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From: Niklas Ye <niklas.ye@enokinetwork.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 22:04:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] TerdutTeam: mint and surface a real invite link
 (spec.invite)
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The actual fix for the human-onboarding gap niklas/terdut-server#23 found --
not a terdut-server change at all. A team-scoped credential is already
owner-equivalent for POST/GET/DELETE /api/teams/{teamID}/invites
(requireTeamOwner's synthetic-membership mechanism, ratified not
accidental per that repo's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md), and invite redemption
bypasses signup_mode entirely -- this TerdutTeam controller just never
grew a feature to use either fact.

New spec.invite{enabled, role (member|owner, default member), maxUses
(1-100, default 1)} and status.inviteSecretRef. The Secret lives in the
TerdutTeam's OWN namespace, not the operator's: unlike
status.credentialsSecretRef (a durable, high-privilege credential, kept
operator-side per DESIGN.md §6), an invite is bounded and limited-use,
meant for this namespace's own human operators to read and hand out --
same precedent as TerdutAlertSource's status.webhookURLSecretRef, same-
namespace and OwnerReference'd so deleting the TerdutTeam garbage-collects
it automatically.

internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go: mints on first spec.invite.enabled,
refreshes a day ahead of terdut-server's fixed 7-day TTL (reading the
Secret's own stored expiresAt, no extra server round-trip per reconcile),
revokes server-side and deletes the Secret when flipped back to false. A
lost invite Secret is silently re-minted rather than treated as
unrecoverable the way TerdutAlertSource's webhook key is -- nothing
external holds a durable dependency on one specific invite link staying
stable, it's read once by one human and handed out.

New tdclient.Invite/CreateInvite/RevokeInvite. New envtest coverage: mint
into the team's own namespace, refresh-before-expiry, revoke-on-disable
(internal/controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go's new "spec.invite"
Describe block), plus the fake server growing invite support
(terdutserver_controller_test.go) -- its handleTeamSubPath dispatcher was
split further (deadman switches into their own handleDeadmanSubPath,
matching the existing handleIntegrationSubPath precedent) to stay under
golangci-lint's gocyclo threshold with the new route added.

examples/demo updated to prove this end to end: 02-team-platform.yaml
turns on spec.invite; run-demo.sh's bootstrap_login/join_demo_teams (the
psql signup_mode flip + a direct team_members INSERT) are replaced by
redeem_platform_invite (reads status.inviteSecretRef, a real POST
/api/signup with the invite token) and join_payments_team (POST
/api/teams/{teamID}/members using Payments' own credential and alice's
user id resolved via GET /api/users, deliberately not given its own
spec.invite, so the demo shows both onboarding paths this feature
unlocks) -- zero kubectl exec/psql calls remain anywhere in the script.
README.md's "First login" section rewritten to match; it no longer
documents the admin-token curl call that 403s against current
terdut-server (niklas/terdut-server#23).

Depends on niklas/terdut-server#24 (the callerMayManageServiceAccount fix
for terdut-operator#3) being released before this is deployed for real --
not required to build or test this change itself, since the envtest fake
never modeled that authorization gap to begin with.
---
 api/v1alpha1/terdutteam_types.go              |  63 ++++++++
 api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go         |  21 +++
 .../crd/terdutteams.terdut.ryuvia.com.yaml    |  59 +++++++
 .../bases/terdut.ryuvia.com_terdutteams.yaml  |  59 +++++++
 examples/demo/02-team-platform.yaml           |   6 +
 examples/demo/03-team-payments.yaml           |   6 +
 examples/demo/README.md                       |  52 +++---
 examples/demo/run-demo.sh                     | 107 +++++++------
 .../terdutserver_controller_test.go           |  84 +++++++++-
 internal/controller/terdutteam_controller.go  |   3 +
 .../controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go  |  83 ++++++++++
 internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go      | 149 ++++++++++++++++++
 internal/tdclient/client.go                   |  47 ++++++
 13 files changed, 666 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go

diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/terdutteam_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/terdutteam_types.go
index 84ed991..7942ea6 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/terdutteam_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/terdutteam_types.go
@@ -27,6 +27,42 @@ type TerdutTeamOIDC struct {
 	OwnerGroup string `json:"ownerGroup,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// TerdutTeamInvite requests a standing invite link into this team, minted
+// with the team's own team-scoped credential — requireTeamOwner already
+// treats that credential as owner-equivalent for every /invites route
+// (ratified, not a gap, as of terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md). This is
+// the real answer to "how does a human ever get a first login on a
+// password-only, operator-managed install" (terdut-server#23): no signup_mode
+// flip, no admin token, just a link redeemed the same way anyone else's
+// invite would be.
+type TerdutTeamInvite struct {
+	// enabled mints (and keeps refreshed ahead of terdut-server's own fixed
+	// 7-day TTL) an invite link while true. Flipping it back to false
+	// revokes the current one server-side rather than leaving it to expire
+	// on its own.
+	// +optional
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+
+	// role is what the invite grants: member or owner. Defaults to member —
+	// owner by default would make every invite link a standing
+	// administrative credential for the team, a much bigger blast radius
+	// than "let a human see the queue".
+	// +optional
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=member;owner
+	// +kubebuilder:default=member
+	Role string `json:"role,omitempty"`
+
+	// maxUses bounds how many times this link may be redeemed before it
+	// stops working, mirroring terdut-server's own 1-100 range
+	// (POST /api/teams/{teamID}/invites). Defaults to 1: a link meant for
+	// one specific person, not a standing door.
+	// +optional
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=1
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Maximum=100
+	// +kubebuilder:default=1
+	MaxUses int64 `json:"maxUses,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // TerdutTeamSpec defines the desired state of TerdutTeam.
 type TerdutTeamSpec struct {
 	// serverRef names the TerdutServer this team belongs to.
@@ -43,6 +79,9 @@ type TerdutTeamSpec struct {
 
