rehearsal.
• Lab capacity (mechanism) / [ ] Lab capacity (real sizing) — PARTIAL. Race-safe capacity logic is proven; real-world capacity planning for actual concurrent students needs the real server's actual specs, unknown until Gate "production server" resolves.
• Complete dress rehearsal — COMPLETE (deterministic). 13/13 this phase, against current main. Cannot yet be repeated against the REAL Winter Break offering because that offering cannot legitimately open (dates/venue/capacity/agreements/policy/tax all pending).

Final go/no-go

PHASE 10 PARTIAL / WINTER BREAK LAUNCH BLOCKED

Registration must not open to the public until every BLOCKED and DECISION REQUIRED item above is resolved. Every COMPLETE item has real evidence behind it, not a self-assessment — see docs/PHASE10_LAUNCH_READINESS.md's full matrix. Even once every gate above passes, this platform will not open registration on its own — that action requires Chase's explicit, separate authorization, given directly, not inferred from a checklist being green.