Sync billing gate env-file evidence (#2021)

2026-05-20 11:19:58 +08:00 · 2026-05-19 22:43:19 -04:00
parent c2471fe5c5
commit 6e25458dbc
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--- a/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md
@@ -50,10 +50,20 @@ partner/sponsor funnel, consulting/talk funnel, and social launch plan.
  into this repo as `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8`. The post-merge
  main CI run `26135974576` completed green across lint, coverage, security,
  validation, and the full OS/package-manager matrix.
+- ECC PR #2020 merged the selected-target announcement-gate mirror as
+  `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2`. The post-merge main CI run
+  `26136949698` completed green across lint, coverage, security, validation,
+  and the full OS/package-manager matrix.
 - ECC-Tools PR #90 added the selected-target official announcement gate for
  `billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target`; safe production
  preflight no longer requires a raw GitHub login and now blocks only on the
  local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` input before live execution.
+- ECC-Tools PR #91 added `--env-file` support to both billing gate scripts so
+  ignored local operator credential files can supply `INTERNAL_API_SECRET`,
+  Cloudflare auth, Wrangler auth mode, or target fallbacks without printing
+  secret contents. Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed before
+  merge as `72119a1`, and main CI run `26137280847` completed successfully after
+  merge.
 - Linear ITO-54 and the ECC Platform Roadmap now have the May 20 ECC-Tools
  hosted observability update comments
  `74dcc101-3be5-4173-be13-62b80d54f569` and
@@ -70,6 +80,8 @@ partner/sponsor funnel, consulting/talk funnel, and social launch plan.
  Pro release-gate comments `467d148a-712a-4777-aad9-95593e9f1739` and
  `7642ee9c-3107-400c-a229-53e2895a8914`, recording ECC-Tools #89, ECC #2019,
  the green post-merge CI run, and the remaining internal bearer-token gate.
+  The repo mirror now also records ECC-Tools #90 and #91 as the selected-target
+  announcement gate and billing gate env-file operator-path follow-up.