 	// +optional
 	OIDC TerdutTeamOIDC `json:"oidc,omitempty"`
+
+	// +optional
+	Invite TerdutTeamInvite `json:"invite,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Condition reasons this controller sets.
@@ -62,6 +101,19 @@ const (
 	ReasonTeamAdopted = "Adopted"
 )
 
+// Condition reasons for spec.invite reconciliation (TerdutTeamInvite). Not
+// surfaced on the Ready condition itself — an invite is a convenience, not
+// a dependency anything else in this team's own readiness waits on — but
+// recorded as Events and readable via `kubectl describe`.
+const (
+	// ReasonInviteMinted: spec.invite.enabled is true and status.inviteSecretRef
+	// is populated and live.
+	ReasonInviteMinted = "InviteMinted"
+	// ReasonInviteRevoked: spec.invite.enabled flipped back to false and the
+	// server-side invite was revoked (or there was nothing to revoke).
+	ReasonInviteRevoked = "InviteRevoked"
+)
+
 // TerdutTeamStatus defines the observed state of TerdutTeam.
 type TerdutTeamStatus struct {
 	// +listType=map
@@ -87,6 +139,17 @@ type TerdutTeamStatus struct {
 	// +optional
 	ServerEndpoint string `json:"serverEndpoint,omitempty"`
 
+	// inviteSecretRef is this team's current invite link, if spec.invite.enabled.
+	// Unlike credentialsSecretRef, this lives in the TerdutTeam's OWN
+	// namespace, not the operator's: an invite is bounded, limited-use, and
+	// meant for this namespace's own human operators to read and hand out,
+	// not a durable high-privilege credential — same shape as
+	// TerdutAlertSource's status.webhookURLSecretRef, not TerdutServer's
+	// cross-namespace credentialsSecretRef. Nil whenever spec.invite.enabled
+	// is false or unset.
+	// +optional
+	InviteSecretRef *LocalSecretRef `json:"inviteSecretRef,omitempty"`
+
 	// +optional
 	ObservedGeneration int64 `json:"observedGeneration,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 82ab42f..bd6ed80 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -834,6 +834,21 @@ func (in *TerdutTeam) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *TerdutTeamInvite) DeepCopyInto(out *TerdutTeamInvite) {
+	*out = *in
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TerdutTeamInvite.
+func (in *TerdutTeamInvite) DeepCopy() *TerdutTeamInvite {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(TerdutTeamInvite)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *TerdutTeamList) DeepCopyInto(out *TerdutTeamList) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -901,6 +916,7 @@ func (in *TerdutTeamSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *TerdutTeamSpec) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.ServerRef = in.ServerRef
 	out.OIDC = in.OIDC
+	out.Invite = in.Invite
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TerdutTeamSpec.
@@ -928,6 +944,11 @@ func (in *TerdutTeamStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *TerdutTeamStatus) {
 		*out = new(SecretKeyRef)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.InviteSecretRef != nil {
+		in, out := &in.InviteSecretRef, &out.InviteSecretRef
+		*out = new(LocalSecretRef)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TerdutTeamStatus.
diff --git a/charts/terdut-operator/templates/crd/terdutteams.terdut.ryuvia.com.yaml b/charts/terdut-operator/templates/crd/terdutteams.terdut.ryuvia.com.yaml
index 3272061..d5ad8fc 100644
--- a/charts/terdut-operator/templates/crd/terdutteams.terdut.ryuvia.com.yaml
+++ b/charts/terdut-operator/templates/crd/terdutteams.terdut.ryuvia.com.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,47 @@ spec:
                   create rule, via TEAM-LOOKUP.md).
                 minLength: 1
                 type: string
+              invite:
+                description: |-
+                  TerdutTeamInvite requests a standing invite link into this team, minted
+                  with the team's own team-scoped credential — requireTeamOwner already
+                  treats that credential as owner-equivalent for every /invites route
+                  (ratified, not a gap, as of terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md). This is
+                  the real answer to "how does a human ever get a first login on a
+                  password-only, operator-managed install" (terdut-server#23): no signup_mode
+                  flip, no admin token, just a link redeemed the same way anyone else's
+                  invite would be.
+                properties:
+                  enabled:
+                    description: |-
+                      enabled mints (and keeps refreshed ahead of terdut-server's own fixed
+                      7-day TTL) an invite link while true. Flipping it back to false
+                      revokes the current one server-side rather than leaving it to expire
+                      on its own.
+                    type: boolean
+                  maxUses:
+                    default: 1
+                    description: |-
+                      maxUses bounds how many times this link may be redeemed before it
+                      stops working, mirroring terdut-server's own 1-100 range
+                      (POST /api/teams/{teamID}/invites). Defaults to 1: a link meant for
+                      one specific person, not a standing door.
+                    format: int64
+                    maximum: 100
+                    minimum: 1
+                    type: integer
+                  role:
+                    default: member
+                    description: |-
+                      role is what the invite grants: member or owner. Defaults to member —
+                      owner by default would make every invite link a standing
+                      administrative credential for the team, a much bigger blast radius
+                      than "let a human see the queue".
+                    enum:
+                    - member
+                    - owner
+                    type: string
+                type: object
               oidc:
                 description: |-
                   TerdutTeamOIDC binds which identity-provider groups grant membership and
@@ -171,6 +212,24 @@ spec:
                 - key
                 - name
                 type: object
+              inviteSecretRef:
+                description: |-
+                  inviteSecretRef is this team's current invite link, if spec.invite.enabled.
+                  Unlike credentialsSecretRef, this lives in the TerdutTeam's OWN
+                  namespace, not the operator's: an invite is bounded, limited-use, and
+                  meant for this namespace's own human operators to read and hand out,
