@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+"@objectstack/plugin-security": minor
+"@objectstack/cli": minor
+---
+
+fix(cli,plugin-security): `os meta resync` to re-materialize default permission sets from dist (#2705)
+
+The default permission sets (`admin_full_access` / `member_default` /
+`viewer_readonly` …) were seeded **insert-once** at boot: `bootstrapPlatformAdmin`
+skipped any row that already existed and never wrote the shipped declaration
+back. So editing a default set's source, recompiling, and restarting `os dev`
+**without** `--fresh` left the runtime serving the OLD value — silently, because
+the runtime authz resolver hydrates permission sets from the `sys_permission_set`
+row (`resolve-authz-context.ts`), not from the in-memory dist. A permission-gated
+surface (e.g. `setup.access`) would keep its stale behavior with no error, which
+repeatedly misled debugging. Every *other* metadata seed (declared permission
+sets, positions, built-in roles, capabilities) already upserts on boot, leaving
+the platform-default path the lone insert-once holdout — a gap ADR-0090 widened
+by persisting more facets (`system_permissions`, delegated-admin `admin_scope`)
+onto the same row.
+
+The insert-once posture is deliberate for prod (it protects an admin's Setup
+edits and keeps the defaults env-authored — the exact posture
+`bootstrapDeclaredPermissions` relies on), so this is **not** switched to a blind
+upsert. Instead:
+
+- `bootstrapPlatformAdmin` gains a `resync` option. Default boot behavior is
+  unchanged (insert-once). Under `resync`, an existing row is reconciled to the
+  shipped dist **only** when the platform still owns it (`managed_by` absent or
+  `'platform'`); a row an admin took over (`managed_by:'user'`) or a package owns
+  (`'package'`) is an intentional override and is left untouched.
+- New `os meta resync` command boots the runtime, reconciles the default
+  permission-set rows to the compiled dist, and reports what was reconciled /
+  preserved / newly seeded — **without touching business data** and without a
+  `--fresh` wipe. Gated behind a confirmation prompt (`--yes` to skip; `--json`
+  for scripting).
+
+Prod boot is unaffected; the fix is entirely opt-in via the new command.
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+import { Command, Flags } from '@oclif/core';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
+import {
+  printHeader,
+  printSuccess,
+  printWarning,
+  printError,
+  printInfo,
+  printStep,
+  createTimer,
+} from '../../utils/format.js';
+import { bootSchemaStack } from '../../utils/schema-migrate.js';
+import { bootstrapPlatformAdmin, securityDefaultPermissionSets } from '@objectstack/plugin-security';
+
+async function confirm(question: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!process.stdin.isTTY) return false; // non-interactive → require --yes
+  const rl = createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
+  try {
+    const answer: string = await new Promise((resolve) => rl.question(question, resolve));
+    return /^y(es)?$/i.test(answer.trim());
+  } finally {
+    rl.close();
+  }
+}
+
+function safeGetService(kernel: any, name: string): any {
+  try {
+    return kernel?.getService?.(name);
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * `os meta resync` — reconcile materialized metadata to the compiled `dist`
+ * without a `--fresh` wipe (#2705).
+ *
+ * The default permission sets (admin_full_access / member_default /
+ * viewer_readonly …) are seeded INSERT-ONCE at boot: an existing row is never
+ * clobbered, so an edit to a default set's source is served with its OLD value
+ * until the DB is wiped — a silent dev-loop trap (a permission-gated action
+ * "mysteriously" keeps its old behavior). Every OTHER metadata seed (declared
+ * permission sets, positions, built-in roles, capabilities) already upserts on
+ * boot; this command closes the one remaining gap by force-reconciling the
+ * default permission-set rows to the shipped declaration.
+ *
+ * Business data is never touched — only `sys_permission_set` definition rows.
+ * A row an admin has taken over in Setup (`managed_by:'user'`) or a package
+ * owns (`'package'`) is an intentional override and is left alone.
+ */
+export default class MetaResync extends Command {
+  static override description =
+    'Reconcile materialized metadata (default permission sets) to the compiled dist without a --fresh wipe (#2705)';
+
+  static override examples = [
+    '$ os meta resync',
+    '$ os meta resync --yes',
+    '$ os meta resync --json',
+  ];
+
+  static override flags = {
+    'database-url': Flags.string({
+      description: 'Database URL to reconcile (defaults to $OS_DATABASE_URL / the project DB)',
+      env: 'OS_DATABASE_URL',
+    }),
+    yes: Flags.boolean({ char: 'y', description: 'Skip the confirmation prompt', default: false }),
+    json: Flags.boolean({ description: 'Output as JSON (implies non-interactive; requires --yes to mutate)' }),
+  };
+
+  async run(): Promise<void> {
+    const { flags } = await this.parse(MetaResync);
+    const timer = createTimer();
+    let exitCode = 0;
+
+    if (!flags.json) {
+      printHeader('Meta · resync');
+      printStep('Booting runtime stack…');
+    }
+
+    let stack;
+    try {
+      stack = await bootSchemaStack({ databaseUrl: flags['database-url'] });
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      if (flags.json) console.log(JSON.stringify({ error: error.message }));
+      else printError(error.message || String(error));
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const ql = safeGetService(stack.kernel, 'objectql');
+      // Prefer the SecurityPlugin's resolved set when a full stack is booted (it
+      // picks up an app's `defaultPermissionSets` override); fall back to the
+      // platform defaults, which is what the standalone stack this command boots
+      // exposes. Either way these are the sets `bootstrapPlatformAdmin` seeds.
