diff --git a/cmd/felis/breakglass.go b/cmd/felis/breakglass.go
index 410a124..ce7c869 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/breakglass.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/breakglass.go
@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ type ownerStore interface {
 	// Operator. The row is role=admin, identical in shape to the Owner — Felis has no
 	// separate operator DB role (migration 0003: staff = role=admin).
 	InsertOperator(ctx context.Context, id, username, email string) error
-	// RedeemLinkCodeForOwner consumes an in-game link code and creates-or-promotes
-	// the bound user to role='admin' (Owner). It is the `felis setup` MC-bind path:
-	// the operator enters limbo, runs /link, types the code here, and the bound
-	// account becomes the passwordless Owner. Unlike RedeemPlayerBindCode it does NOT
-	// refuse staff — setup deliberately elevates the bound account.
-	RedeemLinkCodeForOwner(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code string, now time.Time) (userID, mcUUID, authSource string, err error)
-	// CreateSetupToken mints a one-time setup token for first-web-login bootstrap.
-	CreateSetupToken(ctx context.Context, tokenHash, userID string, expiresAt time.Time) error
+	// CompleteOwnerSetup atomically consumes the in-game link code, creates or
+	// promotes the bound Owner, enables local auth, and stores the one-time setup
+	// token. A failure rolls all four writes back so setup is always retryable.
+	CompleteOwnerSetup(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code string, now time.Time,
+		tokenHash string, tokenExpiresAt time.Time) (userID, mcUUID, authSource string, err error)
 	SetSetting(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte) error
 	// Audit records the break-glass accountability row.
 	Audit(ctx context.Context, e api.AuditEntry) error
@@ -347,6 +344,7 @@ type breakGlassOp struct {
 // breakGlassOutcome is what performBreakGlass reports back to the TUI.
 type breakGlassOutcome struct {
 	setupTokenURL string // non-empty when setup minted a one-time first-login URL
+	ownerIdentity string // verified Minecraft UUID for the setup Owner-bind path
 	auditErr      error  // non-nil if the accountability row could not be written
 }
 
@@ -387,11 +385,17 @@ func newSetupToken() (raw, hash string, err error) {
 }
 
 // performSetupMCBind is the `felis setup` Owner-establishment path: the operator
-// binds their Minecraft account via an in-game /link code, the bound user is
-// promoted to role='admin' (passwordless Owner), and a one-time setup URL is
-// minted for the first web login where the Owner verifies email / enrolls a
-// passkey. adminHostname is the op.console host the URL points at.
-func performSetupMCBind(ctx context.Context, s ownerStore, code, adminHostname string) (breakGlassOutcome, error) {
+// binds their Minecraft account via a one-time link code the login gate handed
+// them in-game, the bound user is promoted to role='admin' (passwordless Owner),
+// local auth is enabled, and a one-time setup URL is minted for the first web
+// login where the Owner verifies email / enrolls a passkey. adminHostname is the
+// op.console host the URL points at; osUser is recorded as the accountable actor.
+//
+// Local auth is as load-bearing here as it is in break-glass, and for a sharper
+// reason: an MC-bound Owner has no password AND no email, so the setup token is
+// their ONLY door. CompleteOwnerSetup therefore commits the identity bind, auth
+// toggle, and token together; any failed write leaves the link code retryable.
+func performSetupMCBind(ctx context.Context, s ownerStore, code, adminHostname, osUser string) (breakGlassOutcome, error) {
 	code = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToUpper(code))
 	if code == "" {
 		return breakGlassOutcome{}, errors.New("link code is required")
@@ -400,23 +404,51 @@ func performSetupMCBind(ctx context.Context, s ownerStore, code, adminHostname s
 	if newID == "" {
 		return breakGlassOutcome{}, errors.New("generate owner id: entropy source failed")
 	}
-	userID, _, _, err := s.RedeemLinkCodeForOwner(ctx, newID, code, time.Now())
-	if err != nil {
-		return breakGlassOutcome{}, fmt.Errorf("bind minecraft account: %w", err)
-	}
 	raw, hash, err := newSetupToken()
 	if err != nil {
 		return breakGlassOutcome{}, err
 	}
-	if err := s.CreateSetupToken(ctx, hash, userID, time.Now().Add(setupTokenTTL)); err != nil {
-		return breakGlassOutcome{}, fmt.Errorf("mint setup token: %w", err)
+	now := time.Now()
+	_, mcUUID, authSource, err := s.CompleteOwnerSetup(
+		ctx, newID, code, now, hash, now.Add(setupTokenTTL))
+	if err != nil {
+		return breakGlassOutcome{}, fmt.Errorf("complete owner setup: %w", err)
+	}
+	// The load-bearing writes committed together above. Accountability remains
+	// best-effort: an unhappy audit sink never costs the operator their install.
+	out := breakGlassOutcome{
+		ownerIdentity: mcUUID,
+		auditErr:      auditSetupMCBind(ctx, s, osUser, mcUUID, authSource),
 	}
 	host := strings.TrimSpace(adminHostname)
 	if host == "" {
 		host = "op.console.localhost"
 	}
-	url := "https://" + host + "/setup?token=" + raw
-	return breakGlassOutcome{setupTokenURL: url}, nil
+	out.setupTokenURL = "https://" + host + "/setup?token=" + raw
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// auditSetupMCBind records who claimed the Owner seat at setup. It carries the
+// Minecraft identity rather than a username because that IS the evidence: the
+// login gate only issues a link code to a player it authenticated, so mc_uuid +
+// auth_source say which account was verified and by whom. Actor is the OS user who
+// ran `felis setup` — honest attribution, not proof (root can edit the row).
+func auditSetupMCBind(ctx context.Context, s ownerStore, osUser, mcUUID, authSource string) error {
+	blob, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"mode":        "setup",
+		"os_user":     osUser,
+		"mc_uuid":     mcUUID,
+		"auth_source": authSource,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.Audit(ctx, api.AuditEntry{
+		Actor:   osUser,
+		Source:  "setup",
+		Action:  "setup.owner_bind",
+		Payload: blob,
+	})
 }
 
 // auditBreakGlass writes the break-glass accountability row. The actor is the
@@ -494,7 +526,11 @@ func auditAddOperator(ctx context.Context, s ownerStore, op breakGlassOp) error
 // breakGlassResult is what the TUI hands back to cmdBreakGlass for the durable
 // post-exit summary. provisioned is false on cancel.
 type breakGlassResult struct {
-	provisioned   bool
+	provisioned bool
+	// alreadySetUp marks the re-run landing (the status screen): setup ran, found an
+	// Owner, and deliberately changed nothing. Without it a re-run is indistinguishable
+	// from a cancel and reports itself as one.
+	alreadySetUp  bool
 	isOperator    bool // an Operator was added rather than the Owner provisioned
 	mode          string
 	accountable   string
diff --git a/cmd/felis/breakglass_test.go b/cmd/felis/breakglass_test.go
index c2940cc..ddb81f8 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/breakglass_test.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/breakglass_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type fakeOwnerStore struct {
 	users    map[string]*api.StaffUser // keyed by username
 	admins   bool                      // AdminExists answer
 