+                  not a durable high-privilege credential — same shape as
+                  TerdutAlertSource's status.webhookURLSecretRef, not TerdutServer's
+                  cross-namespace credentialsSecretRef. Nil whenever spec.invite.enabled
+                  is false or unset.
+                properties:
+                  name:
+                    description: name is the Secret's name.
+                    minLength: 1
+                    type: string
+                required:
+                - name
+                type: object
               observedGeneration:
                 format: int64
                 type: integer
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/terdut.ryuvia.com_terdutteams.yaml b/config/crd/bases/terdut.ryuvia.com_terdutteams.yaml
index 3417462..40ff116 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/terdut.ryuvia.com_terdutteams.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/terdut.ryuvia.com_terdutteams.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,47 @@ spec:
                   create rule, via TEAM-LOOKUP.md).
                 minLength: 1
                 type: string
+              invite:
+                description: |-
+                  TerdutTeamInvite requests a standing invite link into this team, minted
+                  with the team's own team-scoped credential — requireTeamOwner already
+                  treats that credential as owner-equivalent for every /invites route
+                  (ratified, not a gap, as of terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md). This is
+                  the real answer to "how does a human ever get a first login on a
+                  password-only, operator-managed install" (terdut-server#23): no signup_mode
+                  flip, no admin token, just a link redeemed the same way anyone else's
+                  invite would be.
+                properties:
+                  enabled:
+                    description: |-
+                      enabled mints (and keeps refreshed ahead of terdut-server's own fixed
+                      7-day TTL) an invite link while true. Flipping it back to false
+                      revokes the current one server-side rather than leaving it to expire
+                      on its own.
+                    type: boolean
+                  maxUses:
+                    default: 1
+                    description: |-
+                      maxUses bounds how many times this link may be redeemed before it
+                      stops working, mirroring terdut-server's own 1-100 range
+                      (POST /api/teams/{teamID}/invites). Defaults to 1: a link meant for
+                      one specific person, not a standing door.
+                    format: int64
+                    maximum: 100
+                    minimum: 1
+                    type: integer
+                  role:
+                    default: member
+                    description: |-
+                      role is what the invite grants: member or owner. Defaults to member —
+                      owner by default would make every invite link a standing
+                      administrative credential for the team, a much bigger blast radius
+                      than "let a human see the queue".
+                    enum:
+                    - member
+                    - owner
+                    type: string
+                type: object
               oidc:
                 description: |-
                   TerdutTeamOIDC binds which identity-provider groups grant membership and
@@ -168,6 +209,24 @@ spec:
                 - key
                 - name
                 type: object
+              inviteSecretRef:
+                description: |-
+                  inviteSecretRef is this team's current invite link, if spec.invite.enabled.
+                  Unlike credentialsSecretRef, this lives in the TerdutTeam's OWN
+                  namespace, not the operator's: an invite is bounded, limited-use, and
+                  meant for this namespace's own human operators to read and hand out,
+                  not a durable high-privilege credential — same shape as
+                  TerdutAlertSource's status.webhookURLSecretRef, not TerdutServer's
+                  cross-namespace credentialsSecretRef. Nil whenever spec.invite.enabled
+                  is false or unset.
+                properties:
+                  name:
+                    description: name is the Secret's name.
+                    minLength: 1
+                    type: string
+                required:
+                - name
+                type: object
               observedGeneration:
                 format: int64
                 type: integer
diff --git a/examples/demo/02-team-platform.yaml b/examples/demo/02-team-platform.yaml
index 39c1063..a18cf7e 100644
--- a/examples/demo/02-team-platform.yaml
+++ b/examples/demo/02-team-platform.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ spec:
     name: terdut-operator-demo
   displayName: Platform
   # No oidc block: this demo is password-login only (01-server.yaml).
+  # A real invite link, minted via this team's own credential, is how
+  # run-demo.sh's alice actually gets in -- no signup_mode flip, no admin
+  # token (see niklas/terdut-server#23's resolution). Role/maxUses left at
+  # their defaults (member, 1): one link for one person.
+  invite:
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/examples/demo/03-team-payments.yaml b/examples/demo/03-team-payments.yaml
index 21f1b8a..42f470e 100644
--- a/examples/demo/03-team-payments.yaml
+++ b/examples/demo/03-team-payments.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ spec:
   serverRef:
     name: terdut-operator-demo
   displayName: Payments
+  # No spec.invite here, deliberately: run-demo.sh joins alice to this team
+  # through POST /api/teams/{teamID}/members instead (this team's own
+  # credential, same owner-equivalent reach spec.invite relies on, plus her
+  # user id resolved via GET /api/users), once she already has an account
+  # from Platform's invite -- showing both onboarding paths this feature
+  # unlocks, not just the one.
diff --git a/examples/demo/README.md b/examples/demo/README.md
index 14a289f..0829e5f 100644
--- a/examples/demo/README.md
+++ b/examples/demo/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ This is a demo kit, not a reference deployment: `00-postgres.yaml` runs
 Postgres with `emptyDir` storage and a password committed in this
 directory. Throw the whole namespace away when you're done.
 