 ## 2026-05-19 Delta

@@ -498,6 +510,13 @@ As of 2026-05-20:
  local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer token. Native-payments copy remains
  blocked until that token path is available and the live
  `billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target` call passes.
+- ECC-Tools PR #91 merged as `72119a1acc6f5a0cd3bb5d90afd6e87fd1fefd05`
+  after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed. It adds the billing
+  gate env-file operator path with `--env-file` support for the announcement
+  gate and KV readback scripts, plus sentinel tests proving loaded secrets and
+  account logins are not printed. The local May 20 live recheck still found no
+  usable `INTERNAL_API_SECRET`, and Wrangler readback still failed with
+  Cloudflare auth code `10000`; no native-payments announcement is unblocked.
 - Handoff `ecc-supply-chain-audit-20260513-0645.md` under
  `~/.cluster-swarm/handoffs/`
  records the May 13 supply-chain sweep: no active lockfile/manifest hit for
@@ -909,13 +928,13 @@ is not complete unless the evidence column exists and has been freshly verified.
 | Manage repository discussions | Repo-family discussion recheck plus response playbook | Platform audit reports 0 discussion maintainer-touch gaps and 0 answerable Q&A missing accepted answers; trunk has 59 total discussions after #2003 was routed with a maintainer response; `docs/architecture/discussion-response-playbook.md` distinguishes support, maintainer coordination, stale/concluded, release, informational, and security-sensitive response paths | Complete |
 | Manage PR discussions | PR review/comment closure plus merge/close state | ECC #1990-#2013 merged through the harness audit, canonical identity, release video suite, growth outreach, evidence refresh, visual QA, suite-count, owner-approval packet, owner-approval dashboard gate, Linear readiness evidence, supply-chain evidence gate, per-project Claude Code adapter, continuous-learning project-registry hygiene, GateGuard quoted git introspection, and deterministic release-approval gate batch; ECC-Tools #79 and JARVIS #15/#16 also merged; no open tracked PRs remain | Complete |
 | Salvage useful stale work | `docs/stale-pr-salvage-ledger.md` plus `docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md` | Ledger records salvaged, superseded, skipped, and manual-review tails; #1815-#1818 added cost tracking, skill scout, frontend design guidance, code-reviewer false-positive guardrails, and the May 12 gap pass; #1687, #1609, #1563, #1564, and #1565 localization tails are attached to Linear ITO-55 for language-owner review and no automatic import remains release-blocking | Complete; repeat legacy scan before release |
-| ECC 2.0 preview pack ready | Release docs, quickstart, publication readiness, release notes | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/` and readiness docs are in-tree; May 19/20 evidence records queue-zero state, canonical ECC identity, release video suite, growth outreach pack, owner approval packet, local 2568-test suite, PR #2001 merge and GitHub Actions run `26102500291`, PR #2002 owner-approval dashboard gate refresh and GitHub Actions run `26103853507`, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync and GitHub Actions run `26105012698`, PR #2008 supply-chain evidence gate CI run `26108473648`, post-PR #2006 main CI run `26109953093`, PR #2009 project-registry hygiene GitHub Actions run `26111313938`, post-PR #2009 main CI run `26111946778`, post-PR #2011 GateGuard main CI run `26113695068`, post-PR #2013 release-approval main CI run `26128749863`, post-PR #2019 main CI run `26135974576`, May 20 operator dashboard, `owner-approval-packet-2026-05-19.md`, `release-approval-gate.js`, and preview-pack smoke digest `eebb8a66c33e` | Needs final release approval |
+| ECC 2.0 preview pack ready | Release docs, quickstart, publication readiness, release notes | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/` and readiness docs are in-tree; May 19/20 evidence records queue-zero state, canonical ECC identity, release video suite, growth outreach pack, owner approval packet, local 2568-test suite, PR #2001 merge and GitHub Actions run `26102500291`, PR #2002 owner-approval dashboard gate refresh and GitHub Actions run `26103853507`, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync and GitHub Actions run `26105012698`, PR #2008 supply-chain evidence gate CI run `26108473648`, post-PR #2006 main CI run `26109953093`, PR #2009 project-registry hygiene GitHub Actions run `26111313938`, post-PR #2009 main CI run `26111946778`, post-PR #2011 GateGuard main CI run `26113695068`, post-PR #2013 release-approval main CI run `26128749863`, post-PR #2019 main CI run `26135974576`, post-PR #2020 main CI run `26136949698`, ECC-Tools #91 main CI run `26137280847`, May 20 operator dashboard, `owner-approval-packet-2026-05-19.md`, `release-approval-gate.js`, and preview-pack smoke digest `eebb8a66c33e` | Needs final release approval |
 | Hermes specialized skills included safely | Hermes setup/import docs and sanitized skill surface | Hermes setup and import playbook are public; secrets stay local | Needs final release review |
 | Naming and rename readiness | Naming matrix across package/plugin/docs/social surfaces | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/naming-and-publication-matrix.md` records current package, repo, Claude plugin, Codex plugin, OpenCode, and npm availability evidence | Complete for rc.1; post-rc rename remains future work |
 | Claude and Codex plugin publication | Contact/submission path with required artifacts and status | Publication readiness, naming matrix, and May 12 dry-run evidence document plugin validation, clean-checkout Claude tag/install smoke, and Codex marketplace CLI shape | Needs explicit approval for real tag/push and marketplace submission |
 | Articles, tweets, and announcements | X thread, LinkedIn copy, GitHub release copy, push checklist, partner/sponsor/talk pack | Draft launch collateral and approval-gated outreach copy exist under rc.1 release docs | Needs URL-backed refresh and human approval before posting or sending |
 | AgentShield enterprise iteration | Policy gates, SARIF, packs, provenance, corpus, HTML reports, exception lifecycle audit, baseline drift Action/CLI surfaces, evidence-pack redaction, harness adapter registry, editor-native Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, Dependabot alert closure, enterprise research roadmap, supply-chain hardened release path, CI-safe baseline fingerprints, corpus accuracy recommendations, remediation workflow phases, env proxy hijack corpus coverage, Mini Shai-Hulud full-campaign package IOCs, CI-provenance evidence packs, plugin-cache runtime-confidence triage, evidence-pack consumer readback, fleet-level evidence-pack routing, fleet review items, fleet review ticket payloads, checksum-backed policy export, checksum-verified policy promotion, policy promotion review items, package-manager hardening drift detection, npm age-gate guidance correction, workflow action-runtime pin refresh, package-manager hardening Action outputs, policy-promotion Action outputs, ECC-Tools hosted consumption of promotion Action outputs, ECC-Tools operator-visible promotion output values, and ECC-Tools hosted promotion judge audit traces | PRs #53, #55-#64, #67-#69, #78-#92, #94, and #95 landed with test evidence, ECC-Tools #76 consumes the fleet-summary output in hosted security review, #77 surfaces source evidence paths in hosted finding output, and #78 links fleet routes to harness owner review; AgentShield #91 adds `agentshield policy export` bundles for branch-protection review and downstream promotion; AgentShield #92 adds `agentshield policy promote` with digest verification, tamper rejection, explicit pack selection, dry-run review, and JSON output before writing active policy; AgentShield #94 adds Zed/VS Code adapter detection, `.zed/settings.json` and `.zed/tasks.json` scan discovery, and `.zed/setup.mjs` AI-tool persistence IOC coverage; AgentShield #95 clears the `brace-expansion` Dependabot alert with a patched lockfile and 0 open Dependabot alerts after merge; AgentShield commit `87aec47` adds `reviewItems` for digest evidence, owner review, protected rollout PR handoff, and runtime smoke testing with green local and remote CI; AgentShield commit `28d08c7` adds package-manager hardening drift detection for plaintext registry credentials, lifecycle-script enablement, and weak pnpm/Yarn release-age cooldowns with green local and remote CI; AgentShield commit `659f569` refreshes all workflow action runtime pins to SHA-pinned checkout v6.0.2 and setup-node v6.4.0 with green remote CI and no remaining action-runtime deprecation annotation; AgentShield commit `ee585cd` corrects npm release-age guidance by flagging unsupported npm age keys and keeping enforceable cooldown findings on pnpm/Yarn with green local and remote CI; AgentShield commit `1124535` exposes package-manager hardening status/count outputs and a redacted job-summary section for registry credentials, lifecycle scripts, and release-age gates with green local and remote CI; AgentShield commit `1593925` exposes policy-promotion status/count/digest outputs plus job-summary review items for owner approval, protected rollout, and runtime smoke, and marks runtime smoke verified when the same Action job scans with the promoted policy; AgentShield commit `840952a` adds Linear/operator-ready fleet review ticket payloads and expands current Mini Shai-Hulud IOC breadcrumbs with green local and remote CI; ECC-Tools commit `8658951` routes those policy-promotion Action outputs into hosted security review findings and Hosted Promotion Readiness scoring; ECC-Tools commit `16c537f` renders policy-promotion status, pack, review item count, action-required count, and digest in hosted security job comments/check-runs; ECC-Tools commit `05d4e82` renders hosted promotion judge request fingerprints and allowed-citation counts without raw provider output; native PDF export deferred in favor of self-contained HTML plus print-to-PDF until explicit enterprise demand appears; `docs/architecture/agentshield-enterprise-research-roadmap.md` now has baseline drift, evidence-pack bundle, redaction, adapter-registry, supply-chain hardening, hashed baseline fingerprints, corpus accuracy recommendation, remediation workflow, env proxy hijack corpus, Mini Shai-Hulud full-campaign package-table, `ci-context.json` provenance, `plugin-cache` confidence, `evidence-pack inspect` readback, `evidence-pack fleet` routing, fleet `reviewItems`, fleet review ticket payloads, policy export, policy promotion, policy promotion `reviewItems`, package-manager hardening Action outputs, policy-promotion Action outputs, hosted consumption of promotion Action outputs, operator-visible promotion output values, hosted promotion judge audit traces, editor-native adapter coverage, and Dependabot closure landed | Next workflow automation should deepen live operator approval/readback after Marketplace/payment gates |
-| ECC Tools next-level app | Billing audit, PR checks, deep analyzer, sync backlog, evaluator/RAG corpus, hosted promotion judge audit trace, native-payments readback, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, selected-target announcement gate, hosted observability, AgentShield fleet-summary hosted routing, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output hosted telemetry, and operator-visible promotion output values | PRs #26-#43 plus #53-#90 landed with test evidence across hosted analysis, hosted promotion readiness, model-judge execution, native-payments announcement gating, AgentShield evidence consumption, hosted remediation/Linear sync, hosted observability readback, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, and selected-target official announcement gating; ECC-Tools #89 merged as `512bca6` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed, and the 2026-05-20 production Wrangler OAuth readback found ready-like Marketplace Pro records with webhook provenance, selected a target with both key families, and reported 0 blockers without printing the login; ECC-Tools #90 merged as `16a5bb3` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed, and production preflight now requests `/api/billing/readiness?selectReadyTarget=1` without a raw login | Next work is obtain or rotate the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy |
+| ECC Tools next-level app | Billing audit, PR checks, deep analyzer, sync backlog, evaluator/RAG corpus, hosted promotion judge audit trace, native-payments readback, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, selected-target announcement gate, billing gate env-file operator path, hosted observability, AgentShield fleet-summary hosted routing, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output hosted telemetry, and operator-visible promotion output values | PRs #26-#43 plus #53-#91 landed with test evidence across hosted analysis, hosted promotion readiness, model-judge execution, native-payments announcement gating, AgentShield evidence consumption, hosted remediation/Linear sync, hosted observability readback, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, selected-target official announcement gating, and env-file operator loading; ECC-Tools #89 merged as `512bca6` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed, and the 2026-05-20 production Wrangler OAuth readback found ready-like Marketplace Pro records with webhook provenance, selected a target with both key families, and reported 0 blockers without printing the login; ECC-Tools #90 merged as `16a5bb3` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed, and production preflight now requests `/api/billing/readiness?selectReadyTarget=1` without a raw login; ECC-Tools #91 merged as `72119a1` with `--env-file` support for ignored local billing credentials and sentinel no-secret/no-login output tests | Next work is obtain or rotate the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored `--env-file`, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy |
 | GitGuardian/Dependabot/CodeRabbit-style checks | Non-blocking taxonomy, deterministic follow-up checks, and local supply-chain gates | ECC-Tools risk taxonomy check plus follow-up signals landed, including Skill Quality, Deep Analyzer Evidence, Analyzer Corpus Evidence, RAG/Evaluator Evidence, PR Review/Salvage Evidence, and AgentShield evidence-pack evidence; #1846 added npm registry signature gates; #1848 added the supply-chain incident-response playbook and `pull_request_target` cache-poisoning validator guard; #1851 added the privileged checkout credential-persistence guard; AgentShield #78, JARVIS #13, and ECC-Tools #53 applied the same hardening outside trunk | Current supply-chain gate complete; deeper hosted review features remain future |
 | Harness-agnostic learning system | Audit, adapter matrix, observability, traces, promotion loop | Audit/adapters/observability gates plus `docs/architecture/evaluator-rag-prototype.md`, `examples/evaluator-rag-prototype/`, and ECC-Tools PR #40 define read-only stale-salvage, billing-readiness, CI-failure-diagnosis, harness-config-quality, AgentShield policy-exception, skill-quality evidence, deep-analyzer evidence, and RAG/evaluator comparison scenarios with trace, report, playbook, verifier, and predictive-check artifacts; ECC-Tools PRs #68-#72 now turn that corpus into a deterministic PR check-run gate with cached hosted-output scoring, ranked retrieval candidates, a model prompt seed, a fail-closed hosted model-judge request contract, and opt-in live model execution behind strict hosted-evidence gates | Deterministic hosted PR check, cached output scoring, retrieval planning, judge contract, and gated model execution integrated |
 | Linear roadmap is detailed | Linear project document/comments plus repo mirror | Repo mirror exists and issue creation works again; the May 19 sync adds post-PR #2002 document `ecc-may-19-post-pr-2002-sync-64cef8f668e0`, project comment `a6411e3a-8c8e-4a58-adba-687e77d4c543`, ITO-44/47/48/49/51/54/56 issue comments, and In Progress state for ITO-47, ITO-48, ITO-49, ITO-51, ITO-54, and ITO-56; the late-pass batch adds document `ecc-may-19-late-queue-zero-and-release-gate-sync-1c26f65e6b3f`, project comment `d42bf0e2-7a8e-4934-9f3f-e281498ee805`, and ITO-44/50/54/56/61 comments for PR #2013, ECC-Tools #79, and JARVIS #15/#16 because project status updates are disabled in the workspace | Needs recurring document/comment updates after each significant merge batch |
@@ -939,7 +958,7 @@ repo evidence and merge commits.
 | Harness OS core | Audit, adapter matrix, observability docs, `ecc2/` | HUD/session-control acceptance spec | Weekly until GA |
 | Evaluation and RAG | Reference-set validation, harness audit, traces, ECC-Tools corpus | Read-only evaluator/RAG prototype plus stale-salvage, billing-readiness, CI-failure-diagnosis, harness-config-quality, AgentShield policy-exception, skill-quality evidence, deep-analyzer evidence, and RAG/evaluator comparison fixtures; ECC-Tools #68 publishes the corpus as a hosted promotion readiness check-run, #69 scores cached hosted job outputs against the same corpus, #70 emits ranked retrieval candidates plus a model prompt seed, #71 adds a fail-closed hosted model-judge request contract, and #72 executes that judge only when explicitly enabled and backed by hosted retrieval citations; ECC-Tools `16c537f` surfaces policy-promotion Action output values in hosted security comments/checks; ECC-Tools `05d4e82` adds hosted model-judge audit traces with request fingerprints and allowed-citation counts | Marketplace Pro billing-state verification with webhook provenance |
 | AgentShield enterprise | AgentShield PR evidence and roadmap notes | Fleet routing landed in #89 after evidence-pack inspect/readback shipped in #88; #90 emits fleet `reviewItems`; #91 exports checksum-backed policy bundles; #92 promotes checksum-verified policies from those bundles into active policy files; #94 adds Zed and VS Code adapter detection, Zed project scan discovery, and `.zed/setup.mjs` persistence IOC coverage; #95 closes the `brace-expansion` Dependabot alert with 0 open alerts after merge; AgentShield `87aec47` adds policy promotion `reviewItems`; `28d08c7` adds package-manager hardening drift detection; `659f569` refreshes workflow action runtime pins; `ee585cd` corrects unsupported npm release-age guidance and keeps enforceable cooldown findings on pnpm/Yarn; `1124535` exposes package-manager hardening Action outputs for CI/hosted routing; `1593925` exposes policy-promotion Action outputs and runtime-smoke job-summary evidence; `840952a` adds fleet review ticket payloads and current Mini Shai-Hulud IOC breadcrumbs; ECC-Tools #76 consumes fleet summaries, #77 surfaces source evidence paths in hosted findings, #78 links fleet routes to harness owners, ECC-Tools `8658951` consumes policy-promotion Action outputs, and ECC-Tools `16c537f` renders operator-visible output values | Deepen live operator approval/readback after Marketplace/payment gates |
-| ECC Tools app | ECC-Tools PR evidence, billing audit, risk taxonomy, evaluator/RAG corpus | ECC-Tools #53 published the supply-chain workflow hardening branch, #54 tracks copy-ready PR drafts in the Linear/project backlog, #55 classifies analysis-depth readiness, #56 exposes the hosted execution plan, #57 executes the first hosted CI diagnostics job, #58 executes the hosted security evidence review job, #59 executes the hosted harness compatibility audit, #60 executes the hosted reference-set evaluation, #61 executes the hosted AI routing/cost review, #62 executes hosted team backlog routing, #63 publishes the hosted depth-plan check-run, #64 dispatches hosted jobs from PR comments, #65 persists hosted result history/check-runs, #66 exposes hosted job status from PR comments, #67 makes depth-plan recommendations cache-aware, #68 publishes hosted promotion readiness from the evaluator/RAG corpus, #69 scores cached hosted job outputs against that corpus, #70 emits ranked retrieval candidates plus a model prompt seed, #71 emits the gated `hosted-promotion-judge.v1` contract without live model calls, #72 adds opt-in live model-judge execution behind hosted-evidence and strict JSON/citation gates, #73 adds a fail-closed native-payments `announcementGate` to billing readiness, #74 adds `npm run billing:announcement-gate` for operator verification, #75 tightens the billing announcement gate for live Marketplace readback, #76 routes AgentShield fleet-summary evidence into hosted security findings, #77 adds source evidence paths to hosted finding output, #78 links AgentShield fleet target paths to hosted harness owner findings, `8658951` routes AgentShield policy-promotion Action outputs into hosted security review and promotion readiness, `16c537f` renders policy-promotion status/pack/count/digest values in hosted security comments/checks, `05d4e82` renders hosted promotion judge request fingerprints plus allowed-citation audit traces, `91a441b` adds billing announcement preflight output for required readback inputs, `eb69412` records the initial production readback state, `95d0bec` adds aggregate `billing:kv-readback` evidence, `2859678` requires Marketplace webhook provenance in billing readiness, `42653f9` adds Wrangler OAuth readback with live aggregate production counts, `632e059` adds sanitized target-account billing readback for the exact Marketplace test account, ECC-Tools #89 adds selected-ready-target KV readback, and ECC-Tools #90 adds selected-target official announcement gating without raw login input | Obtain or rotate the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate |
+| ECC Tools app | ECC-Tools PR evidence, billing audit, risk taxonomy, evaluator/RAG corpus | ECC-Tools #53 published the supply-chain workflow hardening branch, #54 tracks copy-ready PR drafts in the Linear/project backlog, #55 classifies analysis-depth readiness, #56 exposes the hosted execution plan, #57 executes the first hosted CI diagnostics job, #58 executes the hosted security evidence review job, #59 executes the hosted harness compatibility audit, #60 executes the hosted reference-set evaluation, #61 executes the hosted AI routing/cost review, #62 executes hosted team backlog routing, #63 publishes the hosted depth-plan check-run, #64 dispatches hosted jobs from PR comments, #65 persists hosted result history/check-runs, #66 exposes hosted job status from PR comments, #67 makes depth-plan recommendations cache-aware, #68 publishes hosted promotion readiness from the evaluator/RAG corpus, #69 scores cached hosted job outputs against that corpus, #70 emits ranked retrieval candidates plus a model prompt seed, #71 emits the gated `hosted-promotion-judge.v1` contract without live model calls, #72 adds opt-in live model-judge execution behind hosted-evidence and strict JSON/citation gates, #73 adds a fail-closed native-payments `announcementGate` to billing readiness, #74 adds `npm run billing:announcement-gate` for operator verification, #75 tightens the billing announcement gate for live Marketplace readback, #76 routes AgentShield fleet-summary evidence into hosted security findings, #77 adds source evidence paths to hosted finding output, #78 links AgentShield fleet target paths to hosted harness owner findings, `8658951` routes AgentShield policy-promotion Action outputs into hosted security review and promotion readiness, `16c537f` renders policy-promotion status/pack/count/digest values in hosted security comments/checks, `05d4e82` renders hosted promotion judge request fingerprints plus allowed-citation audit traces, `91a441b` adds billing announcement preflight output for required readback inputs, `eb69412` records the initial production readback state, `95d0bec` adds aggregate `billing:kv-readback` evidence, `2859678` requires Marketplace webhook provenance in billing readiness, `42653f9` adds Wrangler OAuth readback with live aggregate production counts, `632e059` adds sanitized target-account billing readback for the exact Marketplace test account, ECC-Tools #89 adds selected-ready-target KV readback, ECC-Tools #90 adds selected-target official announcement gating without raw login input, and ECC-Tools #91 adds `--env-file` support for ignored local billing credentials without printing secrets or logins | Obtain or rotate the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored `--env-file`, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate |
 | Linear progress | Linear project status updates, `docs/architecture/progress-sync-contract.md`, generated `operator:dashboard` output, and this mirror | Status update with queue/evidence/missing gates | Every significant merge batch |