-	// RedeemLinkCodeForOwner's success result. redeemUserID defaults to the fresh id
+	// CompleteOwnerSetup's success result. redeemUserID defaults to the fresh id
 	// the caller passes (the unlinked-UUID case) when left empty.
 	redeemUserID     string
 	redeemMCUUID     string
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ type upsertCall struct {
 	id, username, email string
 }
 
-// setupTokenCall is a recorded CreateSetupToken write. Only the hash is persisted.
+// setupTokenCall is a recorded setup-token write. Only the hash is persisted.
 type setupTokenCall struct {
 	tokenHash string
 	userID    string
 	expiresAt time.Time
 }
 
-// redeemCall records the inputs RedeemLinkCodeForOwner was called with.
+// redeemCall records the inputs CompleteOwnerSetup was called with.
 type redeemCall struct {
 	newUserID string
 	code      string
@@ -107,29 +107,30 @@ func (f *fakeOwnerStore) InsertOperator(_ context.Context, id, username, email s
 	return nil
 }
 
-// RedeemLinkCodeForOwner records the call and returns the configured Owner identity
-// (or the injected error). The real method consumes a link code and promotes the
-// bound account; the fake models only its inputs and outputs.
-func (f *fakeOwnerStore) RedeemLinkCodeForOwner(_ context.Context, newUserID, code string, _ time.Time) (string, string, string, error) {
+// CompleteOwnerSetup models the real all-or-nothing transaction: injected failures
+// record none of the redeem, auth-toggle, or setup-token writes.
+func (f *fakeOwnerStore) CompleteOwnerSetup(_ context.Context, newUserID, code string, _ time.Time,
+	tokenHash string, expiresAt time.Time) (string, string, string, error) {
 	if f.redeemErr != nil {
 		return "", "", "", f.redeemErr
 	}
+	if f.setErr != nil {
+		return "", "", "", f.setErr
+	}
+	if f.createTokenErr != nil {
+		return "", "", "", f.createTokenErr
+	}
 	f.redeems = append(f.redeems, redeemCall{newUserID, code})
 	userID := f.redeemUserID
 	if userID == "" {
 		userID = newUserID // unlinked UUID → the fresh id becomes the Owner
 	}
-	return userID, f.redeemMCUUID, f.redeemAuthSource, nil
-}
-
-// CreateSetupToken records a minted setup token (hash only), or fails with the
-// injected error without recording it.
-func (f *fakeOwnerStore) CreateSetupToken(_ context.Context, tokenHash, userID string, expiresAt time.Time) error {
-	if f.createTokenErr != nil {
-		return f.createTokenErr
+	if f.settings == nil {
+		f.settings = map[string][]byte{}
 	}
+	f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey] = []byte("true")
 	f.tokens = append(f.tokens, setupTokenCall{tokenHash, userID, expiresAt})
-	return nil
+	return userID, f.redeemMCUUID, f.redeemAuthSource, nil
 }
 
 func (f *fakeOwnerStore) SetSetting(_ context.Context, key string, value []byte) error {
@@ -648,11 +649,29 @@ func TestPerformSetupMCBind(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	t.Run("binds the owner and mints a setup URL whose token hash is what is stored", func(t *testing.T) {
-		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1"}
-		out, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "  abc-123  ", "op.console.example.com")
+		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1", redeemMCUUID: "mc-uuid-1", redeemAuthSource: "mojang"}
+		out, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "  abc-123  ", "op.console.example.com", "deploybot")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("performSetupMCBind: %v", err)
 		}
+		// The Owner this mints has no password and no email, so the setup token is the
+		// only door — and handleSetupRedeem is gated on local_auth_enabled. A bind that
+		// leaves the toggle off hands back a URL that answers 403.
+		if _, ok := f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey]; !ok {
+			t.Error("local auth was not enabled — the setup URL would 403 local_auth_disabled")
+		}
+		// The bind is attributed by Minecraft identity, because that is what the login
+		// gate verified; a username would be the one thing nobody checked.
+		e, payload := auditOf(t, f)
+		if e.Actor != "deploybot" || e.Source != "setup" || e.Action != "setup.owner_bind" {
+			t.Errorf("audit = %+v, want actor=deploybot source=setup action=setup.owner_bind", e)
+		}
+		if payload["mc_uuid"] != "mc-uuid-1" || payload["auth_source"] != "mojang" {
+			t.Errorf("audit payload = %v, want the redeemed mc_uuid + auth_source", payload)
+		}
+		if out.ownerIdentity != "mc-uuid-1" {
+			t.Errorf("owner identity = %q, want the verified Minecraft UUID", out.ownerIdentity)
+		}
 		const prefix = "https://op.console.example.com/setup?token="
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(out.setupTokenURL, prefix) {
 			t.Fatalf("setup URL = %q, want prefix %q", out.setupTokenURL, prefix)
@@ -692,40 +711,76 @@ func TestPerformSetupMCBind(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("an empty link code mints nothing", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := &fakeOwnerStore{}
-		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "   ", "op.console.example.com"); err == nil {
+		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "   ", "op.console.example.com", "root"); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("want error for an empty link code")
 		}
 		if len(f.redeems) != 0 || len(f.tokens) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("want no redeem/token on an empty code, got redeems=%d tokens=%d", len(f.redeems), len(f.tokens))
 		}
+		if _, ok := f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey]; ok {
+			t.Error("local auth was enabled without an owner — the gate must not open on a failed bind")
+		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("a link-code redemption failure mints no token", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemErr: errors.New("code expired")}
-		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com"); err == nil {
+		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com", "root"); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("want error when the link code cannot be redeemed")
 		}
 		if len(f.tokens) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("want no token minted on a redeem failure, got %d", len(f.tokens))
 		}
+		if _, ok := f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey]; ok {
+			t.Error("local auth was enabled without an owner — the gate must not open on a failed redeem")
+		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("a token-store failure surfaces after the bind", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("a local-auth failure fails the bind rather than minting an unredeemable URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1", setErr: errors.New("db down")}
+		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com", "root"); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("want error when local auth cannot be enabled")
+		}
+		if len(f.redeems) != 0 || len(f.tokens) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("atomic setup was partially recorded: redeems=%d tokens=%d", len(f.redeems), len(f.tokens))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a token-store failure rolls the bind back", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1", createTokenErr: errors.New("db down")}
-		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com"); err == nil {
+		if _, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com", "root"); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("want error when the setup token cannot be stored")
 		}
-		if len(f.redeems) != 1 {
-			t.Errorf("want the redeem to have happened before the token write, got %d", len(f.redeems))
+		if len(f.redeems) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("link code was consumed despite token failure, got %d redeems", len(f.redeems))
 		}
 		if len(f.tokens) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("want no recorded token when the store fails, got %d", len(f.tokens))
 		}
+		if _, ok := f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey]; ok {
+			t.Error("local auth stayed enabled despite transaction rollback")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("an audit failure does not cost the operator their install", func(t *testing.T) {
+		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1", auditErr: errors.New("audit sink down")}
+		out, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "op.console.example.com", "root")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("an audit failure must not fail the bind: %v", err)
+		}
+		if out.auditErr == nil {
+			t.Error("the audit failure was swallowed instead of surfaced on the outcome")
+		}
+		if out.setupTokenURL == "" {
+			t.Error("no setup URL minted despite a recoverable audit failure")
+		}
+		if _, ok := f.settings[api.LocalAuthEnabledKey]; !ok {
+			t.Error("local auth was not enabled despite a recoverable audit failure")
+		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("defaults the op.console host when adminHostname is empty", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := &fakeOwnerStore{redeemUserID: "usr-owner-1"}
-		out, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "  ")
+		out, err := performSetupMCBind(ctx, f, "abc-123", "  ", "root")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("performSetupMCBind: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/felis/setup.go b/cmd/felis/setup.go
index ac30edc..4a31d71 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/setup.go
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/api"
+	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/apis/felis/v1alpha1"
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/config"
+	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/naming"
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/platform"
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/store"
 )
@@ -102,6 +104,18 @@ func cmdSetup(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	}
 	defer setup.drv.Close()
 