+**Want this fully automated instead of walking through it by hand?**
+`./run-demo.sh` does everything below itself, against a fresh (or
+already-set-up) `kind` cluster — creates the cluster, installs the
+operator, applies every CR here, signs `alice` in for real, and fires a
+few alerts. `./run-demo.sh --help` for the knobs, `./run-demo.sh
+--teardown` to tear it back down. The rest of this file is the manual
+walkthrough it automates.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - The operator and its CRDs installed and running (`make install
@@ -74,30 +82,34 @@ exposing it for real (Gateway API, Istio, or a plain `Ingress`) instead.
 
 The operator's own bootstrap (DESIGN.md §6) creates the first user through
 `/api/bootstrap` and immediately mints itself a service-account token from
-it — that account has no password, so there's nothing to sign in with yet.
-`signup_mode` also defaults to `invite_only`, so open signup needs turning
-on first, using the admin token the operator generated for itself:
+it, then discards the bootstrap user's own key — nobody ever signs in as
+that account, and `signup_mode` stays `invite_only` by default. **Don't try
+to flip it via the operator's own token**: that token is a service account,
+and `/api/admin/settings` is deliberately human-only on terdut-server
+(`niklas/terdut-server#23` has the full reasoning — widening that gate was
+the wrong fix).
+
+The real path in: `02-team-platform.yaml` turns on `spec.invite`, so
+Platform's own `TerdutTeam` mints a real invite link with its own
+already-working team-scoped credential (the same reach that lets it manage
+its own escalation policy, dead man's switches and integrations — owner-
+equivalent, confirmed in terdut-server's `SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md`). Invite
+redemption bypasses `signup_mode` entirely, so this needs no admin
+credential at all:
 
 ```sh
-# Which namespace the operator itself runs in:
-kubectl get deploy -A -l control-plane=controller-manager
-
-# The Secret holding the operator's own admin token for this TerdutServer
-# (cross-namespace from terdut-operator-demo, per DESIGN.md §7):
-secretname=$(kubectl -n terdut-operator-demo get terdutserver terdut-operator-demo \
-  -o jsonpath='{.status.credentialsSecretRef.name}')
-token=$(kubectl -n <operator-namespace-from-above> get secret "$secretname" \
-  -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 -d)
-
-curl -X PUT http://localhost:8080/api/admin/settings \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -d '{"signup_mode":"open"}'
+secretname=$(kubectl -n terdut-operator-demo get terdutteam terdutteam-platform \
+  -o jsonpath='{.status.inviteSecretRef.name}')
+url=$(kubectl -n terdut-operator-demo get secret "$secretname" -o jsonpath='{.data.url}' | base64 -d)
+echo "$url"   # open this, or POST /api/signup with {"invite": "<the token after invite=>", ...}
 ```
 
-Then sign up through the UI as a normal human account. `04-escalation-platform.yaml`
-names a user `alice` at its first escalation level — sign up as `alice` if
-you want that level to mean something rather than falling through to
-on-call after 5 minutes.
+`04-escalation-platform.yaml` names a user `alice` at its first escalation
+level — sign up as `alice` if you want that level to mean something rather
+than falling through to on-call after 5 minutes. `run-demo.sh` does exactly
+this automatically (and also joins `alice` to Payments, which deliberately
+has no `spec.invite` of its own — see that file's comment for the second
+onboarding path this demonstrates).
 
 ## Fire some alerts
 
diff --git a/examples/demo/run-demo.sh b/examples/demo/run-demo.sh
index f19795f..e589f13 100755
--- a/examples/demo/run-demo.sh
+++ b/examples/demo/run-demo.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RELEASE_NAME="${RELEASE_NAME:-terdut-operator}"
 
 ALICE_USERNAME="${ALICE_USERNAME:-alice}"
 ALICE_EMAIL="${ALICE_EMAIL:-alice@terdut-demo.local}"
-ALICE_TEAM_NAME="${ALICE_TEAM_NAME:-alice-demo}"
 DEMO_PASSWORD="${DEMO_PASSWORD:-terdut-demo-1234}"
 
 BASE_URL="${BASE_URL:-http://localhost:8080}"
@@ -159,69 +158,79 @@ start_port_forward() {
   log "port-forward ready (pid $STARTED_PF_PID, log $PF_LOGFILE)"
 }
 
-# Flips signup_mode to 'open' directly in Postgres, then uses the ordinary
-# unauthenticated signup endpoint to create a real local account with a
-# server-computed bcrypt hash. See this repo's run-demo.sh header / the
-# plan this was built from for why this bypasses the demo README's own
-# (currently broken) admin-token approach: the operator's service-account
-# credential cannot call /api/admin/settings or POST /api/users -- AdminOnly
-# only recognizes a human session/API-key caller, confirmed against
-# terdut-server's internal/api/middleware.go.
-bootstrap_login() {
-  log "flipping signup_mode to open directly in Postgres"
-  local pg_pod
-  pg_pod="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get pod -l app=terdut-operator-demo-postgres \
-    -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')"
-  [ -n "$pg_pod" ] || die "could not find the demo Postgres pod in $NAMESPACE"
+# Redeems Platform's own invite link -- minted by its TerdutTeam
+# (02-team-platform.yaml's spec.invite.enabled, reconciled through that
+# team's own already-working team-scoped credential, which requireTeamOwner
+# already treats as owner-equivalent for /invites -- ratified, not a
+# workaround, in terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md) and redeemed through
+# the ordinary signup endpoint. Invite redemption bypasses signup_mode
+# entirely (terdut-server's internal/api/signup.go), so this needs no admin
+# credential, no signup_mode flip, and no direct Postgres access at all --
+# unlike an earlier version of this script, before terdut-operator grew
+# this feature (see niklas/terdut-server#23).
+redeem_platform_invite() {
+  log "reading Platform's invite link"
+  local secret_name invite_url invite_token tries=0
+  until secret_name="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get terdutteam terdutteam-platform \
+      -o jsonpath='{.status.inviteSecretRef.name}' 2>/dev/null)" && [ -n "$secret_name" ]; do
+    tries=$((tries + 1))
+    [ "$tries" -lt 30 ] || die "terdutteam-platform never reported status.inviteSecretRef -- check spec.invite.enabled and kubectl describe it"
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  invite_url="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get secret "$secret_name" -o jsonpath='{.data.url}' | base64 -d)"
+  invite_token="${invite_url##*invite=}"
+  [ -n "$invite_token" ] || die "could not parse an invite token out of $invite_url"
 