 The project status update should always include:
@@ -1201,9 +1220,10 @@ Acceptance:
   ECC-Tools commit `42653f9` adds Wrangler OAuth KV readback and confirms the
   current blocker is not Cloudflare read access; it is the absence of a
   ready-like Marketplace Pro billing-state record with webhook provenance.
-   ECC-Tools commit `632e059` adds sanitized target-account readback, so the
-   final operator gate should verify the exact Marketplace test account without
-   printing its login or raw KV key names.
+   ECC-Tools commit `632e059` adds sanitized target-account readback, and PRs
+   #89/#90/#91 move the final operator path to selected-target readback,
+   selected-target announcement gating, and ignored env-file credential loading
+   without printing account logins or raw KV key names.
   ECC-Tools PR #79 redacts the billing announcement gate account output;
   PR #80 requires failure reasons in runtime receipts; PRs #81/#82 preserve
   and render AgentShield fleet approval IDs; PR #83 makes Linear follow-up
@@ -1213,9 +1233,10 @@ Acceptance:
   hosted status comments and hosted depth-plan check-runs; and PR #88 exposes
   authenticated hosted observability API readback for operator dashboards.
 2. Run `npm run billing:announcement-gate -- --preflight
-   --select-ready-target`, then run the same command without `--preflight` and
-   require `announcementGate.ready === true` before any native GitHub payments
-   announcement.
+   --select-ready-target`, adding `--env-file /path/to/ecc-tools.env` when the
+   local bearer token is stored in an ignored operator file, then run the same
+   command without `--preflight` and require `announcementGate.ready === true`
+   before any native GitHub payments announcement.
 3. Enable/configure the merged Linear backlog sync path after workspace issue
   capacity clears or the Linear workspace is upgraded, then verify PR-draft
   salvage items land in the expected project.
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/naming-and-publication-matrix.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/naming-and-publication-matrix.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Reason:
 | Claude marketplace | `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` points at `ecc` and the public repo | Verify marketplace update/install path after tag exists | External marketplace propagation not verified |
 | Codex plugin | `codex plugin marketplace` supports local and Git marketplace sources; `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` is present; `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json` exposes `ecc` from the repo root; temp-home local and GitHub-ref marketplace adds passed | Publish rc.1 docs with the repo-marketplace command, then monitor OpenAI's official Plugin Directory path | Do not claim official Plugin Directory listing before OpenAI submission evidence |
 | OpenCode package | `.opencode/package.json` builds from source and ships inside npm package | Re-run `npm run build:opencode` and package dry-run from release commit | OpenCode CLI 1.2.21 does not expose a separate plugin publication command in this pass |
-| ECC Tools billing claim | README and launch copy mention ECC Tools / marketplace context | ECC-Tools #73 adds `/api/billing/readiness` `announcementGate`; run it against a Marketplace-managed test account before any payment announcement | Billing announcement code gate exists; live Marketplace account readback still pending |
+| ECC Tools billing claim | README and launch copy mention ECC Tools / marketplace context | ECC-Tools #89/#90/#91 add selected-target billing readback, selected-target announcement gating, and ignored `--env-file` support for the bearer-token path; run the live selected-target gate before any payment announcement | Billing announcement code gate exists; live selected-target announcement readback still pending |
 | Social and longform copy | X thread, LinkedIn copy, article outline, GitHub release copy exist | Replace any stale URLs, then publish only after release/npm/plugin URLs work | Public URLs not final until release actions complete |

