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shankar0123 73e6b81d4b gui(certificates): surface profile contract in create-cert form (closes P3-3, P3-4, P3-5)
Closes findings P3-3, P3-4, P3-5 from the 2026-05-05 CLI/API/MCP↔GUI
parity audit (cowork/cli-gui-parity-audit-2026-05-05/RESULTS.md). The
audit flagged three "hidden defaults" in the create-certificate form:
environment='production', shortLived=false, selectedEkus=['serverAuth'].

Re-grounding against the live source:

  P3-3 was a false positive. The form already exposes an environment
  selector with three options (Production / Staging / Development) and
  defaults to Production. No change needed — covered by new test pin.

  P3-4 + P3-5 misread the architecture. allow_short_lived and
  allowed_ekus are NOT per-cert form-state fields; they are properties
  of the CertificateProfile that the operator binds via the existing
  Profile dropdown. Adding form-level toggles for them would contradict
  the profile-as-primitive design (the profile carries the policy
  contract — TTL, EKUs, key-algo allow-list, short-lived eligibility —
  so the cert can inherit a coherent set rather than letting operators
  hand-mix invalid combinations).

  The genuine UX gap was opacity: operators picked a profile without
  seeing what allow_short_lived / allowed_ekus the profile carried.

This commit closes the spirit of the finding by surfacing the selected
profile's load-bearing properties in a read-only "Profile contract"
panel that appears below the Profile dropdown once a profile is
selected. The panel shows:

  - allowed_ekus list (so operators see whether a profile is
    serverAuth, emailProtection, codeSigning, or a mix)
  - allow_short_lived flag (highlighted when true so operators know
    they're picking a profile that allows TTL < 1h CRL/OCSP-exempt
    certs per the M15b regime)
  - explanatory text that EKUs and short-lived eligibility are
    profile-level (not per-cert), guiding operators to edit the
    profile or pick a different one

Test pins (web/src/pages/CertificatesPage.test.tsx):

  - environment selector renders with 3 options, defaults to production
  - environment selector toggles to staging / development on change
  - Profile contract panel is hidden until a profile is selected
  - Profile contract panel surfaces allowed_ekus when a TLS-server
    profile is picked
  - Profile contract panel surfaces emailProtection EKU when an S/MIME
    profile is picked (closes the "S/MIME flows can't be initiated
    from the GUI" sub-finding — they can, by picking an emailProtection
    profile)
  - Profile contract panel flags allow_short_lived=true when an IoT
    short-lived profile is picked (closes the "operators can't issue
    short-lived certs through the GUI" sub-finding — they can, by
    picking an allow_short_lived profile)

Implementation notes:
  - data-testid='cert-form-environment' + 'cert-form-profile' +
    'cert-form-profile-detail' added to make the test selectors stable
    across DOM-restructuring refactors. No production behaviour change
    from the test IDs.
  - No new dependencies; no form-library introduction (per the prompt's
    out-of-scope list); uses the existing bare React state pattern.
  - No API changes — Certificate.allowed_ekus / allow_short_lived
    already exist on the CertificateProfile type in web/src/api/types.ts.

Acceptance gate (verified):
  - npm test on src/pages/CertificatesPage.test.tsx: 12/12 pass
    (6 pre-existing T-1 tests + 6 new P3-3..P3-5 pins).
  - All sibling page tests (AuditPage, TargetDetailPage, ShortLivedPage,
    etc.) still pass.
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