+	// The wizard's first screen asks the operator to join the server and run /link:
+	// the Owner IS the Minecraft account, so the login gate must be UP before we ask
+	// for a link code. This used to run after the wizard, which is why setup asked
+	// for a code from a server that had never been started. On a re-run the Owner
+	// already exists, so provisioning stays best-effort and never blocks the
+	// operator from reaching the status screen.
+	if err := provisionSystemServers(ctx, setup.cfg, stdout, !setup.adminExists); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis setup: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "The Owner is bound by joining the login gate in-game, so setup cannot continue without it.")
+		return 1
+	}
+
 	res, err := runSetupTUI(ctx, setup.repo, setup.cfg.Database.URL, setup.cfg.Server.RootDomain, setup.cfg.Auth.AdminHostname, setup.cfg.Auth.PanelHostname, setup.cfg.Auth.AccessJWTAud, setup.cfg.K8s.Namespace, accountableOSUser(), setup.adminExists)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis setup: %v\n", err)
@@ -121,7 +135,13 @@ func cmdSetup(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 			}
 			return 0
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(stdout, "felis setup: cancelled — no changes made.")
+		// A re-run lands on the status screen, which changes nothing by design —
+		// reporting that as "cancelled" reads as a failure the operator did not cause.
+		msg := "felis setup: cancelled — no changes made."
+		if res.alreadySetUp {
+			msg = "felis setup: already set up — nothing to change."
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(stdout, msg)
 		if panelURL != "" {
 			fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "Panel: %s\n", panelURL)
 		}
@@ -161,31 +181,42 @@ func cmdSetup(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// After a real setup pass (Owner provisioned and/or edge configured), make
-	// sure the always-on login/lobby system services exist. This is idempotent
-	// and best-effort — it never fails the setup that got this far.
-	if res.provisioned || res.connectConfigured {
-		provisionSystemServers(ctx, setup.cfg, stdout)
-	}
 	return 0
 }
 
-// provisionSystemServers ensures the login limbo and lobby system services exist
-// after setup, then prints the off-cluster Velocity wiring the operator must
-// apply by hand (Felis never writes the off-cluster proxy config). It is
-// best-effort: unconfigured images or an unreachable cluster degrade to guidance
-// rather than failing setup.
-func provisionSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, out io.Writer) {
+// provisionSystemServers ensures the login limbo and lobby system services exist,
+// then prints the login-first Velocity wiring. deploy/bootstrap.sh writes this
+// configuration for its host proxy; operators only need to mirror it when they
+// deliberately run Velocity elsewhere.
+//
+// required is set on a first run, where the next screen asks the operator to join
+// the server and run /link. There a gate that never comes up is not a degraded
+// install, it is an impossible one — so every soft landing below becomes a hard
+// error and we block until the gate reports Ready. On a re-run the Owner already
+// exists and nothing downstream needs the gate, so unconfigured images or an
+// unreachable cluster degrade to printed guidance exactly as before.
+func provisionSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, out io.Writer, required bool) error {
+	// fail is the one place the two modes diverge: fatal on a first run, guidance
+	// on a re-run.
+	fail := func(format string, args ...any) error {
+		if required {
+			return fmt.Errorf(format, args...)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "\nfelis setup: "+format+"\n", args...)
+		return nil
+	}
 	if cfg.Velocity.LoginImage == "" && cfg.Velocity.LobbyImage == "" {
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nfelis setup: login/lobby system servers NOT provisioned — set [velocity] login_image "+
-			"and lobby_image in felis.toml (build them from deploy/limbo and deploy/lobby), then re-run `sudo felis setup`.")
-		return
+		return fail("login/lobby system servers NOT provisioned — set [velocity] login_image " +
+			"and lobby_image in felis.toml (build them from deploy/limbo and deploy/lobby), then re-run `sudo felis setup`")
+	}
+	if required && cfg.Velocity.LoginImage == "" {
+		return errors.New("the Owner binds by joining the login gate, but [velocity] login_image is not set in felis.toml " +
+			"(build it from deploy/limbo), then re-run `sudo felis setup`")
 	}
 	cl, err := buildSystemServerClient()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "\nfelis setup: could not reach the cluster to provision the login/lobby system servers: %v\n"+
-			"Re-run `sudo felis setup` on the control-plane host once the cluster is reachable.\n", err)
-		return
+		return fail("could not reach the cluster to provision the login/lobby system servers: %v\n"+
+			"Re-run `sudo felis setup` on the control-plane host once the cluster is reachable", err)
 	}
 	// The login limbo authenticates to the felis-api INTERNAL face, so it needs the
 	// internal base URL, the root domain (to link players at the console), and the
@@ -197,9 +228,19 @@ func provisionSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, out io.Writ
 	// renamed it must replicate the Secret by hand.
 	controlNS := platform.DefaultControlNamespace
 	apiBaseURL := platform.InternalAPIBaseURL(controlNS)
-	tokenOutcome := ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx, cl, controlNS, cfg.K8s.Namespace)
+	// Both Secrets must land in the minecraft namespace before the pods that mount
+	// them are created: the service token (login authenticates to felis-api with it)
+	// and the Velocity forwarding secret (every backend verifies the proxy's signed
+	// handshake with it — without it the login gate would derive an OFFLINE UUID and
+	// the Owner would bind the wrong Minecraft identity).
+	secretOutcomes := []systemServerOutcome{
+		ensureSecretReplica(ctx, cl, controlNS, cfg.K8s.Namespace,
+			naming.ServiceTokenSecretName, naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey, "service-token"),
+		ensureSecretReplica(ctx, cl, controlNS, cfg.K8s.Namespace,
+			naming.ForwardingSecretName, naming.ForwardingSecretKey, "forwarding-secret"),
+	}
 	outcomes := ensureSystemServers(ctx, cl, cfg.K8s.Namespace, cfg.Velocity.LoginImage, cfg.Velocity.LobbyImage, apiBaseURL, cfg.Server.RootDomain)
-	outcomes = append([]systemServerOutcome{tokenOutcome}, outcomes...)
+	outcomes = append(secretOutcomes, outcomes...)
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nfelis setup: login/lobby system servers (always-on, reaper-exempt):")
 	for _, o := range outcomes {
 		switch {
@@ -211,30 +252,44 @@ func provisionSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, out io.Writ
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "  - %s: skipped (%s)\n", o.name, o.skipped)
 		}
 	}
+	if required {
+		if err := requiredProvisioningError(outcomes); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("required Minecraft provisioning failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nfelis setup: waiting for the login gate to accept players…")
+		err := awaitLoginGateReady(ctx, cl, cfg.K8s.Namespace, loginGateReadyTimeout, loginGatePollInterval, func(p v1alpha1.Phase) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "  login: %s\n", phaseOrPending(p))
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, "  login: Ready")
+	}
 	printVelocityWiringGuidance(out, cfg.Server.RootDomain)
+	return nil
 }
 
