feat(catalog-console): a keys status command, and complete rotation without a red main (#62, #68)

Two problems from issue #68's follow-up review:

1. The maintainer -- the only person who will ever use this tool -- cannot
   reliably tell which of the two signing keys is which or what state
   either is in. He already pasted a private key into a chat window
   because a prompt was ambiguous. That's a defect in this tool, not user
   error.

2. PR #71 rotates bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS, which makes
   data/catalog.json.sig (signed by the retired key) stop verifying and
   the CI catalog-signature job go red. The Console could previously only
   load/sign against `main`, so the only way through was to merge a red
   PR and fix main afterwards -- normalizing exactly the alarm fatigue
   this whole design exists to prevent.

Task 1 -- `python catalog_console.py keys`:
  A plain-English-first status report for BOTH keys: purpose, where the
  private half lives, whether it exists locally, its fingerprint, whether
  that fingerprint matches every place its public half is expected to be
  committed (bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS, ci.yml's trust anchor, and
  scripts/sign_checksums.RELEASE_PUBKEYS -- checked independently, since
  issue #68 finding 4 was exactly bcc_core.py and ci.yml silently
  drifting apart), and whether data/catalog.json.sig currently verifies --
  ending with the exact command to run next. Needs no passphrase and never
  touches private key bytes: a plaintext public-key cache
  (store_public_key/load_public_key) is written alongside the existing
  encrypted private blob at keygen time, precisely so this command can
  report a fingerprint without decrypting anything.

  The status/report logic (key_status, render_key_status_report,
  recommend_next_steps, fingerprint_pubkey, extract_pubkey_list_literal,
  extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey) is pure and lives in catalog_review.py;
  cmd_keys in catalog_console.py is a thin printer over it, per the
  project's existing pure-core/thin-GUI split.

Task 2 -- rotation completable without a red main:
  ReviewWindow now offers a "current branch" source (auto-detected via
  `current_branch()`, or --ref to name one explicitly) alongside "main"
  and open PRs. Loading it runs the exact same diff-against-last-signed /
  rotation-detection logic "main" always used (_load_own_ref, extracted
  from the old hardcoded-to-main _on_load), just parameterized on the
  ref. Signing now pushes to session.loaded_ref, never a hardcoded "main"
  (commit_and_push_signed_catalog's branch param was already there --
  only the call site was wrong). The ref-list computation itself is a
  pure function (compute_own_refs) so this seam is unit-testable without
  git or Qt. None of can_sign()'s guards (empty-diff, acknowledge-all,
  blocking-risk, TOCTOU) were touched.

  This lets a rotation branch be reviewed, re-attested (every entry,
  since the new key never vouched for any of them -- issue #68 finding 5
  follow-up), signed, and pushed to ITS OWN branch before it's ever
  merged.

Task 3 -- label the keys everywhere:
  PassphraseDialog now shows which key (CATALOG vs RELEASE) and its
  fingerprint before the passphrase field, both in its window title and
  its prompt text -- the exact ambiguity that led to a private key being
  pasted into a chat window. cmd_keygen's stored-key confirmation now
  reads "CATALOG private key encrypted..." / "RELEASE private key
  encrypted..." instead of a capitalized-lowercase kind. The reattest
  banner now says "CATALOG signing key" / "CATALOG key" throughout
  instead of "the key".

PySide6's import is now guarded (try/except -> _PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE) and
every GUI class definition that depends on it moved under
`if _PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE:`. `keygen`, `show-seed-b64`, and the new `keys`
command have no GUI dependency and now work (and are testable) in an
environment without PySide6 -- which is exactly this repo's own `test`
CI job (pytest + cryptography only, no PySide6). `gui` fails with a clear
message instead of an ImportError stack trace if it's missing.

Tests: 26 new pure-function tests in tests/test_catalog_review.py
(fingerprint_pubkey, extract_pubkey_list_literal,
extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey, key_status, recommend_next_steps,
render_key_status_report) and a new tests/test_catalog_console_git.py
(14 tests) covering compute_own_refs, current_branch,
commit_and_push_signed_catalog's branch targeting, and
catalog_sig_status_on_disk against real local git repos -- importing
catalog_console.py directly, proving it works without PySide6. 400
passed, 1 skipped (pre-existing). ruff check / ruff format --check clean.