+      const svcSets = safeGetService(stack.kernel, 'security.bootstrapPermissionSets');
+      const sets: any[] = Array.isArray(svcSets) && svcSets.length > 0 ? svcSets : securityDefaultPermissionSets;
+
+      if (!ql) {
+        if (flags.json) {
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({ error: 'objectql_unavailable' }));
+          return;
+        }
+        printError('ObjectQL service is not available — cannot resync.');
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!Array.isArray(sets) || sets.length === 0) {
+        if (flags.json) {
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({ resynced: 0, resyncSkipped: 0, inserted: 0, message: 'no_default_permission_sets' }));
+          return;
+        }
+        printWarning('No default permission sets are available to resync.');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Confirmation gate — resync overwrites the default permission-set
+      // definitions from the compiled dist, so admin Setup edits to those sets
+      // are replaced. Business data is never touched.
+      if (!flags.yes) {
+        if (flags.json || !process.stdin.isTTY) {
+          if (flags.json) {
+            console.log(JSON.stringify({ resynced: 0, resyncSkipped: 0, inserted: 0, message: 'confirmation_required', hint: 'pass --yes' }));
+            return;
+          }
+          printWarning('Confirmation required. Re-run with --yes to resync.');
+          return;
+        }
+        printInfo(`Database: ${chalk.white(stack.dbLabel)}`);
+        printWarning('This overwrites the default permission-set definitions from the compiled dist.');
+        console.log(chalk.dim('  Admin Setup edits to those sets are replaced. Business data is untouched.'));
+        console.log(chalk.dim('  Sets an admin or a package has taken over (managed_by user/package) are left alone.'));
+        const ok = await confirm(chalk.bold(`\nResync ${sets.length} default permission set(s) to ${stack.dbLabel}? [y/N] `));
+        if (!ok) {
+          printInfo('Aborted — no changes made.');
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const logger = flags.json
+        ? undefined
+        : { info: (m: string) => printInfo(m), warn: (m: string) => printWarning(m) };
+
+      const report = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, sets as any[], { resync: true, logger });
+      const resynced = report.resynced ?? 0;
+      const resyncSkipped = report.resyncSkipped ?? 0;
+      // seeded = existing + newly inserted; existing (under resync) = resynced +
+      // resyncSkipped, so the remainder is what this run freshly seeded.
+      const inserted = Math.max(0, (report.seeded ?? 0) - resynced - resyncSkipped);
+
+      if (flags.json) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({ database: stack.dbLabel, resynced, resyncSkipped, inserted, duration: timer.elapsed() }, null, 2));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      console.log('');
+      if (resynced > 0 || inserted > 0) {
+        printSuccess(`Reconciled ${resynced} default permission set(s) to dist${inserted > 0 ? `, seeded ${inserted} new` : ''}.`);
+      } else {
+        printInfo('Nothing reconciled.');
+      }
+      if (resyncSkipped > 0) {
+        printWarning(`Left ${resyncSkipped} set(s) untouched (admin- or package-owned override).`);
+      }
+      console.log(chalk.dim(`  ${timer.display()}`));
+      console.log('');
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      exitCode = 1;
+      if (flags.json) console.log(JSON.stringify({ error: error.message }));
+      else printError(error.message || String(error));
+    } finally {
+      await stack.shutdown();
+      // A one-shot command must exit even when the booted app stack left
+      // keep-alive handles open (schedulers/watchers registered on kernel:ready
+      // that `runtime.stop()` cannot fully drain). Matches the process.exit
+      // posture the other one-shot CLI commands use.
+      process.exit(exitCode);
+    }
+  }
+}
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ export interface SchemaStack {
   driver: SqlDriverLike | null;
   dbLabel: string;
   managedTableCount: number;
+  /** The booted kernel — `getService('objectql')` etc. for one-shot commands
+   *  beyond schema migration (e.g. `os meta resync`, #2705). */
+  kernel: any;
   shutdown: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ export async function bootSchemaStack(opts: { databaseUrl?: string } = {}): Prom
     driver,
     dbLabel: describeDb(driver),
     managedTableCount,
+    kernel,
     shutdown: async () => {
       try { await (runtime as any).stop?.(); } catch { /* ignore */ }
       try { await driver?.disconnect?.(); } catch { /* ignore */ }
 
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * bootstrapPlatformAdmin — permission-set materialization, focused on the
+ * insert-once vs `resync` (#2705) split.