-// printVelocityWiringGuidance emits the manual off-cluster Velocity config that
-// enforces the login-first topology. Felis auto-registers login/lobby as dynamic
-// backends via /api/v1/servers, but the proxy's DEFAULT landing and waiting-park
-// target live in velocity.toml on the off-cluster Java host, which Felis never
-// writes. The one invariant: the default landing and the initial wait-park are
-// BOTH the login gate — never the lobby — so no connection reaches the lobby (or
-// any backend) without passing authentication first. The Paper lobby is reached
-// only when the login gate transfers an authenticated player onward.
+// printVelocityWiringGuidance records the login-first topology bootstrap applies to
+// its host proxy and an external proxy must mirror. Felis auto-registers login/lobby
+// as dynamic backends via /api/v1/servers, while velocity.toml owns the static
+// login-only fallback. The invariant is stateful: every fresh connection lands on
+// login; only login may release a linked player to the lobby; and the proxy may then
+// redirect that release to the originally requested backend or park it in the lobby
+// while the backend wakes.
 func printVelocityWiringGuidance(out io.Writer, rootDomain string) {
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nfelis setup: finish the login topology on the off-cluster Velocity host (velocity.toml):")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nfelis setup: Velocity login topology (bootstrap configured the host proxy automatically):")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  If Velocity runs on another host, mirror these settings there:")
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  1. Set the DEFAULT landing server to \"login\" so every fresh connection hits the")
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     auth gate first (try = [\"login\"] under [servers], and the default forced-host).")
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  2. Point the waiting-park target at the gate, NOT the lobby:")
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     set FELIS_LOBBY_SERVER=login (or lobby-server=login). The limbo holds waiters")
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     while their backend wakes, and a player is never parked past authentication.")
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  3. Leave the Paper \"lobby\" OUT of the default/fallback paths — it is reached only")
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     when the login gate transfers an authenticated player onward.")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  2. Keep the gate and post-auth lobby distinct:")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     set FELIS_LOGIN_SERVER=login and FELIS_LOBBY_SERVER=lobby")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     (or login-server=login / lobby-server=lobby).")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  3. Leave the Paper \"lobby\" OUT of every default/fallback path. The proxy accepts")
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, "     it only as login's authenticated release target, then restores the requested route.")
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  Rationale: rather refuse a connection when login is down than route a player past")
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "  the gate. Felis already refuses to give any server a fallback of \"lobby\".")
 	if rootDomain != "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "  (login is the front door for %s; per-server subdomains fall back to login while waking.)\n", rootDomain)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "  (login is the front door for %s; linked players wait in lobby while a target wakes.)\n", rootDomain)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/felis/setup_test.go b/cmd/felis/setup_test.go
index 4a6922c..04f8b48 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/setup_test.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/setup_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ func TestSetupConfigPathPrefersGeneratedHostConfig(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEnsureDefaultConfigLinkBacksUpStaleDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("creating symbolic links requires an optional Windows privilege")
+	}
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	target := filepath.Join(dir, "felis.toml")
 	host := filepath.Join(dir, "felis.host.toml")
@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ func TestEnsureDefaultConfigLinkBacksUpStaleDefault(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHostBootstrapReadyRequiresMarkerAndArtifacts(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("Windows files do not expose Unix executable mode bits")
+	}
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	marker := filepath.Join(dir, "bootstrap.done")
 	hostConfig := filepath.Join(dir, "felis.host.toml")
diff --git a/cmd/felis/systemservers.go b/cmd/felis/systemservers.go
index 42233ab..f39d13f 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/systemservers.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/systemservers.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/apis/felis/v1alpha1"
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/naming"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ func buildSystemServer(in systemServerSpec, namespace string) (*v1alpha1.Minecra
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      in.name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				v1alpha1.LabelSystemRole: in.name,
+			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.MinecraftServerSpec{
 			Subdomain:       in.subdomain,
@@ -214,10 +219,11 @@ func buildSystemServerClient() (client.Client, error) {
 // systemServerOutcome records what ensureSystemServers did with one service so
 // setup can report it without the provisioner deciding on the output format.
 type systemServerOutcome struct {
-	name    string
-	created bool   // true = we created it this run
-	skipped string // non-empty = why it was skipped (image unset / already exists)
-	err     error  // non-nil = create failed
+	name      string
+	created   bool   // true = we created it this run
+	available bool   // true = the required object now exists
+	skipped   string // non-empty = why it was skipped (image unset / already exists)
+	err       error  // non-nil = create failed
 }
 
 // ensureSystemServers idempotently creates the login and lobby system services.
@@ -252,11 +258,22 @@ func ensureSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, namespace, login
 			continue
 		}
 		// Create-if-absent: check first so an existing service is reported as a
-		// deliberate skip rather than an AlreadyExists error.
+		// deliberate skip rather than an AlreadyExists error. Never adopt a
+		// legacy user server that happens to occupy a reserved system name.
 		var existing v1alpha1.MinecraftServer
 		getErr := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(ms), &existing)
 		if getErr == nil {
-			outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, skipped: "already exists"})
+			if existing.Labels[v1alpha1.LabelSystemRole] != p.name {
+				outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{
+					name: p.name,
+					err: fmt.Errorf(
+						"existing MinecraftServer %s/%s is not marked as the Felis %q system role; remove or rename it, then rerun setup",
+						namespace, p.name, p.name,
+					),
+				})
+				continue
+			}
+			outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, available: true, skipped: "already exists"})
 			continue
 		}
 		if !apierrors.IsNotFound(getErr) {
@@ -265,64 +282,199 @@ func ensureSystemServers(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, namespace, login
 		}
 		if err := cl.Create(ctx, ms); err != nil {
 			if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-				outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, skipped: "already exists"})
+				// Close the Get/Create race without trusting the object that won it.
+				var raced v1alpha1.MinecraftServer
+				if getErr := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(ms), &raced); getErr != nil {
+					outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, err: getErr})
+					continue
+				}
+				if raced.Labels[v1alpha1.LabelSystemRole] != p.name {
+					outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{
+						name: p.name,
+						err: fmt.Errorf(
+							"concurrent MinecraftServer %s/%s is not marked as the Felis %q system role; refusing to adopt it",
+							namespace, p.name, p.name,
+						),
+					})
+					continue
+				}
+				outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, available: true, skipped: "already exists"})
 				continue
 			}
 			outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, err: err})
 			continue
 		}
-		outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, created: true})
+		outcomes = append(outcomes, systemServerOutcome{name: p.name, created: true, available: true})
 	}
 	return outcomes
 }
 