README.md

@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ key, because they protect different things and live in different places:
 | Generated with | `python catalog_console.py keygen` | `python catalog_console.py keygen --release` |
 | Exported for CI with | *(never — there is no supported way to export this key)* | `python catalog_console.py show-seed-b64 --release` |
 
+**Confused about which key is which, or what state either is in?** Run:
+
+```bash
+python catalog_console.py keys
+```
+
+It needs no passphrase (it never touches private key bytes) and prints a
+plain-English report for both keys: where each private half lives, whether
+it's present on this machine, its fingerprint, whether that fingerprint
+matches what's actually committed in `bcc_core.py`, `ci.yml`'s trust
+anchor, and `scripts/sign_checksums.py`, and whether
+`data/catalog.json.sig` currently verifies — ending with the exact command
+to run next for whatever state it finds. This is the check that would have
+caught [issue #68](../../issues/68)'s finding 5 incident before it happened.
+
 **Why two keys:** the catalog key is the root of trust for what BCC
 actually *executes* on a user's machine — every `command`/`args` pair in
 the shipped catalog is only there because this key signed it. If that key
@@ -207,7 +222,7 @@ file is also listed, marked *legacy*, so you can copy them over.
 - `bcc.spec` — PyInstaller build spec (cross-platform).
 - `scripts/build_icons.py` — regenerates `icons/app.icns` and `icons/app.ico` from source PNGs.
 - `scripts/sign_checksums.py` — generates and Ed25519-signs the release `SHA256SUMS` manifest (see [Verifying your download](#verifying-your-download)).
-- `catalog_console.py` / `catalog_review.py` — **maintainer-only**, never shipped to users (excluded from `bcc.spec`; see `tests/test_catalog_console_packaging.py`). The Catalog Console: review + sign `data/catalog.json`, and generate/manage both signing keys (`keygen`, `keygen --release`) — see [Signing keys](#signing-keys).
+- `catalog_console.py` / `catalog_review.py` — **maintainer-only**, never shipped to users (excluded from `bcc.spec`; see `tests/test_catalog_console_packaging.py`). The Catalog Console: review + sign `data/catalog.json` (against `main`, an open PR, or the branch you have checked out — `--ref <branch>` to be explicit, e.g. mid key-rotation, so a rotation can be signed and pushed to its own branch *before* it's merged, never forcing a red `main`), generate/manage both signing keys (`keygen`, `keygen --release`), and report on their status (`keys`, no passphrase needed) — see [Signing keys](#signing-keys).
 
 ## Building from source
 

catalog_review.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ new surface" recurring-bug lesson).
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import base64
+import hashlib
 import os
 import re
 from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -851,3 +853,243 @@ _NON_ASCII_RE = re.compile(r"[^\x00-\x7f]")
 
