The bootstrap-admin-from-env-vars flow was a holdover from before
self-registration could create the first admin. Now that handleRegister
+ CreateUserFirstAdminRace promotes the first user to register on an
empty users table (verified shipped in v2026.05.08.2 / #376), the
bootstrap path is just a second source of truth that confuses operators
(and leaves an "admin" account in the DB that nobody asked for).
Removes:
- internal/auth/bootstrap.go + its test
- The auth.Bootstrap call from cmd/minstrel/main.go
- AuthConfig + AdminBootstrapConfig structs from config
- MINSTREL_AUTH_ADMIN_USERNAME / _PASSWORD env reads + their test
- The auth: block from config.example.yaml
- Bootstrap-related comments in docker-compose.yml + README.md
The README quickstart now points operators at /register on first start
instead of "watch the logs for a one-time password."
Existing instances keep their bootstrap-admin row in the DB; operators
who want it gone can register a new admin via /register, promote them
in /admin/users, then delete the old bootstrap user (last-admin guard
will require the new admin to be promoted first). No migration needed.
Recovery story for forgotten admin passwords now hinges on Fable #321
(admin password reset CLI) — currently the only path back in if no
other admin exists.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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