-// ensureServiceTokenReplica copies the internal-API service-token Secret from the
-// control namespace into the minecraft namespace so the login system server's pod
-// can mount it via secretKeyRef. A secretKeyRef is namespace-local, but the login
-// pod runs in the minecraft namespace while the source Secret lives beside the
-// control plane — so without this replica the operator's injected secretKeyRef
-// would dangle and wedge the login pod in CreateContainerConfigError. It is
-// create-if-absent: an existing replica is left untouched so a hand-rotated token
-// in the minecraft namespace is never clobbered (to rotate, delete the replica and
-// re-run setup). Best-effort like the rest of the provisioner: a missing source or
+// The login gate is a hard prerequisite of the Owner bind, so setup waits for it
+// rather than racing it. The ceiling covers a cold image pull on a fresh node;
+// the poll is fast enough that a warm start feels immediate.
+const (
+	loginGateReadyTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
+	loginGatePollInterval = 3 * time.Second
+)
+
+// awaitLoginGateReady blocks until the login system server reports status.ready.
+//
+// The Owner claims their seat by JOINING the game and running /link, so the gate
+// being up is not a nicety — it is the precondition for the very next thing setup
+// asks of the operator. progress is called on each phase change so the caller can
+// show movement during a cold image pull; it may be nil.
+func awaitLoginGateReady(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, namespace string, timeout, poll time.Duration, progress func(v1alpha1.Phase)) error {
+	key := client.ObjectKey{Namespace: namespace, Name: naming.SystemLoginServer}
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+	last := v1alpha1.Phase("")
+	for {
+		var ms v1alpha1.MinecraftServer
+		switch err := cl.Get(ctx, key, &ms); {
+		case err == nil:
+			if ms.Status.Ready {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if ms.Status.Phase != last {
+				last = ms.Status.Phase
+				if progress != nil {
+					progress(last)
+				}
+			}
+			// The operator only marks Failed once its OWN startup deadline has already
+			// elapsed, so Failed is a settled verdict rather than a transient — sitting
+			// out the rest of our timeout on top of it would only hide the reason.
+			if ms.Status.Phase == v1alpha1.PhaseFailed {
+				return fmt.Errorf("the login gate failed to start: %s", readyConditionMessage(&ms))
+			}
+		case !apierrors.IsNotFound(err):
+			return err
+		}
+		if !time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("timed out after %s waiting for the login gate to become ready (last phase: %s)", timeout, phaseOrPending(last))
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		case <-time.After(poll):
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// readyConditionMessage is the operator's own account of why the gate is not
+// ready — far more useful to an operator than "phase: Failed".
+func readyConditionMessage(ms *v1alpha1.MinecraftServer) string {
+	if c := meta.FindStatusCondition(ms.Status.Conditions, v1alpha1.ConditionReady); c != nil && c.Message != "" {
+		return c.Message
+	}
+	return "no Ready condition was reported"
+}
+
+// phaseOrPending names the empty phase, which means the operator has not
+// reconciled the server yet (commonly: the operator itself is not running).
+func phaseOrPending(p v1alpha1.Phase) string {
+	if p == "" {
+		return "not yet reconciled — is the felis operator running?"
+	}
+	return string(p)
+}
+
+// ensureSecretReplica copies one Secret from the control namespace into the minecraft
+// namespace so a backend pod can mount it via secretKeyRef. A secretKeyRef is
+// namespace-local, but the backends run in the minecraft namespace while the sources
+// of truth live beside the control plane — so without this replica the operator's
+// injected secretKeyRef would dangle and wedge the pod in CreateContainerConfigError.
+//
+// Two Secrets need it, for different reasons: the service token (login only — it
+// authenticates the limbo plugin to the felis-api internal face) and the Velocity
+// modern-forwarding secret (every backend — it is how a backend knows a login really
+// came from the proxy, and so that the player's UUID is Mojang-verified rather than
+// offline-derived).
+//
+// It is create-if-absent: an existing replica is left untouched so a hand-rotated
+// value in the minecraft namespace is never clobbered (to rotate, delete the replica
+// and re-run setup). Best-effort like the rest of the provisioner: a missing source or
 // a create failure degrades to a reported outcome, never a hard setup failure. It
 // copies only Type and Data — never labels/annotations/ownerRefs — so the replica
 // carries no accidental GC owner or managed-by lineage.
-func ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, controlNamespace, minecraftNamespace string) systemServerOutcome {
-	const name = "service-token (minecraft ns)"
-	if controlNamespace == minecraftNamespace {
-		// Same namespace — the operator's secretKeyRef already resolves in place.
-		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: "control and minecraft namespaces coincide"}
+func ensureSecretReplica(ctx context.Context, cl client.Client, controlNamespace, minecraftNamespace, secretName, secretKey, label string) systemServerOutcome {
+	name := label + " (minecraft ns)"
+	validate := func(secret *corev1.Secret, location, skipped string) systemServerOutcome {
+		if len(secret.Data[secretKey]) == 0 {
+			return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Secret %s/%s has no non-empty %q key", location, secretName, secretKey)}
+		}
+		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, available: true, skipped: skipped}
 	}
-	// Never overwrite an existing replica (it may hold a rotated token).
+	if controlNamespace == minecraftNamespace {
+		// Same namespace needs no replica, but the source still has to exist.
+		var existing corev1.Secret
+		err := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: minecraftNamespace, Name: secretName}, &existing)
+		if err == nil {
+			return validate(&existing, minecraftNamespace, "control and minecraft namespaces coincide")
+		}
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: fmt.Sprintf(
+				"source Secret %s/%s not found — provision it (deploy/bootstrap.sh), then re-run setup",
+				controlNamespace, secretName)}
+		}
+		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, err: err}
+	}
+	// Never overwrite an existing replica (it may hold a rotated value).
 	var existing corev1.Secret
-	getErr := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: minecraftNamespace, Name: naming.ServiceTokenSecretName}, &existing)
+	getErr := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: minecraftNamespace, Name: secretName}, &existing)
 	if getErr == nil {
-		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: "already exists"}
+		return validate(&existing, minecraftNamespace, "already exists")
 	}
 	if !apierrors.IsNotFound(getErr) {
 		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, err: getErr}
 	}
 	// Read the source of truth from the control namespace.
 	var src corev1.Secret
-	if err := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: controlNamespace, Name: naming.ServiceTokenSecretName}, &src); err != nil {
+	if err := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: controlNamespace, Name: secretName}, &src); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: fmt.Sprintf(
 				"source Secret %s/%s not found — provision it (deploy/bootstrap.sh), then re-run setup",
-				controlNamespace, naming.ServiceTokenSecretName)}
+				controlNamespace, secretName)}
 		}
 		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, err: err}
 	}
+	if out := validate(&src, controlNamespace, ""); !out.available {
+		return out
+	}
 	replica := &corev1.Secret{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: naming.ServiceTokenSecretName, Namespace: minecraftNamespace},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: secretName, Namespace: minecraftNamespace},
 		Type:       src.Type,
 		Data:       src.Data,
 	}
 	if err := cl.Create(ctx, replica); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			return systemServerOutcome{name: name, skipped: "already exists"}
+			if getErr := cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: minecraftNamespace, Name: secretName}, &existing); getErr != nil {
+				return systemServerOutcome{name: name, err: getErr}
+			}
+			return validate(&existing, minecraftNamespace, "already exists")
 		}
 		return systemServerOutcome{name: name, err: err}
 	}
-	return systemServerOutcome{name: name, created: true}
+	return systemServerOutcome{name: name, created: true, available: true}
+}
+
+func requiredProvisioningError(outcomes []systemServerOutcome) error {
+	required := map[string]struct{}{
+		"service-token (minecraft ns)":     {},
+		"forwarding-secret (minecraft ns)": {},
+		naming.SystemLoginServer:           {},
+	}
+	for _, o := range outcomes {
+		if o.err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", o.name, o.err)
+		}
+		if _, ok := required[o.name]; ok && !o.available {
+			reason := o.skipped
+			if reason == "" {
+				reason = "object was not created"
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s unavailable: %s", o.name, reason)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/felis/systemservers_test.go b/cmd/felis/systemservers_test.go
index cac7709..5d44d3c 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/systemservers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/systemservers_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/apis/felis/v1alpha1"
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/naming"
@@ -134,11 +136,12 @@ func TestLoginSystemServerEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ensureServiceTokenReplica copies the token Secret from the control namespace into
-// the minecraft namespace (create-if-absent), so the operator's secretKeyRef on the
-// login pod resolves. It must not overwrite an existing replica, and must degrade
-// gracefully when the source is missing or the namespaces coincide.
-func TestEnsureServiceTokenReplica(t *testing.T) {
+// ensureSecretReplica copies a Secret from the control namespace into the minecraft
+// namespace (create-if-absent), so the operator's secretKeyRef on the backend pod
+// resolves. It must not overwrite an existing replica, and must degrade gracefully
+// when the source is missing or the namespaces coincide. Exercised here with the
+// service token; setup runs it a second time for the Velocity forwarding secret.
+func TestEnsureSecretReplica(t *testing.T) {
 	scheme := newSystemServerScheme(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
@@ -149,11 +152,15 @@ func TestEnsureServiceTokenReplica(t *testing.T) {
 			Data:       map[string][]byte{naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey: []byte("s3cr3t")},
 		}
 	}
+	replicate := func(cl client.Client, controlNS, mcNS string) systemServerOutcome {
+		return ensureSecretReplica(ctx, cl, controlNS, mcNS,
+			naming.ServiceTokenSecretName, naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey, "service-token")
+	}
 