 def contains_non_ascii(s: str) -> bool:
     return bool(_NON_ASCII_RE.search(s))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Key status reporting (issue #62/#68 follow-up: "make key handling
+# comprehensible"). Pure functions only -- `catalog_console.py cmd_keys` is a
+# thin printer that gathers inputs (local key caches, source-file text, the
+# catalog + its .sig) and hands them here. NEVER touches private key bytes:
+# every input/output here is a public key, a fingerprint, or a status string.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+def fingerprint_pubkey(pubkey: bytes) -> str:
+    """Short, human-comparable fingerprint of a raw Ed25519 public key: the
+    first 16 hex chars of its SHA-256 digest, grouped in 4s (e.g. "3F2A 9C1B
+    44DE 08AA") so two fingerprints can be eyeballed for a mismatch the way a
+    PGP fingerprint is. Deliberately NOT the raw base64 pubkey itself in the
+    default short form (that's available via the full committed value in the
+    report) -- a fixed-width grouped hex string is easier to compare at a
+    glance and to read aloud/type over chat if needed. Never derived from,
+    and never printed alongside, any private key material.
+    """
+    digest = hashlib.sha256(pubkey).hexdigest().upper()[:16]
+    return " ".join(digest[i : i + 4] for i in range(0, len(digest), 4))
+
+
+_PUBKEY_LIST_B64_RE = re.compile(r'base64\.b64decode\(\s*"([^"]+)"\s*\)')
+
+
+def extract_pubkey_list_literal(source_text: str, var_name: str) -> list[bytes]:
+    """Best-effort extraction of a `<var_name>: list[bytes] = [...]` literal
+    (each entry a `base64.b64decode("...")` call, matching the exact style
+    bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS and scripts.sign_checksums.RELEASE_PUBKEYS are
+    both written in) straight out of Python source TEXT.
+
+    Deliberately a regex over text, not an import: `catalog_console.py keys`
+    must report on whatever ref/branch is checked out at the inspected repo
+    path, which may not be (and need not be) importable from the running
+    process's own sys.path. Returns [] if the variable isn't found in this
+    exact shape -- callers treat that as "nothing committed here", not an
+    error, since a report that can't parse a file should say so plainly
+    rather than crash the whole `keys` command over one malformed file.
+    """
+    match = re.search(
+        rf"{re.escape(var_name)}\s*:\s*list\[bytes\]\s*=\s*\[(.*?)\]", source_text, re.DOTALL
+    )
+    if not match:
+        return []
+    keys: list[bytes] = []
+    for b64 in _PUBKEY_LIST_B64_RE.findall(match.group(1)):
+        try:
+            keys.append(base64.b64decode(b64))
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+    return keys
+
+
+_CI_TRUST_ANCHOR_RE = re.compile(r'EXPECTED_CATALOG_PUBKEY_B64:\s*"([^"]+)"')
+
+
+def extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey(ci_yml_text: str) -> bytes | None:
+    """Best-effort extraction of ci.yml's `EXPECTED_CATALOG_PUBKEY_B64` trust
+    anchor (issue #68 finding 4) from the workflow file's TEXT. Returns None
+    if the constant isn't found -- the `keys` report shows that plainly
+    ("not found in ci.yml") rather than raising.
+    """
+    match = _CI_TRUST_ANCHOR_RE.search(ci_yml_text)
+    if not match:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return base64.b64decode(match.group(1))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class PubkeyLocationCheck:
+    """One place in the source tree a key's public half is expected to be
+    committed, and whether the fingerprint(s) found there match the key
+    stored locally."""
+
+    location: str
+    committed_fingerprints: tuple[str, ...]
+    status: str  # "match" | "mismatch" | "unknown" (no local key to compare against)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class KeyStatus:
+    """Everything `catalog_console.py keys` reports about ONE signing key.
+    Built by key_status() below; rendered by render_key_status_report().
+    Never carries private key material -- every field here is safe to print.
+    """
+
+    kind: str  # "catalog" | "release"
+    display_name: str  # "CATALOG" | "RELEASE"
+    purpose: str  # one-line plain-English purpose
+    private_key_location: str  # human-readable, e.g. "on this machine, in the OS keychain"
+    local_exists: bool
+    local_fingerprint: str | None
+    locations: tuple[PubkeyLocationCheck, ...]
+    catalog_sig_status: str | None = None  # "valid" | "invalid" | "missing" | None (n/a)
+
+
+def key_status(
+    kind: str,
+    *,
+    display_name: str,
+    purpose: str,
+    private_key_location: str,
+    local_exists: bool,
+    local_pubkey: bytes | None,
+    locations: list[tuple[str, list[bytes]]],
+    catalog_sig_status: str | None = None,
+) -> KeyStatus:
+    """Pure assembly of a KeyStatus from already-resolved inputs (no file or
+    git I/O here -- that's catalog_console.py's job). `locations` is a list
+    of (label, committed_pubkeys) pairs, e.g.
+    [("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS", [...]), ("ci.yml trust anchor", [...])],
+    so a key can be checked against every place its public half is expected
+    to be committed, independently -- this is the check that would have
+    caught bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS and ci.yml's trust anchor silently
+    drifting apart (issue #68 finding 4 was exactly that kind of drift).