 ## ITO-46 Blocker Register
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Reason:
 | Codex repo marketplace | Local and GitHub-ref temp-home marketplace add smokes passed on Codex CLI `0.131.0` | `.codex-plugin/plugin.json`, `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json`, repo/personal marketplace evidence | Plugin owner | Official Plugin Directory listing requires OpenAI submission/listing evidence |
 | Codex official Plugin Directory | OpenAI docs describe the curated official directory; ECC has not submitted or received listing evidence | Directory submission link or OpenAI approval path once available | Plugin owner | Track as an ITO-56/ITO-46 follow-up; do not claim an official listing |
 | OpenCode package | `npm run build:opencode` passed | Built `.opencode` package metadata inside npm tarball | Package owner | No separate public plugin channel identified; follows npm |
-| Billing/native payments | Marketplace Pro target readback and selected-target announcement preflight passed; live announcement remains blocked by ITO-61 | 2026-05-20 selected-target readback, webhook provenance, selected-target announcement gate, `INTERNAL_API_SECRET`, live announcement gate | ECC Tools owner | Do not include native-payments claim in rc.1 announcement until the live selected-target gate passes |
+| Billing/native payments | Marketplace Pro target readback, selected-target announcement preflight, and env-file operator path are implemented; live announcement remains blocked by ITO-61 | 2026-05-20 selected-target readback, webhook provenance, selected-target announcement gate, ECC-Tools #91 `--env-file` support, `INTERNAL_API_SECRET`, live announcement gate | ECC Tools owner | Do not include native-payments claim in rc.1 announcement until the live selected-target gate passes |
 | Social/longform copy | Drafts exist | Final live GitHub, npm, Claude, Codex, billing URLs | Release owner | Publish only after release/package/plugin URLs exist |

 ## Package Rename After rc.1
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-20.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-20.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@

 This dashboard is generated by `npm run operator:dashboard`. It is an operator snapshot, not release approval.

-Generated: 2026-05-20T01:57:18.637Z
-Commit: 59ac4b4a6a3d750326b81ca4e2c22c54ddb5ad5a
+Generated: 2026-05-20T02:29:26.959Z
+Commit: 4d3113dd1d40dbc87a5baa351867e50891538220
 Status: work remaining

 ## Current Status
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Growth lanes: GitHub Sponsors and OSS partner sponsors; ECC Tools Pro subscripti
 | Produce the ECC 2.0 release video suite | docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/video-suite-production.md and npm run release:video-suite | current | video-suite gate is ready with 15/15 source assets, 13/13 suite artifacts, 12/12 publish candidates, primary self-eval, and zero detected black-frame segments recorded in May 19 evidence | final owner approval, upload, and public video URLs remain approval-gated |
 | Prepare sponsor, partner, consulting, podcast, talk, and Discussion copy | docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/partner-sponsor-talks-pack.md | in_progress | sponsor outbound, platform partner DM, consulting intro, talk/podcast pitch, GitHub Discussion announcement, CTA hooks, and do-not-send gate are drafted | replace final URLs after publication gates, then get explicit approval before outbound or personal-account posts |
 | Advance AgentShield enterprise iteration | AgentShield PR evidence plus enterprise roadmap | in_progress | AgentShield policy promotion `reviewItems` landed in `87aec47`; package-manager hardening drift detection landed in `28d08c7`; workflow action runtime pins were refreshed in `659f569`; npm age-gate guidance was corrected in `ee585cd`; package-manager hardening Action outputs landed in `1124535`; policy-promotion Action outputs and runtime-smoke job-summary evidence landed in `1593925`; fleet review ticket payloads and current Mini Shai-Hulud IOC breadcrumbs landed in `840952a`; ECC-Tools consumes those outputs in `8658951`, surfaces operator-readable status/pack/count/digest telemetry in `16c537f`, and renders hosted promotion judge audit traces in `05d4e82`; all are mirrored in the GA roadmap | deepen live operator approval/readback after Marketplace/payment gates |
-| Advance ECC Tools native payments and AI-native harness-agnostic app | ECC Tools PR evidence, billing gate, hosted analysis lanes | in_progress | billing announcement gate, selected-target announcement gate, hosted analysis lanes, AgentShield fleet-summary consumption, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output telemetry, operator-visible promotion output details, hosted promotion judge audit traces, billing announcement preflight, aggregate production billing KV readback, Wrangler OAuth readback, target-account billing readback, provenance-aware Marketplace billing-state gates, sanitized Marketplace plan/action provenance counts, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, hosted team-learning feedback controls, and ECC-Tools Dependabot alert remediation are mirrored in the GA roadmap | obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy |
+| Advance ECC Tools native payments and AI-native harness-agnostic app | ECC Tools PR evidence, billing gate, hosted analysis lanes | in_progress | billing announcement gate, selected-target announcement gate, billing gate env-file operator path, hosted analysis lanes, AgentShield fleet-summary consumption, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output telemetry, operator-visible promotion output details, hosted promotion judge audit traces, billing announcement preflight, aggregate production billing KV readback, Wrangler OAuth readback, target-account billing readback, provenance-aware Marketplace billing-state gates, sanitized Marketplace plan/action provenance counts, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, hosted team-learning feedback controls, and ECC-Tools Dependabot alert remediation are mirrored in the GA roadmap | obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy |
 | Audit, prune, or attach legacy work | docs/stale-pr-salvage-ledger.md and legacy inventory | current | legacy salvage ledger and inventory are current; all localization tails are attached to Linear ITO-55 for manual language-owner review | repeat legacy scan before release |
 | Keep Linear roadmap detailed and progress tracking synchronized | Linear project mirror plus progress-sync contract | current | Linear live sync is current with the May 20 Marketplace Pro release-gate comments on ITO-61 and the ECC platform roadmap; progress-sync contract defines the file-backed work-items/status path | repeat Linear/project status update and local work-items sync after each significant merge batch |
 | Provide ECC 2.0 observability for self-use | observability readiness gate | complete | observability:ready command and readiness doc exist | runtime/dashboard implementation can continue after release gates |
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Growth lanes: GitHub Sponsors and OSS partner sponsors; ECC Tools Pro subscripti
 - `release-notes-and-notifications`: final live release/npm/plugin/billing URLs and publish approval still pending
 - `partner-sponsor-talks-pack`: replace final URLs after publication gates, then get explicit approval before outbound or personal-account posts
 - `agentshield-enterprise-iteration`: deepen live operator approval/readback after Marketplace/payment gates
- `ecc-tools-next-level`: obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy
+- `ecc-tools-next-level`: obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy

 ## Next Work Order

@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ Growth lanes: GitHub Sponsors and OSS partner sponsors; ECC Tools Pro subscripti
 3. Review the owner-approved primary launch video candidates, choose the final cuts, upload after approval, and attach public video URLs to the release pack.
 4. Replace final release, npm, plugin, billing, and video URLs in the partner/sponsor/talk pack, then get explicit approval before outbound.
 5. Repeat ITO-57 Linear/project status sync after the next significant merge batch or advisory-source refresh.
-6. Obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy.
+6. Obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy.
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/preview-pack-manifest.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/preview-pack-manifest.md
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ surfaces, or posting announcements.
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-16.md` | Current May 16/17 queue cleanup, recsys skill merge, GateGuard triage, PR #1947 supply-chain protection, AgentShield #87 plugin-cache confidence evidence, AgentShield #88 evidence-pack inspect/readback, AgentShield #89 evidence-pack fleet routing, AgentShield #90 fleet review items, AgentShield #91 policy export, AgentShield #92 policy promotion, ECC-Tools #76 fleet-summary consumption, ECC-Tools #77 hosted finding evidence paths, ECC-Tools #78 harness policy-route linking, dashboard refresh, and combined Node/Rust/release-surface gate evidence through the May 16 mirror | Must still be repeated from a strict clean checkout before real publication |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-17.md` | May 17 queue-zero state, Japanese localization merge, Dependabot TypeScript and Node type merges, post-merge ja-JP lint repair, Mini Shai-Hulud/TanStack protection recheck, npm audit/signature checks, legacy and Linear progress routing, deterministic preview-pack smoke, operator dashboard refresh, Linear sync, and GitHub CI evidence for `27dc2918` | Superseded by the May 18 evidence snapshot; repeat from a strict clean checkout before real publication |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-18.md` | May 18 queue-zero state, #1970/#1971/#1972 merge batch, #1978 review/closure, supply-chain recheck, AgentShield evidence mirror, Linear sync, current-head CI/security scan success for `4470e2e6`, and ITO-46 naming/plugin publication closure | Superseded by the May 19 ECC identity, video, and growth evidence snapshot |
-| `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-19.md` | Current May 19/20 evidence for canonical ECC identity, release video suite, partner/sponsor/talk outreach pack, owner approval packet, release approval gate, May 20 operator dashboard, preview-pack smoke digest `eebb8a66c33e`, 2568-test local suite, PR #1998 visual QA CI success, PR #1999 dashboard evidence CI success, PR #2000 suite-count evidence success, PR #2001 owner approval packet CI success, PR #2002 owner-approval dashboard gate CI success, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync CI success, PR #2008 supply-chain evidence gate CI success, post-PR #2006 main CI success, PR #2009 project-registry hygiene CI success, post-PR #2009 main CI success, post-PR #2011 GateGuard CI success, post-PR #2013 release-approval-gate CI success, PR #2017/#2018 AgentShield evidence sync, ECC-Tools #79 billing-announcement redaction hardening, ECC-Tools #80-#89 runtime-receipt, AgentShield approval-ID, Linear sync, remediation sync, hosted observability event/status/depth-plan/API readback, Marketplace Pro selected-target readback, AgentShield #94 Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, AgentShield #95 Dependabot alert closure, JARVIS #15/#16 queue/deploy repair, ECC #2019 Marketplace Pro release-gate sync, and the May 19/20 Linear sync comments | Current strongest readiness snapshot; must still be repeated from a strict clean checkout before real publication |
+| `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-19.md` | Current May 19/20 evidence for canonical ECC identity, release video suite, partner/sponsor/talk outreach pack, owner approval packet, release approval gate, May 20 operator dashboard, preview-pack smoke digest `eebb8a66c33e`, 2568-test local suite, PR #1998 visual QA CI success, PR #1999 dashboard evidence CI success, PR #2000 suite-count evidence success, PR #2001 owner approval packet CI success, PR #2002 owner-approval dashboard gate CI success, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync CI success, PR #2008 supply-chain evidence gate CI success, post-PR #2006 main CI success, PR #2009 project-registry hygiene CI success, post-PR #2009 main CI success, post-PR #2011 GateGuard CI success, post-PR #2013 release-approval-gate CI success, PR #2017/#2018 AgentShield evidence sync, ECC-Tools #79 billing-announcement redaction hardening, ECC-Tools #80-#91 runtime-receipt, AgentShield approval-ID, Linear sync, remediation sync, hosted observability event/status/depth-plan/API readback, Marketplace Pro selected-target readback, selected-target announcement gate, env-file billing operator path, AgentShield #94 Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, AgentShield #95 Dependabot alert closure, JARVIS #15/#16 queue/deploy repair, ECC #2019/#2020 Marketplace Pro gate sync, and the May 19/20 Linear sync comments | Current strongest readiness snapshot; must still be repeated from a strict clean checkout before real publication |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-17.md` | Previous prompt-to-artifact operator dashboard | Superseded by the May 18 generated dashboard |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-18.md` | Previous prompt-to-artifact operator dashboard | Superseded by the May 19 generated dashboard |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-19.md` | Previous prompt-to-artifact operator dashboard | Superseded by the May 20 generated dashboard |
-| `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-20.md` | Current prompt-to-artifact operator dashboard | Shows PR/issue/discussion/platform/supply-chain gates current and adds the current `$1,728/mo` to `$10,000/mo` hypergrowth, video owner-approval, Linear release-gate sync, and outbound-pack operating lanes |
+| `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-20.md` | Current prompt-to-artifact operator dashboard | Shows PR/issue/discussion/platform/supply-chain gates current and adds the current `$1,728/mo` to `$10,000/mo` hypergrowth, video owner-approval, Linear release-gate sync, selected-target billing gate, env-file bearer-token path, and outbound-pack operating lanes |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/owner-approval-packet-2026-05-19.md` | Final human decision sheet for release, package, plugin, video, billing, social, and outbound approvals | Must be reviewed by the owner before any publication or outbound action |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/release-url-ledger-2026-05-19.md` | Live URL and approval-gated URL ledger for release copy | Must be regenerated from the final release commit before public announcements |
 | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/video-suite-production.md` | Release video production manifest | Gates local media inventory, rough primary render, captions, timeline, self-eval, and no-private-path publication rules |
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ surfaces exist and are recorded in a final evidence file:
  availability status;
 - final announcement URLs in X, LinkedIn, GitHub release, and longform copy;
 - ECC Tools billing/product readiness evidence, the local/internal announcement
-  bearer-token path, and a live selected-target announcement gate pass before any
-  native-payments announcement copy is published.
+  bearer-token path through exported env or ignored `--env-file`, usable
+  Cloudflare/Wrangler auth for repeat KV evidence, and a live selected-target
+  announcement gate pass before any native-payments announcement copy is
+  published.

 ## Result

--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-19.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-evidence-2026-05-19.md
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ social announcement.

 | Field | Evidence |
 | --- | --- |
-| Upstream main | `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8` |
+| Upstream main | `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2` |
 | Git remote | `https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git` |
-| Evidence scope | Current `main` after PR #1990 harness-audit GitHub integration scoring, PR #1991 canonical ECC identity gate, PR #1992 release video-suite gate, PR #1993 growth outreach pack, PR #1994 May 19 publication evidence refresh, PR #1995 operator dashboard refresh, PR #1996 primary render self-eval gate, PR #1997 publish-candidate gate, PR #1998 visual QA gate, PR #1999 video dashboard evidence refresh, PR #2000 suite-count evidence refresh, PR #2001 owner approval packet addition, PR #2002 owner approval dashboard gate refresh, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync, PR #2005 post-PR #2004 evidence refresh, PR #2008 release supply-chain evidence gate fix, PR #2006 per-project Claude Code adapter, PR #2009 continuous-learning project registry hygiene fix, PR #2011 GateGuard quoted git introspection fix, PR #2013 deterministic release approval gate, PR #2017 AgentShield adapter evidence sync, PR #2018 AgentShield Dependabot evidence sync, ECC-Tools #80-#89 hosted observability/readback and Marketplace Pro selected-target batch, AgentShield #94 Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, AgentShield #95 Dependabot alert closure, and PR #2019 Marketplace Pro release-gate sync |
+| Evidence scope | Current `main` after PR #1990 harness-audit GitHub integration scoring, PR #1991 canonical ECC identity gate, PR #1992 release video-suite gate, PR #1993 growth outreach pack, PR #1994 May 19 publication evidence refresh, PR #1995 operator dashboard refresh, PR #1996 primary render self-eval gate, PR #1997 publish-candidate gate, PR #1998 visual QA gate, PR #1999 video dashboard evidence refresh, PR #2000 suite-count evidence refresh, PR #2001 owner approval packet addition, PR #2002 owner approval dashboard gate refresh, PR #2004 Linear readiness evidence sync, PR #2005 post-PR #2004 evidence refresh, PR #2008 release supply-chain evidence gate fix, PR #2006 per-project Claude Code adapter, PR #2009 continuous-learning project registry hygiene fix, PR #2011 GateGuard quoted git introspection fix, PR #2013 deterministic release approval gate, PR #2017 AgentShield adapter evidence sync, PR #2018 AgentShield Dependabot evidence sync, ECC-Tools #80-#91 hosted observability/readback, Marketplace Pro selected-target, selected-target announcement gate, and env-file operator-path batch, AgentShield #94 Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, AgentShield #95 Dependabot alert closure, PR #2019 Marketplace Pro release-gate sync, and PR #2020 selected-target announcement gate sync |
 | Local status caveat | `git status --short --branch` was clean after pulling `origin/main`; generated evidence files are committed after the source snapshot they describe |

 The release operator must repeat all publish-facing checks from the exact final
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Tracked repositories in the platform audit were:
 | PR #2017 | Merged the AgentShield #94 evidence mirror as `906e06406e95742944ccb05065f95a7e4dd4a036`, syncing roadmap, publication evidence, preview-pack manifest, and supply-chain incident-response surfaces after full GitHub CI passed |
 | PR #2018 | Merged the AgentShield #95 Dependabot evidence mirror as `68b4e45145968acd52e68d900f8422061ed7f4a2`, syncing the roadmap, publication evidence, and preview-pack manifest after full PR CI passed |
 | PR #2019 | Merged the Marketplace Pro selected-target release-gate sync as `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8`, updating the roadmap, publication evidence, naming matrix, preview manifest, and operator dashboard after full PR CI passed |
+| PR #2020 | Merged the selected-target announcement gate sync as `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2`, updating the roadmap, publication evidence, naming matrix, preview manifest, release URL ledger, platform audit surfaces, and operator dashboard after full PR CI passed |