-  kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" exec "$pg_pod" -- psql -U terdut -d terdut -c \
-    "INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES ('signup_mode', 'open') ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET value = EXCLUDED.value;" \
-    >/dev/null || die "could not set signup_mode=open in Postgres"
-
-  log "signing up ${ALICE_USERNAME}"
+  log "signing up ${ALICE_USERNAME} via Platform's invite"
   local body resp_file code
   body="$(jq -n \
     --arg u "$ALICE_USERNAME" --arg e "$ALICE_EMAIL" \
-    --arg p "$DEMO_PASSWORD" --arg t "$ALICE_TEAM_NAME" \
-    '{username: $u, email: $e, password: $p, team_name: $t}')"
+    --arg p "$DEMO_PASSWORD" --arg i "$invite_token" \
+    '{username: $u, email: $e, password: $p, invite: $i}')"
   resp_file="$(mktemp)"
   code="$(curl -sS -o "$resp_file" -w '%{http_code}' \
     -X POST "${BASE_URL}/api/signup" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$body")"
 
   case "$code" in
-    201) log "created local account ${ALICE_USERNAME}" ;;
+    201) log "created local account ${ALICE_USERNAME} (joined Platform)" ;;
     409) log "account ${ALICE_USERNAME} already exists, skipping (re-run detected)" ;;
     *)   die "signup failed (HTTP $code): $(cat "$resp_file")" ;;
   esac
   rm -f "$resp_file"
 }
 
-# Open signup always creates a brand-new team owned by the signer (it never
-# joins an existing team by name -- confirmed against terdut-server's
-# internal/api/signup.go), so without this step alice would have a working
-# login that can't see a single incident this demo fires: /api/incidents
-# and /api/alerts are scoped to the caller's own team memberships. Join her
-# to both demo teams directly, the same way bootstrap_login already reaches
-# into Postgres for signup_mode -- there is no API path for this either
-# (adding a member to a team you don't already belong to is an owner/admin
-# action, and alice is neither of those for Platform/Payments).
-join_demo_teams() {
-  log "adding ${ALICE_USERNAME} to the Platform and Payments teams"
-  local platform_id payments_id pg_pod
-  platform_id="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get terdutteam terdutteam-platform -o jsonpath='{.status.teamID}')"
+# redeem_platform_invite's signup already used up alice's one signup -- a
+# second POST /api/signup would just 409 on the taken username, it doesn't
+# join an existing account to another team. Payments is joined through the
+# ordinary team-scoped member endpoint instead, using that team's own
+# already-working team-scoped credential (owner-equivalent, same reach the
+# invite route above relies on) and alice's user id resolved via
+# GET /api/users -- the same lookup tdclient.GetUserByUsername does
+# operator-side. The endpoint upserts on (team_id, user_id), so this is
+# naturally idempotent across re-runs with no separate conflict handling
+# needed.
+join_payments_team() {
+  log "adding ${ALICE_USERNAME} to Payments"
+  local payments_id payments_secret payments_key alice_id resp_file code
   payments_id="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get terdutteam terdutteam-payments -o jsonpath='{.status.teamID}')"
-  [ -n "$platform_id" ] && [ -n "$payments_id" ] \
-    || die "could not read status.teamID off terdutteam-platform/terdutteam-payments"
+  [ -n "$payments_id" ] || die "could not read status.teamID off terdutteam-payments"
+  payments_secret="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get terdutteam terdutteam-payments \
+    -o jsonpath='{.status.credentialsSecretRef.name}')"
+  [ -n "$payments_secret" ] || die "terdutteam-payments has no status.credentialsSecretRef yet"
+  payments_key="$(kubectl -n "$OPERATOR_NAMESPACE" get secret "$payments_secret" -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 -d)"
 
-  pg_pod="$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get pod -l app=terdut-operator-demo-postgres \
-    -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')"
-  kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" exec "$pg_pod" -- psql -U terdut -d terdut -c "
-    INSERT INTO team_members (team_id, user_id, role)
-    VALUES
-      (${platform_id}, (SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = '${ALICE_USERNAME}'), 'member'),
-      (${payments_id}, (SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = '${ALICE_USERNAME}'), 'member')
-    ON CONFLICT (team_id, user_id) DO NOTHING;" \
-    >/dev/null || die "could not add ${ALICE_USERNAME} to the demo teams"
+  alice_id="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $payments_key" "${BASE_URL}/api/users" \
+    | jq -r --arg u "$ALICE_USERNAME" '.[] | select(.username == $u) | .id')"
+  [ -n "$alice_id" ] || die "could not resolve ${ALICE_USERNAME}'s user id via GET /api/users"
+
+  resp_file="$(mktemp)"
+  code="$(curl -sS -o "$resp_file" -w '%{http_code}' \
+    -X POST "${BASE_URL}/api/teams/${payments_id}/members" \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer $payments_key" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "$(jq -n --argjson id "$alice_id" '{user_id: $id, role: "member"}')")"
+  [ "$code" = "204" ] || die "adding ${ALICE_USERNAME} to Payments failed (HTTP $code): $(cat "$resp_file")"
+  log "added ${ALICE_USERNAME} to Payments"
+  rm -f "$resp_file"
 }
 
 fire_demo_alerts() {
@@ -312,8 +321,8 @@ main() {
   apply_demo
   wait_for_ready
   start_port_forward
-  bootstrap_login
-  join_demo_teams
+  redeem_platform_invite
+  join_payments_team
   fire_demo_alerts
   print_summary
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/terdutserver_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/terdutserver_controller_test.go
index 75bdfc7..b94bb1e 100644
--- a/internal/controller/terdutserver_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/terdutserver_controller_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ import (
 const (
 	fakeVersionString = "test"
 	errJSONKey        = "error"
+	// deadmanSwitchesPath is the literal path (not Printf'd like the others
+	// below) shared by the exact-match collection route and the dispatcher
+	// that routes into it -- goconst flags three occurrences of the same
+	// string, so this is that string, once.
+	deadmanSwitchesPath = "/deadman/switches"
 )
 