+    """
+    checks: list[PubkeyLocationCheck] = []
+    for label, committed_pubkeys in locations:
+        fps = tuple(fingerprint_pubkey(pk) for pk in committed_pubkeys)
+        if local_pubkey is None:
+            status = "unknown"
+        elif local_pubkey in committed_pubkeys:
+            status = "match"
+        else:
+            status = "mismatch"
+        checks.append(
+            PubkeyLocationCheck(location=label, committed_fingerprints=fps, status=status)
+        )
+
+    return KeyStatus(
+        kind=kind,
+        display_name=display_name,
+        purpose=purpose,
+        private_key_location=private_key_location,
+        local_exists=local_exists,
+        local_fingerprint=fingerprint_pubkey(local_pubkey) if local_pubkey is not None else None,
+        locations=tuple(checks),
+        catalog_sig_status=catalog_sig_status,
+    )
+
+
+_LOCATION_STATUS_ICON = {"match": "✅", "mismatch": "❌", "unknown": "⚠️"}
+_LOCATION_STATUS_VERDICT = {
+    "match": "MATCHES the local private key",
+    "mismatch": "DOES NOT MATCH the local private key",
+    "unknown": "cannot compare -- no local key to check against",
+}
+_CATALOG_SIG_STATUS_LINE = {
+    "valid": "✅ data/catalog.json.sig verifies under the committed CATALOG_PUBKEYS.",
+    "invalid": (
+        "❌ data/catalog.json.sig does NOT verify under the committed CATALOG_PUBKEYS -- "
+        "the catalog needs re-signing (Load → acknowledge all → Sign)."
+    ),
+    "missing": (
+        "⚠️ data/catalog.json.sig is missing entirely -- the catalog has never been signed."
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def recommend_next_steps(statuses: list[KeyStatus]) -> list[str]:
+    """The pure "what to do next" logic behind the keys report's closing
+    section -- one concrete, runnable-looking instruction per problem found,
+    naming the exact key involved (never just "the key"). Returns a single
+    reassuring line if nothing needs attention."""
+    steps: list[str] = []
+    for s in statuses:
+        if not s.local_exists:
+            flag = " --release" if s.kind == "release" else ""
+            steps.append(
+                f"{s.display_name} key has never been generated on this machine -- run "
+                f"`python catalog_console.py keygen{flag}`."
+            )
+            continue
+        for loc in s.locations:
+            if loc.status == "mismatch":
+                steps.append(
+                    f"{s.display_name} key's local fingerprint does not match "
+                    f"{loc.location} -- update {loc.location} to the fingerprint shown "
+                    "above (or, if this is unexpected, treat the committed key as "
+                    "untrusted and investigate before doing anything else)."
+                )
+            elif loc.status == "unknown":
+                steps.append(
+                    f"{s.display_name} key's local fingerprint could not be checked against "
+                    f"{loc.location} -- re-run keygen (or, for an older install, unlock the "
+                    "key once) so its public half is cached locally."
+                )
+        if s.kind == "catalog" and s.catalog_sig_status in ("invalid", "missing"):
+            steps.append(
+                "The catalog needs re-signing: run `python catalog_console.py gui --repo .` "
+                "and Load → acknowledge every entry → Sign. If main is red because "
+                "of a key rotation, load the branch with the rotation instead of main "
+                "(current-branch / --ref source) so the fix lands before merge."
+            )
+    if not steps:
+        steps.append("Everything is consistent -- no action needed.")
+    return steps
+
+
+def render_key_status_report(statuses: list[KeyStatus]) -> str:
+    """Render a full, plain-English-first key status report as one string.
+    `catalog_console.py cmd_keys` prints this verbatim -- the CLI is a thin
+    printer over this pure function, which is what makes the report's
+    content (not just its plumbing) unit-testable."""
+    lines: list[str] = []
+    for s in statuses:
+        lines.append(f"=== {s.display_name} KEY ===")
+        lines.append(s.purpose)
+        lines.append(f"Private half lives: {s.private_key_location}")
+        if s.local_exists and s.local_fingerprint:
+            lines.append(f"Exists locally: yes (fingerprint {s.local_fingerprint})")
+        elif s.local_exists:
+            lines.append("Exists locally: yes (fingerprint unknown -- re-run keygen to cache it)")
+        else:
+            lines.append("Exists locally: no")
+        for loc in s.locations:
+            icon = _LOCATION_STATUS_ICON.get(loc.status, "?")
+            fps = (
+                ", ".join(loc.committed_fingerprints)
+                if loc.committed_fingerprints
+                else "(nothing committed here)"
+            )
+            verdict = _LOCATION_STATUS_VERDICT.get(loc.status, loc.status)
+            lines.append(f"  {icon} {loc.location}: {fps} -- {verdict}")
+        if s.catalog_sig_status is not None:
+            lines.append(
+                f"Catalog signature: {_CATALOG_SIG_STATUS_LINE.get(s.catalog_sig_status, s.catalog_sig_status)}"
+            )
+        lines.append("")
+
+    lines.append("What to do next:")
+    for step in recommend_next_steps(statuses):
+        lines.append(f"  - {step}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)