 ## Post-Queue-Zero Sync - 2026-05-19 Late Pass

@@ -95,10 +96,14 @@ Tracked repositories in the platform audit were:
 | ECC-Tools #89 | PR #89 merged as `512bca6b99cdaa67058a6aa9a4e7e7f0b1d9873a` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed. It added `billing:kv-readback -- --select-ready-target --require-ready`, allowing operators to select a ready Marketplace Pro target internally without passing or printing the login. |
 | Live production readback | The 2026-05-20 Wrangler OAuth readback found ready-like Marketplace Pro records with webhook provenance, selected a target with both key families, seat and webhook readiness, no overage, and 0 blockers, with account details redacted. The old missing Marketplace Pro target-state blocker is cleared. |
 | ECC #2019 | PR #2019 merged as `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8`, syncing the selected-target readback evidence into the GA roadmap, rc.1 publication evidence, naming matrix, preview manifest, and operator dashboard. |
-| Post-merge main CI | GitHub Actions run `26135974576` completed successfully on `main` for `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8` across lint, coverage, security, validation, and the full OS/package-manager matrix. |
+| ECC-Tools #90 | PR #90 merged as `16a5bb33ee5ce7c31d2ad8d041e5afac03308f05` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed. It added the selected-target official announcement gate through `/api/billing/readiness?selectReadyTarget=1` and `npm run billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target`, keeping the raw account login out of command logs. |
+| ECC #2020 | PR #2020 merged as `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2`, syncing ECC-Tools #90 into the roadmap, publication evidence, naming matrix, preview manifest, publication readiness, release URL ledger, platform audit surfaces, and operator dashboard. |
+| ECC-Tools #91 | PR #91 merged as `72119a1acc6f5a0cd3bb5d90afd6e87fd1fefd05` after Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds passed. It added `--env-file` to the billing announcement and KV readback scripts for ignored local operator credential files, with tests proving sentinel secrets and account logins are not printed. |
+| May 20 live gate recheck | `npm run billing:announcement-gate -- --preflight --select-ready-target` exited 2 with only `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` missing. `npm run billing:kv-readback -- --wrangler --select-ready-target --require-ready` exited 1 with Cloudflare auth code `10000` on this machine. No live announcement gate passed. |
+| Post-merge main CI | ECC GitHub Actions runs `26135974576` and `26136949698` completed successfully on `main` for `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8` and `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2` across lint, coverage, security, validation, and the full OS/package-manager matrix. ECC-Tools main CI run `26137280847` completed successfully for `72119a1acc6f5a0cd3bb5d90afd6e87fd1fefd05` across Verify, Security Audit, and Workers Builds. |
 | Post-merge local gates | `npm run platform:audit -- --json` returned ready true with 0 PRs, 0 issues, 0 discussion gaps, and 0 dirty blockers; `npm run preview-pack:smoke -- --format json` returned ready true with digest `531328aaaa53` before the May 20 dashboard rollover and `eebb8a66c33e` after adding the May 20 dashboard artifact; `git diff --check HEAD~1..HEAD` was clean. |
-| Linear roadmap sync | Linear ITO-61 comment `467d148a-712a-4777-aad9-95593e9f1739` and ECC Platform Roadmap project comment `7642ee9c-3107-400c-a229-53e2895a8914` record ECC-Tools #89, ECC #2019, the green post-merge CI run, and the remaining internal bearer-token gate. |
-| Remaining blocker | Native-payments announcement copy remains blocked until the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path is available and `npm run billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target` returns ready for the selected Marketplace Pro target. |
+| Linear roadmap sync | Linear ITO-61 comment `467d148a-712a-4777-aad9-95593e9f1739` and ECC Platform Roadmap project comment `7642ee9c-3107-400c-a229-53e2895a8914` record ECC-Tools #89, ECC #2019, the green post-merge CI run, and the remaining internal bearer-token gate; Linear ITO-44 comment `a9297467-208a-41e4-8dbb-35f0dad5fe2b`, ITO-56 comment `5008b70b-cf98-43cd-a8d4-f098ba9b9780`, ITO-61 comment `5ebf0aaf-e2d3-4537-878f-484f49dcf87a`, and project reply `1c74a3d0-f8ca-4306-997e-a37c53d49f97` record the ECC #2020 selected-target announcement-gate sync and remaining bearer-token/live-gate blocker. |
+| Remaining blocker | Native-payments announcement copy remains blocked until the local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path is available via exported env or ignored `--env-file`, Cloudflare/Wrangler auth is usable for repeat KV evidence, and `npm run billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target` returns ready for the selected Marketplace Pro target. |

 ## Release And Growth Evidence

@@ -127,7 +132,9 @@ Tracked repositories in the platform audit were:
 | Post-PR #2011 main CI | GitHub Actions run `26113695068` | Completed successfully with 37 completed jobs, 0 failed jobs, and `main` advanced to `14d88e517b0c56a80c1a6392b1cde2474948d29f` |
 | Post-PR #2013 main CI | GitHub Actions run `26128749863` | Completed successfully with `main` advanced to `9819626459a662773be7d0b1c18d82c1316b8c36` |
 | Post-PR #2019 main CI | GitHub Actions run `26135974576` | Completed successfully with `main` advanced to `30f60710d4e0424fc70d9bbdc105009db141d9d8` |
-| Linear sync | Linear document `ecc-may-19-post-pr-2002-sync-64cef8f668e0` plus project comment `a6411e3a-8c8e-4a58-adba-687e77d4c543`; late-pass document `ecc-may-19-late-queue-zero-and-release-gate-sync-1c26f65e6b3f` plus project comment `d42bf0e2-7a8e-4934-9f3f-e281498ee805`; May 20 ITO-61 comment `467d148a-712a-4777-aad9-95593e9f1739` plus project comment `7642ee9c-3107-400c-a229-53e2895a8914` | Project and issue lanes record PR #2002 evidence, discussion #2003 routing, owner-approval dashboard gate, and In Progress status for ITO-47, ITO-48, ITO-49, ITO-51, ITO-54, and ITO-56; the late-pass sync attaches PR #2013, ECC-Tools #79, and JARVIS #15/#16 evidence to ITO-44, ITO-50, ITO-54, ITO-56, and ITO-61; the May 20 sync attaches ECC-Tools #89 and ECC #2019 Marketplace Pro selected-target evidence to ITO-61 and the project |
+| Post-PR #2020 main CI | GitHub Actions run `26136949698` | Completed successfully with `main` advanced to `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2` |
+| ECC-Tools #91 main CI | GitHub Actions run `26137280847` | Completed successfully on ECC-Tools `main` with `72119a1acc6f5a0cd3bb5d90afd6e87fd1fefd05` after the env-file billing gate support merged |
+| Linear sync | Linear document `ecc-may-19-post-pr-2002-sync-64cef8f668e0` plus project comment `a6411e3a-8c8e-4a58-adba-687e77d4c543`; late-pass document `ecc-may-19-late-queue-zero-and-release-gate-sync-1c26f65e6b3f` plus project comment `d42bf0e2-7a8e-4934-9f3f-e281498ee805`; May 20 ITO-61 comment `467d148a-712a-4777-aad9-95593e9f1739` plus project comment `7642ee9c-3107-400c-a229-53e2895a8914`; May 20 ITO-44 comment `a9297467-208a-41e4-8dbb-35f0dad5fe2b`, ITO-56 comment `5008b70b-cf98-43cd-a8d4-f098ba9b9780`, ITO-61 comment `5ebf0aaf-e2d3-4537-878f-484f49dcf87a`, and project reply `1c74a3d0-f8ca-4306-997e-a37c53d49f97` | Project and issue lanes record PR #2002 evidence, discussion #2003 routing, owner-approval dashboard gate, and In Progress status for ITO-47, ITO-48, ITO-49, ITO-51, ITO-54, and ITO-56; the late-pass sync attaches PR #2013, ECC-Tools #79, and JARVIS #15/#16 evidence to ITO-44, ITO-50, ITO-54, ITO-56, and ITO-61; the May 20 sync attaches ECC-Tools #89/#90, ECC #2019/#2020 Marketplace Pro selected-target and selected-target announcement-gate evidence, and the remaining env-file/bearer-token gate to ITO-44, ITO-56, ITO-61, and the project |
 | Public-path sanitization | `node scripts/ci/validate-no-personal-paths.js` through local suite and CI | Passed |
 | Markdown and whitespace | `markdownlint` focused release docs plus `git diff --check` before PR #1999 | Passed |

@@ -141,8 +148,8 @@ Tracked repositories in the platform audit were:
 | Growth proof | `partner-sponsor-talks-pack.md` provides approval-gated copy for sponsors, partners, consulting, talks, podcasts, GitHub Discussion, and video CTAs |
 | Owner approval proof | `owner-approval-packet-2026-05-19.md` centralizes release, package, plugin, video, billing, social, and outbound decision gates |
 | Business baseline | Hypergrowth command center and partner pack use `$1,728/mo` current MRR, `$10,000/mo` target MRR, and `$8,272/mo` gap |
-| Operator dashboard | `operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-19.md` pulls the growth baseline into the same queue, publication, video, outbound, AgentShield, ECC Tools, Linear, and supply-chain control surface |
-| Linear progress proof | Linear project document `ecc-may-19-post-pr-2002-sync-64cef8f668e0` mirrors the post-PR #2002 state and records active lanes for launch materials, AgentShield, ECC Tools deep analysis, observability, and final release publication; Linear document `ecc-may-19-late-queue-zero-and-release-gate-sync-1c26f65e6b3f` adds the PR #2013 approval gate, ECC-Tools #79 redaction hardening, and JARVIS #15/#16 queue/deploy repair evidence; May 20 Linear comments `74dcc101-3be5-4173-be13-62b80d54f569`, `348ea8f5-2a2d-46d9-a0fe-ed99653e7fe5`, `291e2a4b-06e3-4672-a057-cdb141478161`, `b2d35de0-ca49-44cb-982a-ddec229e7691`, `faed69dd-35f5-469d-acb5-ddde6a70d6a1`, `70187c1e-d481-4181-b418-09bd65d54b5e`, `371fc3e4-611f-4d20-a23f-67db1260b418`, `bd06e252-15c1-4256-b667-caa3f64f5968`, and `22c2c388-2fd1-4dea-a939-6141f40c9a21` add ECC-Tools #86/#87/#88 hosted observability readback evidence, AgentShield #94 adapter evidence, and AgentShield #95 Dependabot alert closure to ITO-54, ITO-49, ITO-57, and the project |
+| Operator dashboard | `operator-readiness-dashboard-2026-05-20.md` pulls the growth baseline into the same queue, publication, video, outbound, AgentShield, ECC Tools billing/env-file gate, Linear, and supply-chain control surface |
+| Linear progress proof | Linear project document `ecc-may-19-post-pr-2002-sync-64cef8f668e0` mirrors the post-PR #2002 state and records active lanes for launch materials, AgentShield, ECC Tools deep analysis, observability, and final release publication; Linear document `ecc-may-19-late-queue-zero-and-release-gate-sync-1c26f65e6b3f` adds the PR #2013 approval gate, ECC-Tools #79 redaction hardening, and JARVIS #15/#16 queue/deploy repair evidence; May 20 Linear comments `74dcc101-3be5-4173-be13-62b80d54f569`, `348ea8f5-2a2d-46d9-a0fe-ed99653e7fe5`, `291e2a4b-06e3-4672-a057-cdb141478161`, `b2d35de0-ca49-44cb-982a-ddec229e7691`, `faed69dd-35f5-469d-acb5-ddde6a70d6a1`, `70187c1e-d481-4181-b418-09bd65d54b5e`, `371fc3e4-611f-4d20-a23f-67db1260b418`, `bd06e252-15c1-4256-b667-caa3f64f5968`, `22c2c388-2fd1-4dea-a939-6141f40c9a21`, `a9297467-208a-41e4-8dbb-35f0dad5fe2b`, `5008b70b-cf98-43cd-a8d4-f098ba9b9780`, `5ebf0aaf-e2d3-4537-878f-484f49dcf87a`, and `1c74a3d0-f8ca-4306-997e-a37c53d49f97` add ECC-Tools hosted observability readback evidence, AgentShield adapter evidence, AgentShield Dependabot alert closure, and Marketplace selected-target announcement-gate evidence to ITO-44, ITO-49, ITO-54, ITO-56, ITO-57, ITO-61, and the project |