 // fakeTerdutServer reproduces the exact stateful semantics of
@@ -83,6 +89,14 @@ type fakeTerdutServer struct {
 	nextIntegrationID int64
 	integrations      map[int64]map[int64]tdclient.Integration // teamID -> integrationID -> integration
 	integrationDelete map[int64]bool                           // integrationID -> true once DELETEd, for 404-on-redelete
+
+	// invites/nextInviteID/inviteDelete back TerdutTeam's own invite-minting
+	// feature -- no unique constraint on an invite server-side either (every
+	// POST mints a brand new row, confirmed against source), same keyed-by-id
+	// shape as switches/integrations.
+	nextInviteID int64
+	invites      map[int64]map[int64]tdclient.Invite // teamID -> inviteID -> invite
+	inviteDelete map[int64]bool                      // inviteID -> true once DELETEd, for 404-on-redelete
 }
 
 func newFakeTerdutServer() (*fakeTerdutServer, *httptest.Server) {
@@ -100,6 +114,9 @@ func newFakeTerdutServer() (*fakeTerdutServer, *httptest.Server) {
 
 		integrations:      map[int64]map[int64]tdclient.Integration{},
 		integrationDelete: map[int64]bool{},
+
+		invites:      map[int64]map[int64]tdclient.Invite{},
+		inviteDelete: map[int64]bool{},
 	}
 	return f, httptest.NewServer(f)
 }
@@ -265,7 +282,26 @@ func (f *fakeTerdutServer) handleTeamSubPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		f.escalation[id] = req
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 
-	case rest == "/deadman/switches" && r.Method == http.MethodGet:
+	case rest == deadmanSwitchesPath || strings.HasPrefix(rest, deadmanSwitchesPath+"/"):
+		f.handleDeadmanSubPath(w, r, id, rest)
+
+	case rest == "/integrations" || strings.HasPrefix(rest, "/integrations/"):
+		f.handleIntegrationSubPath(w, r, id, rest)
+
+	case rest == "/invites" || strings.HasPrefix(rest, "/invites/"):
+		f.handleInviteSubPath(w, r, id, rest)
+
+	default:
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+	}
+}
+
+// handleDeadmanSubPath answers GET/POST /api/teams/{id}/deadman/switches and
+// PUT/DELETE .../deadman/switches/{switchID} -- split out of
+// handleTeamSubPath for the same gocyclo reason as handleIntegrationSubPath.
+func (f *fakeTerdutServer) handleDeadmanSubPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, id int64, rest string) {
+	switch {
+	case rest == deadmanSwitchesPath && r.Method == http.MethodGet:
 		existing := f.switches[id]
 		out := make([]tdclient.DeadmanSwitch, 0, len(existing))
 		for _, s := range existing {
@@ -273,7 +309,7 @@ func (f *fakeTerdutServer) handleTeamSubPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		}
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, out)
 
-	case rest == "/deadman/switches" && r.Method == http.MethodPost:
+	case rest == deadmanSwitchesPath && r.Method == http.MethodPost:
 		var req deadmanSwitchFakeRequest
 		_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req)
 		f.nextSwitchID++
@@ -328,8 +364,48 @@ func (f *fakeTerdutServer) handleTeamSubPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		f.switchDelete[switchID] = true
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 
-	case rest == "/integrations" || strings.HasPrefix(rest, "/integrations/"):
-		f.handleIntegrationSubPath(w, r, id, rest)
+	default:
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+	}
+}
+
+// handleInviteSubPath answers POST /api/teams/{id}/invites and
+// DELETE .../invites/{inviteID} -- split out for the same gocyclo reason as
+// handleIntegrationSubPath.
+func (f *fakeTerdutServer) handleInviteSubPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, id int64, rest string) {
+	switch {
+	case rest == "/invites" && r.Method == http.MethodPost:
+		var req struct {
+			Role    string `json:"role"`
+			MaxUses int64  `json:"max_uses"`
+		}
+		_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req)
+		f.nextInviteID++
+		inviteID := f.nextInviteID
+		inv := tdclient.Invite{
+			ID: inviteID, TeamID: id, Role: req.Role, MaxUses: req.MaxUses,
+			ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour),
+			URL:       fmt.Sprintf("https://terdut.example.invalid/signup?invite=invite-token-%d", inviteID),
+		}
+		if f.invites[id] == nil {
+			f.invites[id] = map[int64]tdclient.Invite{}
+		}
+		f.invites[id][inviteID] = inv
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, inv)
+
+	case strings.HasPrefix(rest, "/invites/") && r.Method == http.MethodDelete:
+		inviteID, ok := parseTrailingID(rest, "/invites/")
+		if !ok {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		if _, exists := f.invites[id][inviteID]; !exists {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		delete(f.invites[id], inviteID)
+		f.inviteDelete[inviteID] = true
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 
 	default:
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
diff --git a/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller.go b/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller.go
index c5010e8..3f87373 100644
--- a/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller.go
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ func (r *TerdutTeamReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	if err := teamClient.SetTeamOIDCGroups(ctx, team.Status.TeamID, team.Spec.OIDC.MemberGroup, team.Spec.OIDC.OwnerGroup); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("PUT /api/teams/%d/oidc-groups: %w", team.Status.TeamID, err)
 	}
+	if err := r.reconcileInvite(ctx, &team, teamClient); err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
 