tests/test_catalog_console_git.py

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+"""Tests for catalog_console.py's non-Qt git plumbing and ref-resolution
+seam (issue #68 rotation-completability fix).
+
+catalog_console.py is importable here WITHOUT PySide6 -- its Qt import is
+guarded (`_PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE`) precisely so `keygen`, `show-seed-b64`,
+`keys`, and this git plumbing stay usable (and testable) wherever PySide6
+isn't installed, including this CI test job, which never installs it. If
+PySide6 genuinely isn't importable in this environment, that itself
+exercises the guard path -- see test_module_imports_without_pyside6.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+import catalog_console as cc
+import catalog_review as review
+
+_SEED_CATALOG = b'{"schema": 1, "version": 1, "servers": []}'
+_SEED_SIG = b"\x00" * 64
+
+
+def _run(*args: str, cwd: Path) -> None:
+    subprocess.run(["git", *args], cwd=cwd, check=True, capture_output=True)
+
+
+def _init_bare_and_clone(tmp_path: Path) -> tuple[Path, Path]:
+    """A bare "origin" repo with `main` and `rotation-branch` both seeded
+    with a catalog + (dummy) signature, plus a working clone with `origin`
+    already configured -- mirroring the tokened-remote clone
+    catalog_console.py's git plumbing is always run against."""
+    origin = tmp_path / "origin.git"
+    _run("init", "--bare", str(origin), cwd=tmp_path)
+
+    seed = tmp_path / "seed"
+    _run("clone", str(origin), str(seed), cwd=tmp_path)
+    _run("config", "user.email", "test@example.com", cwd=seed)
+    _run("config", "user.name", "Test", cwd=seed)
+
+    (seed / "data").mkdir()
+    (seed / "data" / "catalog.json").write_bytes(_SEED_CATALOG)
+    (seed / "data" / "catalog.json.sig").write_bytes(_SEED_SIG)
+    _run("add", "-A", cwd=seed)
+    _run("commit", "-m", "seed", cwd=seed)
+    _run("push", "origin", "HEAD:refs/heads/main", cwd=seed)
+    _run("checkout", "-b", "rotation-branch", cwd=seed)
+    _run("push", "origin", "HEAD:refs/heads/rotation-branch", cwd=seed)
+
+    clone = tmp_path / "work"
+    _run("clone", str(origin), str(clone), cwd=tmp_path)
+    _run("config", "user.email", "test@example.com", cwd=clone)
+    _run("config", "user.name", "Test", cwd=clone)
+    return origin, clone
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# The module must stay importable without PySide6 -- this IS the fix that
+# lets `keys`/`keygen`/`show-seed-b64` (and this whole test file) run
+# somewhere PySide6 isn't installed.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_module_imports_without_pyside6():
+    assert hasattr(cc, "_PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE")
+    # This CI test job never installs PySide6 (see .github/workflows/ci.yml
+    # "Install test dependencies": pytest + cryptography only) -- so on CI,
+    # this assertion is itself proof the guard is doing its job. Locally,
+    # where a maintainer's env DOES have PySide6, it's fine either way; the
+    # only real assertion this test needs is "importing the module never
+    # raises", which happened just by getting this far.
+    assert cc._PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE in (True, False)
+
+
+def test_cmd_gui_fails_soft_without_pyside6(monkeypatch, capsys):
+    if cc._PYSIDE6_AVAILABLE:
+        return  # nothing to prove where PySide6 IS available
+    import argparse
+
+    args = argparse.Namespace(repo=".", ref=None)
+    assert cc.cmd_gui(args) == 1
+    assert "PySide6" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# compute_own_refs: the PURE ref-resolution seam. No git, no Qt.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_compute_own_refs_defaults_to_main_only():
+    assert cc.compute_own_refs(None, None) == ["main"]
+
+
+def test_compute_own_refs_adds_detected_branch():
+    assert cc.compute_own_refs(None, "chore/68-key-rotation") == [
+        "main",
+        "chore/68-key-rotation",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_compute_own_refs_explicit_ref_overrides_detected_branch():
+    assert cc.compute_own_refs("explicit-branch", "detected-branch") == [
+        "main",
+        "explicit-branch",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_compute_own_refs_does_not_duplicate_main():
+    assert cc.compute_own_refs(None, "main") == ["main"]
+    assert cc.compute_own_refs("main", "some-other-branch") == ["main"]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# current_branch: git plumbing, no Qt.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_current_branch_detects_checked_out_branch(tmp_path):
+    _origin, clone = _init_bare_and_clone(tmp_path)