 	t.Run("replicates when absent", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(srcSecret()).Build()
-		out := ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx, cl, "felis", "minecraft")
-		if out.err != nil || !out.created {
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "minecraft")
+		if out.err != nil || !out.created || !out.available {
 			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want created", out)
 		}
 		var replica corev1.Secret
@@ -172,8 +179,8 @@ func TestEnsureServiceTokenReplica(t *testing.T) {
 			Data:       map[string][]byte{naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey: []byte("rotated")},
 		}
 		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(srcSecret(), existing).Build()
-		out := ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx, cl, "felis", "minecraft")
-		if out.created || out.skipped == "" {
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "minecraft")
+		if out.created || !out.available || out.skipped == "" {
 			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want skipped (not clobbered)", out)
 		}
 		var replica corev1.Secret
@@ -187,19 +194,143 @@ func TestEnsureServiceTokenReplica(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("skips when source missing", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
-		out := ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx, cl, "felis", "minecraft")
-		if out.err != nil || out.created || out.skipped == "" {
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "minecraft")
+		if out.err != nil || out.created || out.available || out.skipped == "" {
 			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want skipped (source absent)", out)
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("rejects a source with an empty required key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		bad := srcSecret()
+		bad.Data[naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey] = nil
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(bad).Build()
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "minecraft")
+		if out.err != nil || out.created || out.available || !strings.Contains(out.skipped, naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey) {
+			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want unavailable required key", out)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects an existing replica with an empty required key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		bad := &corev1.Secret{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: naming.ServiceTokenSecretName, Namespace: "minecraft"},
+			Data:       map[string][]byte{},
+		}
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(srcSecret(), bad).Build()
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "minecraft")
+		if out.err != nil || out.created || out.available || !strings.Contains(out.skipped, naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey) {
+			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want unavailable existing replica", out)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("no-op when namespaces coincide", func(t *testing.T) {
-		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
-		out := ensureServiceTokenReplica(ctx, cl, "felis", "felis")
-		if out.err != nil || out.created {
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(srcSecret()).Build()
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "felis")
+		if out.err != nil || out.created || !out.available {
 			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want skipped no-op", out)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("same namespace still requires source", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "felis")
+		if out.err != nil || out.available || out.skipped == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want unavailable source", out)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("same namespace still requires the key", func(t *testing.T) {
+		bad := srcSecret()
+		bad.Data = nil
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(bad).Build()
+		out := replicate(cl, "felis", "felis")
+		if out.err != nil || out.available || !strings.Contains(out.skipped, naming.ServiceTokenSecretKey) {
+			t.Fatalf("outcome = %+v, want unavailable required key", out)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRequiredProvisioningError(t *testing.T) {
+	ready := []systemServerOutcome{
+		{name: "service-token (minecraft ns)", available: true},
+		{name: "forwarding-secret (minecraft ns)", available: true},
+		{name: naming.SystemLoginServer, available: true},
+		{name: naming.SystemLobbyServer, skipped: "image not configured"},
+	}
+	if err := requiredProvisioningError(ready); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ready outcomes: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	missing := append([]systemServerOutcome(nil), ready...)
+	missing[1] = systemServerOutcome{name: "forwarding-secret (minecraft ns)", skipped: "source missing"}
+	if err := requiredProvisioningError(missing); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "forwarding-secret") {
+		t.Fatalf("missing forwarding secret = %v, want named error", err)
+	}
+
+	failed := append([]systemServerOutcome(nil), ready...)
+	failed[3] = systemServerOutcome{name: naming.SystemLobbyServer, err: context.DeadlineExceeded}
+	if err := requiredProvisioningError(failed); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), naming.SystemLobbyServer) {
+		t.Fatalf("lobby create failure = %v, want immediate named error", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// The Owner binds by joining the game, so setup blocks on the login gate rather
+// than racing it. What matters is that each ending is distinguishable: Ready
+// proceeds, Failed reports the operator's own reason instead of waiting out the
+// clock, and a gate that never appears (no operator reconciling it) times out
+// saying so rather than dropping the operator on a bind screen that cannot work.
+func TestAwaitLoginGateReady(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := newSystemServerScheme(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	gate := func(mut func(*v1alpha1.MinecraftServer)) *v1alpha1.MinecraftServer {
+		ms := &v1alpha1.MinecraftServer{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: naming.SystemLoginServer, Namespace: "minecraft"},
+		}
+		mut(ms)
+		return ms
+	}
+
+	t.Run("returns once the gate is ready", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(gate(func(ms *v1alpha1.MinecraftServer) {
+			ms.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.PhaseRunning
+			ms.Status.Ready = true
+		})).Build()
+		if err := awaitLoginGateReady(ctx, cl, "minecraft", time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond, nil); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("await: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fails fast on Failed, carrying the operator's reason", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(gate(func(ms *v1alpha1.MinecraftServer) {
+			ms.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.PhaseFailed
+			ms.Status.Conditions = []metav1.Condition{{
+				Type:               v1alpha1.ConditionReady,
+				Status:             metav1.ConditionFalse,
+				Reason:             "StartupTimeout",
+				Message:            "pod never became ready: ImagePullBackOff",
+				LastTransitionTime: metav1.Now(),
+			}}
+		})).Build()
+		start := time.Now()
+		err := awaitLoginGateReady(ctx, cl, "minecraft", time.Minute, 10*time.Millisecond, nil)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("await: nil error, want failure")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ImagePullBackOff") {
+			t.Errorf("error = %q, want the operator's Ready-condition message", err)
+		}
+		if time.Since(start) > 5*time.Second {
+			t.Error("await sat out the full timeout on a settled Failed verdict")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("times out when nothing ever reconciles the gate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
+		err := awaitLoginGateReady(ctx, cl, "minecraft", 30*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond, nil)
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "timed out") {
+			t.Fatalf("await = %v, want a timeout", err)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func newSystemServerScheme(t *testing.T) *runtime.Scheme {
@@ -229,7 +360,7 @@ func TestEnsureSystemServersIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
 		if o.err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: unexpected error: %v", o.name, o.err)
 		}
-		if !o.created {
+		if !o.created || !o.available {
 			t.Errorf("%s: created = false on fresh cluster (skipped=%q)", o.name, o.skipped)
 		}
 	}
@@ -242,6 +373,9 @@ func TestEnsureSystemServersIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
 	if login.Spec.DesiredState != v1alpha1.DesiredRunning || !login.Spec.ReaperExempt {
 		t.Errorf("login spec = {desired=%q exempt=%v}, want {Running true}", login.Spec.DesiredState, login.Spec.ReaperExempt)
 	}
+	if got := login.Labels[v1alpha1.LabelSystemRole]; got != naming.SystemLoginServer {
+		t.Errorf("login system-role label = %q, want %q", got, naming.SystemLoginServer)
+	}
 