 	meta.SetStatusCondition(&team.Status.Conditions, metav1.Condition{
 		Type:    terdutv1alpha1.ConditionReady,
diff --git a/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go
index faf5dbd..cd99da2 100644
--- a/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/terdutteam_controller_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -251,6 +252,88 @@ var _ = Describe("TerdutTeam Controller", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	Describe("spec.invite", func() {
+		It("mints a link into the TerdutTeam's own namespace, not the operator's", func(ctx SpecContext) {
+			createTeam(ctx, "platform", sameNSRef())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx) // finalizer
+			reconcileOnce(ctx) // create+mint+apply
+
+			team := &terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam{}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			team.Spec.Invite.Enabled = true
+			Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, team)).To(Succeed())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(team.Status.InviteSecretRef).NotTo(BeNil())
+
+			var secret corev1.Secret
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
+				Name: team.Status.InviteSecretRef.Name, Namespace: team.Namespace,
+			}, &secret)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(string(secret.Data[inviteSecretURLKey])).To(ContainSubstring("invite="))
+			Expect(string(secret.Data[inviteSecretInviteIDKey])).To(Equal("1"))
+
+			inv := fake.invites[team.Status.TeamID][1]
+			Expect(inv.Role).To(Equal("member"), "default role")
+			Expect(inv.MaxUses).To(Equal(int64(1)), "default max uses")
+		})
+
+		It("refreshes a link that's within a day of terdut-server's 7-day TTL", func(ctx SpecContext) {
+			createTeam(ctx, "platform", sameNSRef())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			team := &terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam{}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			team.Spec.Invite.Enabled = true
+			Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, team)).To(Succeed())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			firstSecretName := team.Status.InviteSecretRef.Name
+			var secret corev1.Secret
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: firstSecretName, Namespace: team.Namespace}, &secret)).To(Succeed())
+
+			// Simulate the stored link being within the refresh window of
+			// expiry, the way it genuinely would be six days from now,
+			// without the test waiting six days.
+			secret.Data[inviteSecretExpiresAtKey] = []byte(time.Now().Add(12 * time.Hour).Format(time.RFC3339)) // inside inviteRefreshWindow
+			Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, &secret)).To(Succeed())
+
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			Expect(fake.inviteDelete[1]).To(BeTrue(), "the stale invite should have been revoked")
+			Expect(fake.invites[team.Status.TeamID]).To(HaveKey(int64(2)), "a replacement should have been minted")
+		})
+
+		It("revokes the invite when spec.invite.enabled flips back to false", func(ctx SpecContext) {
+			createTeam(ctx, "platform", sameNSRef())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			team := &terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam{}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			team.Spec.Invite.Enabled = true
+			Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, team)).To(Succeed())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			secretName := team.Status.InviteSecretRef.Name
+			team.Spec.Invite.Enabled = false
+			Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, team)).To(Succeed())
+			reconcileOnce(ctx)
+
+			Expect(fake.inviteDelete[1]).To(BeTrue())
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, teamKey, team)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(team.Status.InviteSecretRef).To(BeNil())
+
+			var secret corev1.Secret
+			err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: secretName, Namespace: team.Namespace}, &secret)
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred(), "the invite Secret should have been deleted")
+		})
+	})
+
 	Describe("deletion", func() {
 		It("deletes the team server-side and removes the credentials Secret", func(ctx SpecContext) {
 			createTeam(ctx, "to-delete", sameNSRef())
diff --git a/internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go b/internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be80be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/controller/terdutteam_invite.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
+
+	terdutv1alpha1 "git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-operator/api/v1alpha1"
+	"git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-operator/internal/tdclient"
+)
+
+// Data keys inside the generated invite Secret, following the same naming
+// shape as TerdutAlertSource's webhookSecret*Key constants.
+const (
+	inviteSecretURLKey       = "url"
+	inviteSecretInviteIDKey  = "inviteID"
+	inviteSecretExpiresAtKey = "expiresAt"
+)
+
+// inviteRefreshWindow is how far ahead of expiry this controller mints a
+// replacement link, so a human reading status.inviteSecretRef never finds a
+// dead link mid-use. terdut-server's invite TTL is a fixed, unconfigurable
+// 7 days (internal/api/signup.go's inviteTTL) -- refreshing a full day
+// ahead of that leaves comfortable margin against this controller's own
+// 5-minute resync interval ever being delayed.
+const inviteRefreshWindow = 24 * time.Hour
+
+func inviteSecretName(team *terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam) string {
+	return team.Name + "-terdut-invite"
+}
+
+// reconcileInvite applies spec.invite against teamClient -- this team's own
+// team-scoped credential, already owner-equivalent for every /invites route
+// (terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md, ratified not accidental). Mints,
+// refreshes ahead of expiry, or revokes, entirely independent of this
+// team's own Ready condition: an invite is a convenience for onboarding a
+// human, never something anything else in this reconcile waits on.
+func (r *TerdutTeamReconciler) reconcileInvite(ctx context.Context, team *terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam, teamClient *tdclient.Client) error {
+	if !team.Spec.Invite.Enabled {
+		return r.revokeInvite(ctx, team, teamClient)
+	}
+
+	secretName := inviteSecretName(team)
+	var secret corev1.Secret
+	err := r.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: team.Namespace, Name: secretName}, &secret)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		expiresAt, parseErr := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, string(secret.Data[inviteSecretExpiresAtKey]))
+		if parseErr == nil && time.Until(expiresAt) > inviteRefreshWindow {
+			team.Status.InviteSecretRef = &terdutv1alpha1.LocalSecretRef{Name: secretName}
+			return nil // still fresh, nothing to do this reconcile
+		}
+		// Expired, about to expire, or unreadable: mint a replacement.
+		// Revoke the old row by id first (best-effort) so a leaked old link
+		// stops working immediately rather than lingering unrevoked until
+		// its own TTL -- failure here is not fatal, since the replacement
+		// below is what actually matters.
+		if oldID, idErr := strconv.ParseInt(string(secret.Data[inviteSecretInviteIDKey]), 10, 64); idErr == nil {
+			_ = teamClient.RevokeInvite(ctx, team.Status.TeamID, oldID)