+    _run("fetch", "origin", "rotation-branch", cwd=clone)
+    _run("checkout", "-B", "rotation-branch", "origin/rotation-branch", cwd=clone)
+    assert cc.current_branch(clone) == "rotation-branch"
+
+
+def test_current_branch_none_on_detached_head(tmp_path):
+    _origin, clone = _init_bare_and_clone(tmp_path)
+    commit = cc.fetch_ref(clone, "main")
+    _run("checkout", commit, cwd=clone)
+    assert cc.current_branch(clone) is None
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# commit_and_push_signed_catalog: MUST target the given branch, never a
+# hardcoded "main" -- issue #68's completability fix. This is exactly the
+# bug that, before the fix, would have made ReviewWindow._on_sign push a
+# PR/branch review's signature straight to main regardless of what was
+# actually reviewed.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_commit_and_push_signed_catalog_targets_the_given_branch_not_main(tmp_path):
+    _origin, clone = _init_bare_and_clone(tmp_path)
+
+    new_raw = b'{"schema": 1, "version": 2, "servers": []}'
+    new_sig = b"\x01" * 64
+    cc.commit_and_push_signed_catalog(clone, new_raw, new_sig, branch="rotation-branch")
+
+    rotation_commit = cc.fetch_ref(clone, "rotation-branch")
+    rotation_raw, _sha = cc.read_catalog_at_commit(clone, rotation_commit)
+    assert rotation_raw == new_raw
+
+    # main on the shared origin must be COMPLETELY untouched by a sign that
+    # was reviewed and pushed against rotation-branch.
+    main_commit = cc.fetch_ref(clone, "main")
+    main_raw, _sha = cc.read_catalog_at_commit(clone, main_commit)
+    assert main_raw == _SEED_CATALOG
+
+
+def test_commit_and_push_signed_catalog_still_defaults_to_main(tmp_path):
+    """Backward-compatible default: callers that don't pass `branch` (there
+    are none left in catalog_console.py itself, but the signature keeps the
+    default for any other caller / test fixture) still push to main."""
+    _origin, clone = _init_bare_and_clone(tmp_path)
+
+    new_raw = b'{"schema": 1, "version": 2, "servers": []}'
+    new_sig = b"\x01" * 64
+    cc.commit_and_push_signed_catalog(clone, new_raw, new_sig)
+
+    main_commit = cc.fetch_ref(clone, "main")
+    main_raw, _sha = cc.read_catalog_at_commit(clone, main_commit)
+    assert main_raw == new_raw
+
+    rotation_commit = cc.fetch_ref(clone, "rotation-branch")
+    rotation_raw, _sha = cc.read_catalog_at_commit(clone, rotation_commit)
+    assert rotation_raw == _SEED_CATALOG  # untouched
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# catalog_sig_status_on_disk: the check behind `keys`' "does catalog.json.sig
+# currently verify?" line -- this is precisely the check that would have
+# caught the current chore/68-key-rotation state (bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS
+# rotated, data/catalog.json.sig still signed by the retired key).
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_catalog_sig_status_on_disk_valid(tmp_path):
+    seed, pub = review.generate_keypair()
+    raw = b'{"schema": 1, "version": 1, "servers": []}'
+    sig = review.sign_catalog_bytes(raw, seed)
+
+    (tmp_path / "data").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json").write_bytes(raw)
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json.sig").write_bytes(sig)
+
+    assert cc.catalog_sig_status_on_disk(tmp_path, [pub]) == "valid"
+
+
+def test_catalog_sig_status_on_disk_invalid_when_pubkey_rotated(tmp_path):
+    """The exact chore/68-key-rotation scenario: signed by an OLD key, but
+    the committed pubkey list now only has the NEW key."""
+    old_seed, _old_pub = review.generate_keypair()
+    _new_seed, new_pub = review.generate_keypair()
+    raw = b'{"schema": 1, "version": 1, "servers": []}'
+    sig = review.sign_catalog_bytes(raw, old_seed)
+
+    (tmp_path / "data").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json").write_bytes(raw)
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json.sig").write_bytes(sig)
+
+    assert cc.catalog_sig_status_on_disk(tmp_path, [new_pub]) == "invalid"
+
+
+def test_catalog_sig_status_on_disk_missing_when_no_sig_file(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "data").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json").write_bytes(b"{}")
+    assert cc.catalog_sig_status_on_disk(tmp_path, []) == "missing"
+
+
+def test_catalog_sig_status_on_disk_missing_when_no_catalog_file(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "data").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "data" / "catalog.json.sig").write_bytes(b"\x00" * 64)
+    assert cc.catalog_sig_status_on_disk(tmp_path, []) == "missing"

