Auth-template residue in core/errors.go + core/response.go:
- UnauthorizedError() / ForbiddenError() + Err{Unauthorized,Forbidden}
sentinels
- TokenExpiredError() / TokenInvalidError() / TokenRevokedError() +
Err{TokenExpired,TokenInvalid,TokenRevoked} sentinels
- core.Unauthorized() / core.Forbidden() response wrappers
Zero call sites anywhere in the codebase. Worse, the Token*Error names
semantically collide with canary tokens (same package, completely
unrelated meaning) — a future-reader trap that would compound once
Phase 9 wires real operator-bearer auth gates on the admin handler.
Generic AppError plumbing (NewAppError, NotFoundError, DuplicateError,
ValidationError, InternalError, RateLimitError, IsAppError, GetAppError)
is preserved — all in active use.
When Phase 9 needs operator-bearer or turnstile-gated responses, helpers
can be reintroduced with names appropriate to the actual auth design
rather than carrying generic JWT-shaped vocabulary forward into a
canary-token namespace.
Surfaced by the pre-Phase-5 cross-phase alignment audit. Cleared per
the fix-in-phase rule. BACKLOG closed section records the resolution.
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