 	// Re-run: both already exist → skipped, nothing created, no error.
 	second := ensureSystemServers(ctx, cl, "minecraft", "reg/limbo:1", "reg/lobby:1", "http://felis-api.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081", "mc.example.net")
@@ -252,12 +386,39 @@ func TestEnsureSystemServersIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
 		if o.created {
 			t.Errorf("%s: created = true on re-run, want skipped", o.name)
 		}
+		if !o.available {
+			t.Errorf("%s: available = false on re-run", o.name)
+		}
 		if o.skipped == "" {
 			t.Errorf("%s: skipped reason empty on re-run", o.name)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEnsureSystemServersRejectsLegacyLoginNameCollision(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := newSystemServerScheme(t)
+	legacy := &v1alpha1.MinecraftServer{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		Name:      naming.SystemLoginServer,
+		Namespace: "minecraft",
+	}}
+	cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(legacy).Build()
+
+	out := ensureSystemServers(
+		context.Background(), cl, "minecraft", "reg/limbo:1", "",
+		"http://felis-api.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081", "mc.example.net",
+	)
+	if len(out) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("outcomes = %d, want 2", len(out))
+	}
+	login := out[0]
+	if login.err == nil || !strings.Contains(login.err.Error(), "not marked") {
+		t.Fatalf("login error = %v, want an unmarked-name collision error", login.err)
+	}
+	if login.available || login.created {
+		t.Fatalf("login outcome = %+v, want unavailable and not created", login)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEnsureSystemServersSkipsUnsetImage(t *testing.T) {
 	scheme := newSystemServerScheme(t)
 	cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).Build()
diff --git a/cmd/felis/tui_mc_bind.go b/cmd/felis/tui_mc_bind.go
index 6e84afc..07963fe 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/tui_mc_bind.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/tui_mc_bind.go
@@ -1,202 +1,219 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/spinner"
-	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/huh"
-)
-
-// mcBindModel is the `felis setup` Owner-establishment screen: the operator
-// joins the server, runs /link to get a one-time code, and types it here. The
-// bound Minecraft account is promoted to the passwordless Owner, and a one-time
-// setup URL is minted for the first web login. It replaces the old ownerModel
-// bootstrap form in setup mode — no username/email/password is typed here, the
-// MC identity is the root of trust.
-type mcBindModel struct {
-	ctx       context.Context
-	store     ownerStore
-	adminHost string
-	osUser    string
-
-	step    mcBindStep
-	form    *huh.Form
-	sp      spinner.Model
-	working string
-
-	linkCode      string
-	setupTokenURL string
-
-	width, height int
-}
-
-type mcBindStep int
-
-const (
-	mcBindForm mcBindStep = iota
-	mcBindWorking
-	mcBindDone
-)
-
-type mcBindMsg struct {
-	outcome breakGlassOutcome
-	err     error
-}
-
-func newMCBindModel(ctx context.Context, store ownerStore, adminHost, osUser string) *mcBindModel {
-	sp := spinner.New()
-	sp.Spinner = spinner.Dot
-	sp.Style = tuiLabel
-	m := &mcBindModel{
-		ctx:       ctx,
-		store:     store,
-		adminHost: adminHost,
-		osUser:    osUser,
-		sp:        sp,
-		step:      mcBindForm,
-	}
-	m.form = m.buildForm()
-	return m
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) buildForm() *huh.Form {
-	return m.sized(newFelisForm(huh.NewGroup(
-		huh.NewNote().
-			Title("Bind your Minecraft account").
-			Description("Join the server and run /link to get a one-time code,\nthen type it here. Your bound account becomes the\npasswordless Owner."),
-		huh.NewInput().
-			Title("Link code").
-			Placeholder("ABCD12").
-			Value(&m.linkCode).
-			Validate(requiredField("link code")),
-	)))
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) sized(f *huh.Form) *huh.Form {
-	if m.width > 0 {
-		return f.WithWidth(m.width).WithHeight(m.height)
-	}
-	return f
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) setSize(w, h int) {
-	m.width, m.height = w, h
-	if m.form != nil {
-		m.form = m.form.WithWidth(w).WithHeight(h)
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) Init() tea.Cmd { return m.form.Init() }
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
-	switch msg := msg.(type) {
-	case mcBindMsg:
-		if msg.err != nil {
-			return m, m.failCmd(msg.err)
-		}
-		m.step = mcBindDone
-		m.setupTokenURL = msg.outcome.setupTokenURL
-		return m, nil
-
-	case spinner.TickMsg:
-		if m.step == mcBindWorking {
-			var cmd tea.Cmd
-			m.sp, cmd = m.sp.Update(msg)
-			return m, cmd
-		}
-		return m, nil
-
-	case tea.KeyMsg:
-		switch m.step {
-		case mcBindDone:
-			switch msg.String() {
-			case "ctrl+c", "esc", "enter":
-				return m, m.resultCmd()
-			}
-			return m, nil
-		case mcBindWorking:
-			if msg.String() == "ctrl+c" {
-				return m, tea.Quit
-			}
-			return m, nil
-		default:
-			switch msg.String() {
-			case "ctrl+c", "esc":
-				return m, tea.Quit
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if m.step == mcBindForm && m.form != nil {
-		form, cmd := m.form.Update(msg)
-		if f, ok := form.(*huh.Form); ok {
-			m.form = f
-		}
-		switch m.form.State {
-		case huh.StateCompleted:
-			return m.onFormComplete()
-		case huh.StateAborted:
-			return m, tea.Quit
-		}
-		return m, cmd
-	}
-	return m, nil
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) onFormComplete() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
-	m.step = mcBindWorking
-	m.working = "Binding Minecraft account…"
-	code := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToUpper(m.linkCode))
-	return m, tea.Batch(m.sp.Tick, func() tea.Msg {
-		out, err := performSetupMCBind(m.ctx, m.store, code, m.adminHost)
-		return mcBindMsg{outcome: out, err: err}
-	})
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) failCmd(err error) tea.Cmd {
-	return func() tea.Msg { return ownerResultMsg{err: err} }
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) resultCmd() tea.Cmd {
-	return func() tea.Msg {
-		return ownerResultMsg{
-			setupTokenURL: m.setupTokenURL,
-			mode:          "setup",
-			accountable:   m.osUser,
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) View() string {
-	switch m.step {
-	case mcBindWorking:
-		msg := m.working
-		if msg == "" {
-			msg = "Working…"
-		}
