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What?

  • Add a design for ordering layers from the remote-state keys they read.
  • leverage tf apply-ordered plans each layer when it is reached and applies the saved plan only when that plan has a diff.
  • --ci takes an OIDC token from the CI system and does not use SSO.

Why?

  • --layers visits paths in the order given and cannot cross accounts.
  • An unattended job has no SSO token, and role chaining from temporary credentials is capped at one hour.
  • One graph and one credential step then serve any Leverage repo and any CI that can supply a JWT.

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  • The proposal is docs/ordered-apply.md in this pull request.
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This pull request only adds the proposal. The release checklist does not apply until the commands exist.

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  • Documentation
    • Added a proposal describing how to discover and order OpenTofu layers based on remote-state dependencies, then apply changed layers serially.
    • Documented proposed workflows for selecting layers, running plans and applies, configuring CI credentials, and handling plan outcomes.
    • Added a link to the proposal in the README. These describe proposed behavior, not implemented features.

Describe how a Leverage repo orders layers from the state keys
they read and applies a saved plan only when that plan has a
diff. CI authenticates with an OIDC token from any system
instead of SSO.
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Walkthrough

The README now links to a proposal for discovering and ordering OpenTofu layers and applying them serially. The proposal also describes CI credentials, pipeline conditions, and pre-apply safeguards. These are documented proposals, not implementation changes.

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Ordered Apply Proposal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Layer discovery and dependency graph
README.md, docs/ordered-apply.md
The README links to the proposal. The document describes layer discovery, remote-state dependency matching, graph ordering, and cycle handling.
Ordered apply workflows
docs/ordered-apply.md
The document describes existing --layers behavior and proposes --order and apply-ordered, including serial execution, selectors, and plan exit-code handling.
CI credentials and role mapping
docs/ordered-apply.md
The proposal specifies CI token inputs, OIDC role exchange and trust, provider requirements, and mapping discovered profiles to roles.
Pipeline conditions and apply safeguards
docs/ordered-apply.md
The proposal describes default-branch apply conditions, separate review planning, and stops for destructive or mismatched plans.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: angelofenoglio

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7120c

This change only adds a design proposal and a link to it, so nothing in production changes. The proposal has several specification mistakes, including cycle detection, CI trust subjects and duplicate state ownership. They should be corrected so the eventual implementation does not inherit them. This is safe to merge once the owners are aware, ideally after the fixes.

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Review comments at @docs/ordered-apply.md:
- Around line 93-95: Update the ordered-apply graph construction guidance so
duplicate layer identities are rejected as graph errors before planning or
applying; remove the warning-and-prerequisites behavior, and do not imply an
implicit merge rule.
- Line 306: Update the generic CI row in the ordered-apply table to use the CI’s
documented repository or job subject for the trust-policy subject condition,
rather than the JWT issuer. Keep the issuer configured separately as the
identity provider.
- Around line 301-305: Update the CI subject column in the table to make each
repository’s exact OIDC `sub` value configurable rather than prescribing a fixed
format. Explain that GitHub and GitLab subject claims can vary with environment
settings, customization, or immutable identifiers, and instruct readers to
obtain the exact `sub` for their intended apply job and use it in the trust
policy.
- Around line 96-99: Update step 4 in the strongly connected components
description to state explicitly that the backward traversal processes vertices
in decreasing finish-time order, reversing the recorded finish order before
collecting sets.
- Around line 321-325: Update Leverage’s profile discovery contract to include
profiles from every Terraform `.tf` file in each layer, rather than only
`config.tf`, `locals.tf`, and `runtime.tf`; align the discovery implementation
with this behavior so profiles used in files such as `provider.tf` are included
in role-map validation.
- Around line 172-175: Clarify the exit-code behavior in the ordered walker
documentation: for a single layer, exit 2 applies the saved plan and continues,
while any other non-zero exit stops the walk; for a cycle, any exit 2 stops
before the cycle is applied.
- Around line 272-276: Update the job-start JWT guidance in the ordered-apply
documentation to state that the JWT must remain valid for every account and
provider profile exchange, and that a longer role session does not extend JWT
validity. Preserve the existing per-exchange token-command contract.

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Comment on lines +321 to +325
`config/ci-roles.json` maps every profile name that layer files and
`backend.tfvars` use to a role ARN in the account that profile
represents. Leverage discovers the names by reading `profile` in each
layer's `config.tf`, `locals.tf`, `runtime.tf`, and `backend.tfvars`. A
discovered name missing from the map fails the command. Role ARNs are

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Discover profiles in every layer .tf file.

The layout permits arbitrary *.tf files, but this section scans only config.tf, locals.tf, and runtime.tf. A profile in provider.tf or another normal Terraform file is omitted from the role map. CI then cannot provide credentials for a profile the layer uses. Scan every layer .tf file, or make the filename restriction part of the repository contract.

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Review comment at @docs/ordered-apply.md around lines 321 - 325:
Update Leverage’s profile discovery contract to include profiles from every
Terraform `.tf` file in each layer, rather than only `config.tf`, `locals.tf`,
and `runtime.tf`; align the discovery implementation with this behavior so
profiles used in files such as `provider.tf` are included in role-map
validation.

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Duplicate state keys stop the graph. Cycle detection walks
vertices in decreasing finish time. Exit 2 applies one layer
and stops a cycle. CI trust uses the apply job's exact
subject, and profile discovery reads every .tf file.

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