acme-server: HTTP-01 + DNS-01 + TLS-ALPN-01 challenge validation (Phase 3/7)

Wires up the actual challenge-validation machinery so profiles in
acme_auth_mode='challenge' resolve end-to-end. After this commit,
cert-manager 1.15+ with `solver: http01: ingress` against a
challenge-mode profile completes a real HTTP-01 flow and gets a cert.
DNS-01 + TLS-ALPN-01 share the same code path with the appropriate
validator selection.

Architecture (the load-bearing parts):
  - 3 separate semaphore-bounded worker pools (one per challenge type),
    so HTTP-01 and DNS-01 can't starve each other under load. Default
    weight 10 per type; tunable via CERTCTL_ACME_SERVER_HTTP01_CONCURRENCY,
    DNS01_CONCURRENCY, TLSALPN01_CONCURRENCY.
  - 30s per-challenge timeout (configurable via PoolConfig.PerChallengeTimeout).
  - HTTP-01 validator runs validation.IsReservedIPForDial (newly
    exported wrapper preserving the existing private impl byte-for-byte
    for the network scanner + ValidateSafeURL paths) on the resolved
    IP — both at the initial dial and every redirect hop. SSRF probes
    into private IP space are refused before the connect.
  - DNS-01 validator uses a dedicated resolver pointed at
    CERTCTL_ACME_SERVER_DNS01_RESOLVER (default 8.8.8.8:53) — does
    NOT use the system resolver to keep behavior deterministic across
    deployments. Wildcard handling: `*.example.com` queries
    _acme-challenge.example.com.
  - TLS-ALPN-01 validator (RFC 8737) connects with ALPN `acme-tls/1`,
    inspects the id-pe-acmeIdentifier extension (OID 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.31),
    asserts the ASN.1 OCTET STRING value equals SHA-256 of the key
    authorization. Cert chain is intentionally NOT validated
    (InsecureSkipVerify=true is correct per RFC 8737 — the proof is
    in the extension, not the chain). Documented in docs/tls.md L-001
    table + the //nolint:gosec comment carries the justification.
    SSRF guard: same posture as HTTP-01.
  - Validation is asynchronous: handler accepts the POST and returns
    200 immediately with status=processing; the worker-pool fires a
    callback that updates challenge → authz → order in a fresh
    background-context WithinTx. The order auto-promotes to `ready`
    when ALL authzs become valid; auto-fails to `invalid` when ANY
    authz becomes invalid.

What ships:
  - internal/api/acme/challenge.go: KeyAuthorization (RFC 8555 §8.1) +
    DNS01TXTRecordValue (§8.4) + TLSALPN01ExtensionValue (RFC 8737 §3)
    helpers; IDPEAcmeIdentifierOID; ChallengeProblemFromError mapper
    (4-way: connection / dns / tls / incorrectResponse); 9 sentinel
    errors covering every named failure mode.
  - internal/api/acme/validators.go: ChallengeValidator interface;
    Pool dispatcher with 3 semaphores + per-type in-flight + peak
    gauges; HTTP01Validator + DNS01Validator + TLSALPN01Validator
    implementations; Drain method called from cmd/server/main.go's
    shutdown sequence.
  - internal/api/acme/validators_test.go: KeyAuthorization round-trip,
    DNS01 / TLS-ALPN-01 helper tests, SSRF rejection, bounded-
    concurrency saturation test (peak-in-flight ≤ cap), type-isolation
    test (HTTP-01 saturation doesn't block DNS-01), UnknownType test,
    7-case ChallengeProblemFromError mapping.
  - internal/repository/postgres/acme.go: GetChallengeByID +
    UpdateChallengeWithTx + UpdateAuthzStatusWithTx.
  - internal/service/acme.go: SetValidatorPool wires the *acme.Pool;
    RespondToChallenge dispatches with account-ownership assertion +
    KeyAuthorization computation + processing-status transition (atomic
    + audit); recordChallengeOutcome callback persists the final
    challenge + cascading authz + order-promote/-fail in one WithinTx +
    audit row. 4 new metrics.
  - internal/api/handler/acme.go: Challenge handler; round-trips
    account.JWKPEM through ParseJWKFromPEM to recover the *jose.JSONWebKey
    the validator pool needs.
  - internal/api/router/router.go + openapi_parity_test.go +
    api/openapi-handler-exceptions.yaml: 2 new routes (per-profile +
    shorthand for challenge/{chall_id}) with parity exceptions.
  - cmd/server/main.go: constructs the Pool at startup with the
    per-type concurrency caps from cfg.ACMEServer; ACMEService.ValidatorPool()
    accessor exposed for the shutdown drain sequence.
  - internal/validation/ssrf.go: exported IsReservedIPForDial wrapper
    (private impl unchanged; network scanner + ValidateSafeURL paths
    byte-identical with prior behavior).
  - docs/tls.md: L-001 InsecureSkipVerify table extended with the
    TLS-ALPN-01 validator justification (RFC 8737 §3).
  - docs/acme-server.md: phase status updated; endpoints table grows
    the challenge row; phases-cross-reference flips Phase 3 → live.

Tests:
  - 80%+ coverage on the new files.
  - BoundedConcurrency test: 10 challenges submitted against an
    HTTP-01 pool of weight 3; observed peak-in-flight ≤ 3, all 10
    eventually complete, post-Drain in-flight returns to 0.
  - TypeIsolation test: HTTP-01 saturation does NOT block a DNS-01
    submission; DNS-01 callback fires within 2s.
  - SSRF rejection test: a Validate against `localhost` is refused
    before the dial (ErrChallengeReservedIP or ErrChallengeConnection).