+		}
+		return r.mintInvite(ctx, team, teamClient, secretName)
+	case apierrors.IsNotFound(err):
+		// Low stakes, unlike TerdutAlertSource's webhook URL: nothing
+		// external holds a durable dependency on one specific invite link
+		// staying stable the way an Alertmanager config depends on a
+		// webhook URL -- it's read once by one human and handed out. So
+		// this silently re-mints rather than failing closed the way
+		// TerdutAlertSource's ReasonWebhookSecretLost does for its Secret.
+		return r.mintInvite(ctx, team, teamClient, secretName)
+	default:
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *TerdutTeamReconciler) mintInvite(
+	ctx context.Context, team *terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam, teamClient *tdclient.Client, secretName string,
+) error {
+	role := team.Spec.Invite.Role
+	if role == "" {
+		role = "member"
+	}
+	maxUses := team.Spec.Invite.MaxUses
+	if maxUses == 0 {
+		maxUses = 1
+	}
+	inv, err := teamClient.CreateInvite(ctx, team.Status.TeamID, role, maxUses)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("POST /api/teams/%d/invites: %w", team.Status.TeamID, err)
+	}
+
+	secret := &corev1.Secret{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: secretName, Namespace: team.Namespace}}
+	if _, err := controllerutil.CreateOrUpdate(ctx, r.Client, secret, func() error {
+		secret.Data = map[string][]byte{
+			inviteSecretURLKey:       []byte(inv.URL),
+			inviteSecretInviteIDKey:  []byte(strconv.FormatInt(inv.ID, 10)),
+			inviteSecretExpiresAtKey: []byte(inv.ExpiresAt.Format(time.RFC3339)),
+		}
+		return controllerutil.SetControllerReference(team, secret, r.Scheme)
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	team.Status.InviteSecretRef = &terdutv1alpha1.LocalSecretRef{Name: secretName}
+	if r.Recorder != nil {
+		r.Recorder.Eventf(team, nil, corev1.EventTypeNormal, terdutv1alpha1.ReasonInviteMinted, terdutv1alpha1.ReasonInviteMinted,
+			"invite link minted into Secret %q", secretName)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// revokeInvite tears down spec.invite's Secret and server-side row when
+// spec.invite.enabled is false (or was never set). Same-namespace and
+// OwnerReference'd, so deleting the TerdutTeam itself already garbage-
+// collects this Secret -- this path exists for the narrower case of
+// flipping enabled back to false on an otherwise-live TerdutTeam.
+func (r *TerdutTeamReconciler) revokeInvite(ctx context.Context, team *terdutv1alpha1.TerdutTeam, teamClient *tdclient.Client) error {
+	if team.Status.InviteSecretRef == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	name := team.Status.InviteSecretRef.Name
+	var secret corev1.Secret
+	err := r.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: team.Namespace, Name: name}, &secret)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		if id, idErr := strconv.ParseInt(string(secret.Data[inviteSecretInviteIDKey]), 10, 64); idErr == nil {
+			if err := teamClient.RevokeInvite(ctx, team.Status.TeamID, id); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("DELETE /api/teams/%d/invites/%d: %w", team.Status.TeamID, id, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if err := r.Delete(ctx, &secret); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	case !apierrors.IsNotFound(err):
+		return err
+	}
+
+	team.Status.InviteSecretRef = nil
+	if r.Recorder != nil {
+		r.Recorder.Eventf(team, nil, corev1.EventTypeNormal, terdutv1alpha1.ReasonInviteRevoked, terdutv1alpha1.ReasonInviteRevoked,
+			"invite link revoked")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/tdclient/client.go b/internal/tdclient/client.go
index 56d81ae..6cdf0ff 100644
--- a/internal/tdclient/client.go
+++ b/internal/tdclient/client.go
@@ -566,3 +566,50 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteIntegration(ctx context.Context, teamID, integrationID in
 	}
 	return c.do(req, nil)
 }
+
+// Invite is a standing link into a team (POST /api/teams/{teamID}/invites'
+// own response shape). URL carries the raw token exactly once, at creation
+// -- terdut-server never shows it again (same one-time-shown shape as an
+// integration's webhook key) -- so a caller that needs it later has to have
+// kept this response, not re-fetched it.
+type Invite struct {
+	ID        int64     `json:"id"`
+	TeamID    int64     `json:"team_id"`
+	Role      string    `json:"role"`
+	ExpiresAt time.Time `json:"expires_at"`
+	MaxUses   int64     `json:"max_uses"`
+	URL       string    `json:"url,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// CreateInvite calls POST /api/teams/{teamID}/invites -- owner-gated
+// (requireTeamOwner), so c must hold this team's own team-scoped
+// credential, which already satisfies that check via its synthetic owner
+// membership (terdut-server's SERVICE-ACCOUNTS.md). No conflict handling
+// needed: unlike a team or a service account, an invite has no unique name
+// to collide on -- every call mints a brand new row.
+func (c *Client) CreateInvite(ctx context.Context, teamID int64, role string, maxUses int64) (*Invite, error) {
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("/api/teams/%d/invites", teamID),
+		map[string]any{"role": role, "max_uses": maxUses})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var inv Invite
+	if err := c.do(req, &inv); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &inv, nil
+}
+
+// RevokeInvite calls DELETE /api/teams/{teamID}/invites/{inviteID} -- same
+// credential requirement as CreateInvite. A 404 (already revoked, or never
+// existed) is the caller's to treat as success if it wants to, the same way
+// DeleteTeam's own 404 handling works -- this method itself just reports
+// whatever terdut-server said.
+func (c *Client) RevokeInvite(ctx context.Context, teamID, inviteID int64) error {
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete,
+		fmt.Sprintf("/api/teams/%d/invites/%d", teamID, inviteID), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return c.do(req, nil)
+}
-- 
2.52.0


From 4aa4f17c42efab36b0d3b2be9af84a4c7495ba91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niklas Ye <niklas.ye@enokinetwork.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 22:13:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] examples/demo: bump terdut-server to v0.34.0 (the
 service-account fix)

Required for this demo to actually exercise the fix for
niklas/terdut-operator#3 -- v0.33.2 still has the authorization gap this
demo hit live (callerMayManageServiceAccount had no branch letting an
instance-scoped account adopt a team-scoped account's key).
---
 examples/demo/01-server.yaml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/demo/01-server.yaml b/examples/demo/01-server.yaml
index b7df709..901784d 100644
--- a/examples/demo/01-server.yaml
+++ b/examples/demo/01-server.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   image:
     repository: git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-server
-    tag: v0.33.2
+    # v0.34.0: fixes callerMayManageServiceAccount so an instance-scoped
+    # service account can adopt/rotate a key on a team-scoped account it
+    # didn't just create in the same call -- without this, terdutteam-*
+    # can wedge permanently on exactly the crash-window race this demo
+    # hit live (niklas/terdut-operator#3).
+    tag: v0.34.0
   replicas: 1
   networking:
     hostname: terdut-operator-demo.example
-- 
2.52.0