tests/test_catalog_review.py

@@ -785,3 +785,245 @@ def test_contains_non_ascii_true():
 
 def test_contains_non_ascii_false():
     assert r.contains_non_ascii("package") is False
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# fingerprint_pubkey
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_fingerprint_pubkey_is_deterministic():
+    pub = b"\x01" * 32
+    assert r.fingerprint_pubkey(pub) == r.fingerprint_pubkey(pub)
+
+
+def test_fingerprint_pubkey_differs_for_different_keys():
+    assert r.fingerprint_pubkey(b"\x01" * 32) != r.fingerprint_pubkey(b"\x02" * 32)
+
+
+def test_fingerprint_pubkey_never_contains_the_key_bytes_themselves():
+    pub = b"\x42" * 32
+    fp = r.fingerprint_pubkey(pub)
+    assert pub.hex() not in fp.lower().replace(" ", "")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# extract_pubkey_list_literal / extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey: text parsing
+# for `catalog_console.py keys`, exercised here with no file I/O.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def test_extract_pubkey_list_literal_single_key():
+    _seed, pub = r.generate_keypair()
+    import base64
+
+    text = (
+        "CATALOG_PUBKEYS: list[bytes] = [\n"
+        f'    base64.b64decode("{base64.b64encode(pub).decode()}"),\n'
+        "]\n"
+    )
+    assert r.extract_pubkey_list_literal(text, "CATALOG_PUBKEYS") == [pub]
+
+
+def test_extract_pubkey_list_literal_multiple_keys():
+    import base64
+
+    pubs = [r.generate_keypair()[1] for _ in range(2)]
+    body = ",\n".join(f'    base64.b64decode("{base64.b64encode(p).decode()}")' for p in pubs)
+    text = f"RELEASE_PUBKEYS: list[bytes] = [\n{body},\n]\n"
+    assert r.extract_pubkey_list_literal(text, "RELEASE_PUBKEYS") == pubs
+
+
+def test_extract_pubkey_list_literal_missing_variable_returns_empty():
+    assert r.extract_pubkey_list_literal("some unrelated text", "CATALOG_PUBKEYS") == []
+
+
+def test_extract_pubkey_list_literal_does_not_match_a_different_variable():
+    import base64
+
+    _seed, pub = r.generate_keypair()
+    text = f'OTHER_PUBKEYS: list[bytes] = [base64.b64decode("{base64.b64encode(pub).decode()}")]\n'
+    assert r.extract_pubkey_list_literal(text, "CATALOG_PUBKEYS") == []
+
+
+def test_extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey_found():
+    import base64
+
+    _seed, pub = r.generate_keypair()
+    text = f'          EXPECTED_CATALOG_PUBKEY_B64: "{base64.b64encode(pub).decode()}"\n'
+    assert r.extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey(text) == pub
+
+
+def test_extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey_missing_returns_none():
+    assert r.extract_ci_trust_anchor_pubkey("no anchor here") is None
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# key_status / render_key_status_report / recommend_next_steps
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+def _kw(**overrides):
+    base = dict(
+        kind="catalog",
+        display_name="CATALOG",
+        purpose="Signs the catalog.",
+        private_key_location="on this machine",
+        local_exists=True,
+        local_pubkey=b"\x01" * 32,
+        locations=[("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS", [b"\x01" * 32])],
+        catalog_sig_status="valid",
+    )
+    base.update(overrides)
+    return base
+
+
+def test_key_status_reports_match_when_local_pubkey_in_committed_list():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    assert status.locations[0].status == "match"
+
+
+def test_key_status_reports_mismatch_when_local_pubkey_not_in_committed_list():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(locations=[("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS", [b"\x02" * 32])]))
+    assert status.locations[0].status == "mismatch"
+
+
+def test_key_status_reports_unknown_when_no_local_pubkey():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(local_pubkey=None, local_exists=False))
+    assert status.locations[0].status == "unknown"
+    assert status.local_fingerprint is None
+
+
+def test_key_status_never_carries_a_local_fingerprint_when_key_absent():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(local_pubkey=None, local_exists=False))
+    assert status.local_exists is False
+    assert status.local_fingerprint is None
+
+
+def test_key_status_fingerprint_matches_fingerprint_pubkey_helper():
+    pub = b"\x03" * 32
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(local_pubkey=pub, locations=[("x", [pub])]))
+    assert status.local_fingerprint == r.fingerprint_pubkey(pub)
+
+
+def test_key_status_checks_multiple_locations_independently():
+    """A key can match one committed location and mismatch another -- this
+    is exactly the drift issue #68 finding 4 was about (bcc_core.py and
+    ci.yml silently disagreeing on the trust anchor)."""
+    pub = b"\x04" * 32
+    other = b"\x05" * 32