 ## Current Publication Blockers

@@ -154,14 +161,18 @@ Tracked repositories in the platform audit were:
  official Plugin Directory publishing remains blocked on OpenAI submission or
  listing evidence.
 - ECC Tools billing/native-payments copy remains blocked until the
-  local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path is available and the
-  live `billing:announcement-gate -- --select-ready-target` check passes.
+  local/internal `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` bearer-token path is available via
+  exported env or ignored `--env-file`, Cloudflare/Wrangler auth is usable for
+  repeat KV evidence, and the live `billing:announcement-gate --
+  --select-ready-target` check passes.
  ECC-Tools PR #89 (`512bca6`) added `billing:kv-readback --
  --select-ready-target --require-ready`; its 2026-05-20 production run cleared
  the old missing-target-state blocker without printing the account login.
  ECC-Tools PR #90 (`16a5bb3`) added the selected-target official announcement
  gate, so production preflight no longer needs a raw GitHub login and now
  blocks only on the missing `INTERNAL_API_SECRET` input before live execution.
+  ECC-Tools PR #91 (`72119a1`) added `--env-file` support for ignored local
+  billing credentials without printing loaded secrets or account logins.
 - Release notes, X, LinkedIn, GitHub release, GitHub Discussion, longform copy,
  sponsor outreach, partner outreach, consulting copy, conference pitches, and
  podcast pitches still need final live URLs plus human approval before posting
@@ -175,13 +186,14 @@ The tracked public PR queue, issue queue, discussion queue, canonical ECC
 identity, release video suite, preview pack, growth outreach packet, per-project
 Claude Code adapter surface, continuous-learning project registry hygiene,
 GateGuard quoted git introspection fix, deterministic release approval gate,
-ECC-Tools billing-announcement redaction hardening, ECC-Tools hosted
-observability readback, AgentShield Zed/VS Code adapter coverage, AgentShield
-Dependabot alert closure, and JARVIS
-security/deploy queue repairs are current on May 20, 2026 for ECC `main`
-through `906e06406e95742944ccb05065f95a7e4dd4a036`, ECC-Tools `main`
-through `c836ac3fb24ed7e2ae38cd61e41c9651ac9c00f8`, and AgentShield `main`
-through `25d91f0002214c408da4ceaac7def20bad40ca10`. The remaining video work is owner
+ECC-Tools billing-announcement redaction hardening, selected-target billing
+readback, selected-target announcement gate, billing gate env-file operator path,
+ECC-Tools hosted observability readback, AgentShield Zed/VS Code adapter coverage,
+AgentShield Dependabot alert closure, and JARVIS security/deploy queue repairs
+are current on May 20, 2026 for ECC `main` through
+`c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2`, ECC-Tools `main` through
+`72119a1acc6f5a0cd3bb5d90afd6e87fd1fefd05`, and AgentShield `main` through
+`25d91f0002214c408da4ceaac7def20bad40ca10`. The remaining video work is owner
 approval, upload, and public URL attachment, not render or QA production.

 This improves publication readiness but does not replace the approval-gated
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-readiness.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-readiness.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ For the May 19 live/pending release URL ledger after the public repo rename, see
 | Claude plugin | Manifest validates, marketplace JSON points to public repo, install docs match slug | `claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json`; `claude plugin tag .claude-plugin --dry-run`; isolated temp-home install smoke | `Blocker: real tag creation/push requires approval` | Plugin owner | Clean-checkout dry-run and install smoke recorded |
 | Codex plugin | Manifest version matches package and docs, repo marketplace points at the plugin root, and OpenAI's current official Plugin Directory status is recorded | `node tests/docs/ecc2-release-surface.test.js`; `node tests/plugin-manifest.test.js`; `codex plugin marketplace add --help`; temp-home `codex plugin marketplace add <local-checkout>` | `Blocker: official Plugin Directory listing requires OpenAI submission/listing evidence` | Plugin owner | Repo-marketplace distribution verified; official directory pending |
 | OpenCode package | Build output is regenerated from source and package metadata is current | `npm run build:opencode` | `Blocker: none for local build; public distribution still follows npm/plugin release` | Package owner | Evidence recorded |
-| ECC Tools billing reference | Any billing claim links to verified Marketplace/App state | `env -u GITHUB_TOKEN gh repo view ECC-Tools/ECC-Tools --json nameWithOwner,isPrivate,viewerPermission` plus internal `/api/billing/readiness?accountLogin=<marketplace-test-account>` readback | `Blocker: ECC-Tools #73 added announcementGate; live Marketplace test-account readback must return announcementGate.ready === true before payment announcement` | ECC Tools owner | Code gate recorded; live billing readback pending |
+| ECC Tools billing reference | Any billing claim links to verified Marketplace/App state | `env -u GITHUB_TOKEN gh repo view ECC-Tools/ECC-Tools --json nameWithOwner,isPrivate,viewerPermission` plus internal `/api/billing/readiness?selectReadyTarget=1` readback using exported env or ignored `--env-file` for the bearer token | `Blocker: ECC-Tools #91 added the env-file operator path, but live selected-target announcement readback must return announcementGate.ready === true before payment announcement` | ECC Tools owner | Code gate recorded; live billing readback pending |
 | Announcement copy | X, LinkedIn, GitHub release, and longform copy point to live URLs | placeholder-marker scan and `release-url-ledger-2026-05-19.md` | `Blocker: final live release/npm/plugin/billing URLs do not exist yet; live and pending URLs are separated in the May 19 ledger` | Release owner | URL ledger recorded; final URLs pending |
 | Privileged workflow hardening | Release and maintenance workflows avoid persisted checkout tokens | `node scripts/ci/validate-workflow-security.js` | `Blocker:` | Release owner | Evidence recorded in post-hardening refresh |

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Record the exact commit SHA and command output before any publication action:

 | Evidence | Command | Required result | Recorded output |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Clean release branch | `git status --short --branch` | On intended release commit; no unrelated files | Current May 19 baseline `bc519e5b8ed42f26c0a5a611756e04351c323f21`: `## main...origin/main`; repeat from the exact final publication commit before release |
+| Clean release branch | `git status --short --branch` | On intended release commit; no unrelated files | Current May 20 baseline `c2471fe5c535310f8a8008c9ed7ea9f6757b33f2`: `## main...origin/main`; repeat from the exact final publication commit before release |
 | Preview-pack smoke | `npm run preview-pack:smoke` | Preview pack artifacts, Hermes boundary, final verification command list, and publication blockers pass | `publication-evidence-2026-05-19.md`: ready yes, digest `eebb8a66c33e`, 33 artifacts, 5 passed, 0 failed; repeat in the final strict clean-checkout release pass |
 | Release approval gate | `npm run release:approval-gate -- --format json` | Ready true only after owner decision rows are approved, live release/package/plugin/video/billing URLs are recorded, and launch/outbound copy has no placeholders or private paths | Current May 19 state is intentionally blocked because owner decisions and live URL readbacks remain approval-gated |
 | Harness audit | `npm run harness:audit -- --format json` | 80/80 passing | Current release gate: 80/80 across 8 applicable categories, 0 top actions |
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ Record the exact commit SHA and command output before any publication action:
 | Package surface | `node tests/scripts/npm-publish-surface.test.js` | 0 failures; no Python bytecode in npm tarball | Current release gate: 2/2 passed |
 | Release surface | `node tests/docs/ecc2-release-surface.test.js` | 0 failures | Current release gate: 27/27 passed after refreshing the discussion-count assertion to the post-PR #2005 baseline |
 | Optional Rust surface | `cd ecc2 && cargo test` | 0 failures or explicit deferral | `publication-evidence-2026-05-16.md`: 462/462 passed, existing warnings only |
-| Queue baseline | `node scripts/platform-audit.js --json` across trunk, AgentShield, JARVIS, ECC Tools, and ECC website | Under 20 open PRs and under 20 open issues | Current May 19 baseline after PR #2009: platform audit ready true, 0 open PRs, 0 open issues, 0 conflicting PRs, and 0 blocking dirty files across tracked repos |
+| Queue baseline | `node scripts/platform-audit.js --json` across trunk, AgentShield, JARVIS, ECC Tools, and ECC website | Under 20 open PRs and under 20 open issues | Current May 20 baseline after PR #2020: platform audit ready true, 0 open PRs, 0 open issues, 0 discussion gaps, 0 conflicting PRs, and 0 blocking dirty files across tracked repos |
 | Discussion baseline | `node scripts/platform-audit.js --json` and `node scripts/discussion-audit.js --json` | No unmanaged active discussion queue and no answerable Q&A missing an accepted answer | Post-PR #2005 baseline: platform audit sampled 59 trunk discussions, 0 needing maintainer touch, 0 answerable discussions missing accepted answer; `docs/architecture/discussion-response-playbook.md` records response templates and security escalation rules |
 | Linear roadmap | Linear project and issue readback | Detailed roadmap exists with release, security, AgentShield, ECC Tools, legacy, and observability lanes | May 18 Linear comments include ITO-57 `3fe5b2b7-c4fe-401c-a317-b40d72119cb3` and ITO-44 `fb4a4f33-6c2d-421a-bbdb-63cfad3e3ee4`; earlier evidence records the project and 16 issue lanes |
-| Operator readiness dashboard | `npm run operator:dashboard -- --json` | Current queue state mapped to macro-goal deliverables and incomplete gaps | Current May 19 dashboard is refreshed from the post-PR #2009 baseline; platform audit ready true, 0 open PRs, 0 open issues, 0 discussion gaps, 0 dirty files, release video suite current, and publication gates still approval-gated |
+| Operator readiness dashboard | `npm run operator:dashboard -- --json` | Current queue state mapped to macro-goal deliverables and incomplete gaps | Current May 20 dashboard is refreshed from the post-PR #2020 baseline; platform audit ready true, 0 open PRs, 0 open issues, 0 discussion gaps, 0 dirty files, release video suite current, selected-target billing/env-file path mirrored, and publication gates still approval-gated |
 | Release URL ledger | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/release-url-ledger-2026-05-19.md` plus placeholder-marker scan | Live links and approval-gated links are separated before announcement copy is posted | Ledger records public repo/docs/npm/OpenAI Codex documentation URLs and blocks GitHub release/npm/plugin/billing/social URLs until approval-gated checks pass |
 | Release name and plugin publication checklist | `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/release-name-plugin-publication-checklist-2026-05-18.md` | Name/package/plugin values are frozen, final-release commands are listed, and Claude/Codex publication paths cite current official docs | Checklist keeps `ECC`, `ecc-universal`, and plugin slug `ecc` for rc.1; no npm rename, npm publish, plugin tag, official listing, billing claim, or announcement before final evidence |

--- a/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/release-url-ledger-2026-05-19.md
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/release-url-ledger-2026-05-19.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ with output from the exact release commit.
 | npm rc package | <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ecc-universal/v/2.0.0-rc.1> | `npm publish --tag next` approval and post-publish `npm view ecc-universal dist-tags --json` |
 | Claude plugin tag | `claude plugin tag .claude-plugin --dry-run`, then real tag only after approval | Clean release commit and plugin tag/push approval |
 | Codex repo marketplace install | `codex plugin marketplace add affaan-m/ECC --ref v2.0.0-rc.1` | GitHub tag must exist; official Plugin Directory submission remains separate |
-| ECC Tools native-payments announcement | ECC Tools Marketplace/App URL plus billing readiness readback | Marketplace-managed test account must return `announcementGate.ready === true` |
+| ECC Tools native-payments announcement | ECC Tools Marketplace/App URL plus selected-target billing readiness readback, with bearer token supplied through exported env or ignored `--env-file` | Marketplace-managed selected target must return `announcementGate.ready === true` |
 | Public announcements | X, LinkedIn, GitHub release, and longform URLs | GitHub release, npm, plugin, and billing URLs must resolve first |

 ## Pre-Post Check
--- a/scripts/operator-readiness-dashboard.js
+++ b/scripts/operator-readiness-dashboard.js
@@ -343,10 +343,12 @@ function agentShieldEnterpriseEvidence(roadmap) {

 function eccToolsNextLevelEvidence(roadmap) {
  if (roadmap.includes('selected-target official announcement gate')
+    || roadmap.includes('billing gate env-file operator path')
+    || roadmap.includes('72119a1')
    || roadmap.includes('16a5bb3')
    || roadmap.includes('select-ready-target')
    || roadmap.includes('f14ed2fe-a219-470c-8119-63429e197027')) {
-    return 'billing announcement gate, selected-target announcement gate, hosted analysis lanes, AgentShield fleet-summary consumption, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output telemetry, operator-visible promotion output details, hosted promotion judge audit traces, billing announcement preflight, aggregate production billing KV readback, Wrangler OAuth readback, target-account billing readback, provenance-aware Marketplace billing-state gates, sanitized Marketplace plan/action provenance counts, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, hosted team-learning feedback controls, and ECC-Tools Dependabot alert remediation are mirrored in the GA roadmap';
+    return 'billing announcement gate, selected-target announcement gate, billing gate env-file operator path, hosted analysis lanes, AgentShield fleet-summary consumption, hosted finding evidence paths, harness-route policy linking, policy-promotion Action-output telemetry, operator-visible promotion output details, hosted promotion judge audit traces, billing announcement preflight, aggregate production billing KV readback, Wrangler OAuth readback, target-account billing readback, provenance-aware Marketplace billing-state gates, sanitized Marketplace plan/action provenance counts, ready Marketplace Pro target selection, hosted team-learning feedback controls, and ECC-Tools Dependabot alert remediation are mirrored in the GA roadmap';
  }

  if (roadmap.includes('69ca535')
@@ -395,11 +397,13 @@ function eccToolsNextLevelEvidence(roadmap) {

 function eccToolsNextLevelGap(roadmap) {
  if (roadmap.includes('selected-target official announcement gate')
+    || roadmap.includes('billing gate env-file operator path')
+    || roadmap.includes('72119a1')
    || roadmap.includes('16a5bb3')
    || roadmap.includes('select-ready-target')
    || roadmap.includes('f14ed2fe-a219-470c-8119-63429e197027')
    || roadmap.includes('old "no Marketplace-managed Pro target billing-state" blocker is cleared')) {
-    return 'obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy';
+    return 'obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy';
  }

  if (roadmap.includes('1Password CLI authorization timed out')
@@ -1013,7 +1017,7 @@ function buildReport(options) {
      releaseVideoWorkOrder,
      'Replace final release, npm, plugin, billing, and video URLs in the partner/sponsor/talk pack, then get explicit approval before outbound.',
      'Repeat ITO-57 Linear/project status sync after the next significant merge batch or advisory-source refresh.',
-      'Obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy.',
+      'Obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy.',
    ],
  };
 }
--- a/tests/docs/ecc2-release-surface.test.js
+++ b/tests/docs/ecc2-release-surface.test.js
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ test('publication readiness checklist gates public release actions on evidence',
  assert.ok(may15Evidence.includes('codex plugin marketplace add <local-checkout>'));
  assert.ok(may15Evidence.includes('Plugin Directory publishing is still blocked'));
  assert.ok(may15Evidence.includes('announcementGate.ready === true'));
-  assert.ok(source.includes('ECC-Tools #73 added announcementGate'));
+  assert.ok(source.includes('ECC-Tools #91 added the env-file operator path'));
  assert.ok(source.includes('do not claim official Plugin Directory listing before OpenAI submission evidence'));
  assert.ok(source.includes('release-name-plugin-publication-checklist-2026-05-18.md'));
  assert.ok(source.includes('Release name and plugin publication checklist'));
--- a/tests/scripts/operator-readiness-dashboard.test.js
+++ b/tests/scripts/operator-readiness-dashboard.test.js
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ function seedRepo(rootDir, overrides = {}) {
      '632e059',
      'select-ready-target',
      'selected-target official announcement gate',
+      'billing gate env-file operator path',
+      '72119a1',
      '16a5bb3',
      'f14ed2fe-a219-470c-8119-63429e197027',
      'old "no Marketplace-managed Pro target billing-state" blocker is cleared',
@@ -368,10 +370,11 @@ function runTests() {
      )));
      assert.ok(report.requirements.some(item => (
        item.id === 'ecc-tools-next-level'
-          && item.gap === 'obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy'
+          && item.gap === 'obtain or rotate the local/internal INTERNAL_API_SECRET bearer-token path, via exported env or ignored --env-file, then run the live selected-target billing announcement gate before publishing native-payments copy'
          && item.evidence.includes('operator-visible promotion output details')
          && item.evidence.includes('hosted promotion judge audit traces')
          && item.evidence.includes('selected-target announcement gate')
+          && item.evidence.includes('billing gate env-file operator path')
          && item.evidence.includes('billing announcement preflight')
          && item.evidence.includes('aggregate production billing KV readback')
          && item.evidence.includes('Wrangler OAuth readback')