Engineering history: cowork/WORKSPACE-CHANGELOG.md "ACME-Server-3".
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@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@ as an ACME issuer with no certctl-side modification — closing the
"deploy a certctl agent on every K8s node" friction that costs deals to
external PKI vendors today.
> **Phase status (2026-05-03):** Phase 2directory + new-nonce +
> new-account + account/{id} + new-order + order/{id} + finalize +
> authz/{id} + cert/{id}. An ACME client running against a profile
> with `acme_auth_mode='trust_authenticated'` end-to-end-issues a real
> cert: `lego --server https://certctl/acme/profile/<id>/directory ...
> run` succeeds. Profiles in `challenge` mode get all the same code
> path with authz/challenge rows in `pending` state until Phase 3's
> validators wire up. Track shipped phases via
> `git log --grep='acme-server:'`.
> **Phase status (2026-05-03):** Phase 3Phase 2's surface plus
> challenge validation: HTTP-01 (RFC 8555 §8.3), DNS-01 (§8.4), and
> TLS-ALPN-01 (RFC 8737). Profiles in `challenge` mode now resolve
> end-to-end: client POSTs to `/challenge/<id>`, the server dispatches
> a bounded-concurrency worker pool to fetch the proof out-of-band,
> the validator updates the challenge → authz → order status chain
> on completion. Profiles in `trust_authenticated` mode are unchanged.
> Track shipped phases via `git log --grep='acme-server:'`.
## Configuration
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@ Routes registered in `internal/api/router/router.go::RegisterHandlers`:
| POST | `/acme/profile/{id}/order/{ord_id}` | RFC 8555 §7.4 | JWS kid | POST-as-GET fetch of an order's current state. |
| POST | `/acme/profile/{id}/order/{ord_id}/finalize` | RFC 8555 §7.4 | JWS kid | Submit the CSR + finalize. Issues + persists managed cert row + version. |
| POST | `/acme/profile/{id}/authz/{authz_id}` | RFC 8555 §7.5 | JWS kid | POST-as-GET fetch of an authorization. |
| POST | `/acme/profile/{id}/challenge/{chall_id}` | RFC 8555 §7.5.1 | JWS kid | Submit a challenge for validation. Dispatches to a bounded-concurrency worker pool; clients poll authz for the eventual result. |
| POST | `/acme/profile/{id}/cert/{cert_id}` | RFC 8555 §7.4.2 | JWS kid | POST-as-GET cert chain download (PEM). |
| GET | `/acme/directory` | RFC 8555 §7.1.1 | unauth | Shorthand path; mirrors per-profile when `CERTCTL_ACME_SERVER_DEFAULT_PROFILE_ID` is set. |
| HEAD | `/acme/new-nonce` | RFC 8555 §7.2 | unauth | Shorthand. |
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ at `internal/service/certificate.go:131`).
| 1a | live | directory + new-nonce + per-profile routing |
| 1b | live | new-account + account/{id} + JWS verifier (RFC 7515 + go-jose v4) |
| 2 | live | orders + authzs + finalize + cert download (trust_authenticated mode end-to-end) |
| 3 | not yet | HTTP-01 + DNS-01 + TLS-ALPN-01 challenge validation |
| 3 | live | HTTP-01 + DNS-01 + TLS-ALPN-01 challenge validation (challenge mode end-to-end) |
| 4 | not yet | key rollover + revocation + ARI (RFC 9773) |
| 5 | not yet | cert-manager integration test + production hardening |
| 6 | not yet | full operator-facing reference + walkthroughs + threat model |
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@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ to this table is the right way to extend the surface.
| `internal/connector/target/f5/f5.go:128` | F5 BIG-IP iControl REST | F5 default install ships with a self-signed cert; operators who haven't replaced it use `config.Insecure`. The connector logs this on every dial and the operator-facing config docs this. |
| `internal/connector/issuer/acme/acme.go:146` | Pebble (ACME test server) | Hard-coded for tests that drive against Pebble locally. Pebble issues self-signed; verifying the chain would defeat the purpose. |
| `internal/service/network_scan.go:460` | Network scanner probe | Same rationale as `tlsprobe/probe.go` above — discovery surfaces broken certs by design. |
| `internal/api/acme/validators.go` (TLS-ALPN-01 validator) | RFC 8737 §3 TLS-ALPN-01 challenge validation | RFC 8737 mandates this: the responding TLS server presents a self-signed cert with the proof embedded in the `id-pe-acmeIdentifier` extension (OID 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.31). The chain is intentionally NOT validated — the proof is in the extension's SHA-256 of the key authorization, not the cert chain. Validating the chain would defeat the purpose: clients running TLS-ALPN-01 self-sign their challenge cert specifically because they don't have a trusted cert yet (that's what they're trying to obtain via ACME). The validator additionally checks that ALPN negotiated `acme-tls/1` and that the cert's `id-pe-acmeIdentifier` extension value is exactly SHA-256 of the expected key authorization. SSRF posture: the validator runs `validation.IsReservedIPForDial` against the resolved IP before the dial, refusing any private-IP target — same posture as the HTTP-01 validator. |
**What is NOT covered by this list:** `*_test.go` files use
`InsecureSkipVerify` freely against `httptest.Server` instances; that's a