+    status = r.key_status(
+        **_kw(
+            local_pubkey=pub,
+            locations=[
+                ("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS", [pub]),
+                ("ci.yml trust anchor", [other]),
+            ],
+        )
+    )
+    assert status.locations[0].status == "match"
+    assert status.locations[1].status == "mismatch"
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_flags_never_generated_key():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(local_exists=False, local_pubkey=None, locations=[]))
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert any("keygen" in s and "CATALOG" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_release_key_uses_release_flag():
+    status = r.key_status(
+        kind="release",
+        display_name="RELEASE",
+        purpose="Signs checksums.",
+        private_key_location="not generated yet",
+        local_exists=False,
+        local_pubkey=None,
+        locations=[],
+    )
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert any("keygen --release" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_flags_mismatch_by_location_name():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(locations=[("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS", [b"\x99" * 32])]))
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert any("bcc_core.CATALOG_PUBKEYS" in s and "CATALOG" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_flags_invalid_catalog_signature():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(catalog_sig_status="invalid"))
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert any("re-signing" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_flags_missing_catalog_signature():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw(catalog_sig_status="missing"))
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert any("re-signing" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_all_clear_when_nothing_wrong():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert steps == ["Everything is consistent -- no action needed."]
+
+
+def test_recommend_next_steps_release_key_has_no_catalog_signature_advice():
+    """A mismatched RELEASE key must never trigger catalog-signing advice --
+    the two keys' remediation paths must not bleed into each other."""
+    status = r.key_status(
+        kind="release",
+        display_name="RELEASE",
+        purpose="Signs checksums.",
+        private_key_location="on this machine",
+        local_exists=True,
+        local_pubkey=b"\x06" * 32,
+        locations=[("scripts/sign_checksums.py RELEASE_PUBKEYS", [b"\x07" * 32])],
+        catalog_sig_status=None,
+    )
+    steps = r.recommend_next_steps([status])
+    assert not any("re-signing" in s for s in steps)
+    assert any("RELEASE" in s for s in steps)
+
+
+def test_render_key_status_report_never_prints_private_key_material():
+    """The report string must be built ONLY from public inputs. Sanity
+    check: no field on KeyStatus/PubkeyLocationCheck is capable of holding
+    private key bytes in the first place (there's no such field to leak),
+    and the render function only touches fields that exist -- this test
+    guards against a future field addition reintroducing that risk."""
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    text = r.render_key_status_report([status])
+    assert "CATALOG" in text
+    assert (
+        "purpose" not in text.lower() or "Signs the catalog." in text
+    )  # sanity, not a real secret
+    # No 64-hex-char (or longer) run anywhere -- a raw 32-byte seed/sig
+    # would show up as one if it were ever accidentally interpolated in.
+    import re as _re
+
+    assert not _re.search(r"[0-9a-fA-F]{64,}", text)
+
+
+def test_render_key_status_report_names_the_specific_key_not_generic_the_key():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    text = r.render_key_status_report([status])
+    assert "CATALOG KEY" in text
+    assert "the key" not in text.lower()
+
+
+def test_render_key_status_report_includes_catalog_signature_line_only_for_catalog():
+    catalog_status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    release_status = r.key_status(
+        kind="release",
+        display_name="RELEASE",
+        purpose="Signs checksums.",
+        private_key_location="on this machine",
+        local_exists=True,
+        local_pubkey=b"\x08" * 32,
+        locations=[("scripts/sign_checksums.py RELEASE_PUBKEYS", [b"\x08" * 32])],
+        catalog_sig_status=None,
+    )
+    text = r.render_key_status_report([catalog_status, release_status])
+    assert text.count("Catalog signature:") == 1
+
+
+def test_render_key_status_report_ends_with_what_to_do_next_section():
+    status = r.key_status(**_kw())
+    text = r.render_key_status_report([status])
+    assert "What to do next:" in text