+ *
+ * The default boot path is insert-once: an existing default permission-set row
+ * is env-authored config and is never clobbered on restart (so admin Setup
+ * edits survive). That protection is CORRECT for prod but makes a dev source
+ * edit silently stale until a `--fresh` wipe. `os meta resync` passes
+ * `{ resync: true }` to reconcile platform-owned rows to the shipped dist
+ * without touching business data — while still refusing to overwrite a row an
+ * admin or a package has explicitly taken over.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { bootstrapPlatformAdmin } from './bootstrap-platform-admin.js';
+
+/** Minimal in-memory ql. Only `sys_permission_set` is modeled; the admin-
+ *  promotion tables return empty, so promotion short-circuits and we assert the
+ *  seed/resync outcome (carried on every return) directly. */
+function makeQl(seedRows: any[] = []) {
+  const rows: any[] = seedRows.map((r) => ({ ...r }));
+  return {
+    rows,
+    async find(object: string, q: any) {
+      if (object !== 'sys_permission_set') return [];
+      const where = q?.where ?? {};
+      return rows.filter((r) => Object.entries(where).every(([k, v]) => r[k] === v));
+    },
+    async insert(object: string, data: any) {
+      if (object !== 'sys_permission_set') return null;
+      rows.push({ ...data });
+      return { id: data.id };
+    },
+    async update(object: string, data: any) {
+      if (object !== 'sys_permission_set') return;
+      const r = rows.find((x) => x.id === data.id);
+      if (r) Object.assign(r, data);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/** Shipped declaration: member_default now grants `setup.access`. */
+const memberDefault = (over: Record<string, any> = {}) =>
+  ({
+    name: 'member_default',
+    label: 'Member',
+    objects: { crm_lead: { allowRead: true } },
+    systemPermissions: ['setup.access'],
+    ...over,
+  }) as any;
+
+const row = (ql: ReturnType<typeof makeQl>) => ql.rows.find((x) => x.name === 'member_default');
+
+describe('bootstrapPlatformAdmin — insert-once vs resync (#2705)', () => {
+  it('default (no resync): leaves an existing row stale — the deliberate insert-once posture', async () => {
+    const ql = makeQl([
+      { id: 'ps_old', name: 'member_default', system_permissions: '[]', object_permissions: '{}' },
+    ]);
+    const r = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, [memberDefault()]);
+    expect(r.resynced).toBe(0);
+    // Same row, and the shipped `setup.access` did NOT land — this is the
+    // #2705 boot behavior (protects admin edits; stale in the dev loop).
+    expect(row(ql)!.id).toBe('ps_old');
+    expect(row(ql)!.system_permissions).toBe('[]');
+  });
+
+  it('resync: reconciles a platform-owned row to the shipped declaration in place', async () => {
+    const ql = makeQl([
+      { id: 'ps_old', name: 'member_default', system_permissions: '[]', object_permissions: '{}', managed_by: null },
+    ]);
+    const r = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, [memberDefault()], { resync: true });
+    expect(r.resynced).toBe(1);
+    expect(r.resyncSkipped).toBe(0);
+    // Updated in place (no new insert), and the declaration is now live.
+    expect(ql.rows.filter((x) => x.name === 'member_default')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(row(ql)!.id).toBe('ps_old');
+    expect(JSON.parse(row(ql)!.system_permissions)).toEqual(['setup.access']);
+    expect(JSON.parse(row(ql)!.object_permissions)).toEqual({ crm_lead: { allowRead: true } });
+  });
+
+  it('resync: leaves an admin-owned (managed_by:user) row untouched', async () => {
+    const ql = makeQl([
+      { id: 'ps_custom', name: 'member_default', system_permissions: '["custom.perm"]', managed_by: 'user' },
+    ]);
+    const r = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, [memberDefault()], { resync: true });
+    expect(r.resynced).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.resyncSkipped).toBe(1);
+    expect(row(ql)!.system_permissions).toBe('["custom.perm"]');
+  });
+
+  it('resync: leaves a package-owned row untouched', async () => {
+    const ql = makeQl([
+      { id: 'ps_pkg', name: 'member_default', system_permissions: '[]', managed_by: 'package', package_id: 'com.x' },
+    ]);
+    const r = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, [memberDefault()], { resync: true });
+    expect(r.resynced).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.resyncSkipped).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('resync: inserts a set that does not exist yet (nothing to reconcile)', async () => {
+    const ql = makeQl([]);
+    const r = await bootstrapPlatformAdmin(ql, [memberDefault()], { resync: true });
+    expect(r.resynced).toBe(0);
+    expect(row(ql)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(JSON.parse(row(ql)!.system_permissions)).toEqual(['setup.access']);
+  });
+});