-		return "  " + m.sp.View() + " " + tuiHint.Render(msg) + "\n"
-	case mcBindDone:
-		return m.doneView()
-	default:
-		if m.form == nil {
-			return ""
-		}
-		return m.form.View()
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *mcBindModel) doneView() string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	b.WriteString(tuiSuccessBanner("Owner account is ready.") + "\n\n")
-
-	var box strings.Builder
-	if m.setupTokenURL != "" {
-		box.WriteString(tuiLabel.Render("setup URL  ") + "\n" + tuiPassword.Render(m.setupTokenURL) + "\n\n")
-		box.WriteString(tuiWarn.Render("Open this URL to complete passwordless login setup.\nIt is shown only once."))
-	}
-	b.WriteString(tuiCardStyle.Render(box.String()) + "\n\n")
-	b.WriteString(tuiAction("enter", "continue"))
-	return b.String()
-}
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/spinner"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/huh"
+)
+
+// mcBindModel is the `felis setup` Owner-establishment screen: the operator
+// joins the server, runs /link to get a one-time code, and types it here. The
+// bound Minecraft account is promoted to the passwordless Owner, and a one-time
+// setup URL is minted for the first web login. It replaces the old ownerModel
+// bootstrap form in setup mode — no username/email/password is typed here, the
+// MC identity is the root of trust.
+type mcBindModel struct {
+	ctx       context.Context
+	store     ownerStore
+	adminHost string
+	osUser    string
+
+	step    mcBindStep
+	form    *huh.Form
+	sp      spinner.Model
+	working string
+
+	linkCode      string
+	ownerIdentity string
+	setupTokenURL string
+	auditWarning  string
+
+	width, height int
+}
+
+type mcBindStep int
+
+const (
+	mcBindForm mcBindStep = iota
+	mcBindWorking
+	mcBindDone
+)
+
+type mcBindMsg struct {
+	outcome breakGlassOutcome
+	err     error
+}
+
+func newMCBindModel(ctx context.Context, store ownerStore, adminHost, osUser string) *mcBindModel {
+	sp := spinner.New()
+	sp.Spinner = spinner.Dot
+	sp.Style = tuiLabel
+	m := &mcBindModel{
+		ctx:       ctx,
+		store:     store,
+		adminHost: adminHost,
+		osUser:    osUser,
+		sp:        sp,
+		step:      mcBindForm,
+	}
+	m.form = m.buildForm()
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) buildForm() *huh.Form {
+	return m.sized(newFelisForm(huh.NewGroup(
+		huh.NewNote().
+			Title("Bind your Minecraft account").
+			Description("Join the server and run /link to get a one-time code,\nthen type it here. Your bound account becomes the\npasswordless Owner."),
+		huh.NewInput().
+			Title("Link code").
+			Placeholder("ABCD12").
+			Value(&m.linkCode).
+			Validate(requiredField("link code")),
+	)))
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) sized(f *huh.Form) *huh.Form {
+	if m.width > 0 {
+		return f.WithWidth(m.width).WithHeight(m.height)
+	}
+	return f
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) setSize(w, h int) {
+	m.width, m.height = w, h
+	if m.form != nil {
+		m.form = m.form.WithWidth(w).WithHeight(h)
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) Init() tea.Cmd { return m.form.Init() }
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case mcBindMsg:
+		if msg.err != nil {
+			return m, m.failCmd(msg.err)
+		}
+		m.step = mcBindDone
+		m.ownerIdentity = msg.outcome.ownerIdentity
+		m.setupTokenURL = msg.outcome.setupTokenURL
+		if msg.outcome.auditErr != nil {
+			m.auditWarning = msg.outcome.auditErr.Error()
+		}
+		return m, nil
+
+	case spinner.TickMsg:
+		if m.step == mcBindWorking {
+			var cmd tea.Cmd
+			m.sp, cmd = m.sp.Update(msg)
+			return m, cmd
+		}
+		return m, nil
+
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		switch m.step {
+		case mcBindDone:
+			switch msg.String() {
+			case "ctrl+c", "esc", "enter":
+				return m, m.resultCmd()
+			}
+			return m, nil
+		case mcBindWorking:
+			if msg.String() == "ctrl+c" {
+				return m, tea.Quit
+			}
+			return m, nil
+		default:
+			switch msg.String() {
+			case "ctrl+c", "esc":
+				return m, tea.Quit
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if m.step == mcBindForm && m.form != nil {
+		form, cmd := m.form.Update(msg)
+		if f, ok := form.(*huh.Form); ok {
+			m.form = f
+		}
+		switch m.form.State {
+		case huh.StateCompleted:
+			return m.onFormComplete()
+		case huh.StateAborted:
+			return m, tea.Quit
+		}
+		return m, cmd
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) onFormComplete() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	m.step = mcBindWorking
+	m.working = "Binding Minecraft account…"
+	code := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToUpper(m.linkCode))
+	return m, tea.Batch(m.sp.Tick, func() tea.Msg {
+		out, err := performSetupMCBind(m.ctx, m.store, code, m.adminHost, m.osUser)
+		return mcBindMsg{outcome: out, err: err}
+	})
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) failCmd(err error) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg { return ownerResultMsg{err: err} }
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) resultCmd() tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		return ownerResultMsg{
+			username:      m.ownerIdentity,
+			setupTokenURL: m.setupTokenURL,
+			mode:          "setup",
+			accountable:   m.osUser,
+			auditWarning:  m.auditWarning,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) View() string {
+	switch m.step {
+	case mcBindWorking:
+		msg := m.working
+		if msg == "" {
+			msg = "Working…"
+		}
+		return "  " + m.sp.View() + " " + tuiHint.Render(msg) + "\n"
+	case mcBindDone:
+		return m.doneView()
+	default:
+		if m.form == nil {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return m.form.View()
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *mcBindModel) doneView() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString(tuiSuccessBanner("Owner account is ready.") + "\n\n")
+
+	var box strings.Builder
+	if m.ownerIdentity != "" {
+		box.WriteString(tuiLabel.Render("minecraft  ") + m.ownerIdentity + "\n")
+	}
+	if m.setupTokenURL != "" {
+		if box.Len() > 0 {
+			box.WriteString("\n")
+		}
+		box.WriteString(tuiLabel.Render("setup URL  ") + "\n" + tuiPassword.Render(m.setupTokenURL) + "\n\n")
+		box.WriteString(tuiWarn.Render("Open this URL to complete passwordless login setup.\nIt is shown only once."))
+	}
+	if m.auditWarning != "" {
+		box.WriteString("\n\n" + tuiWarn.Render("Audit warning: "+m.auditWarning))
+	}
+	b.WriteString(tuiCardStyle.Render(box.String()) + "\n\n")
+	b.WriteString(tuiAction("enter", "continue"))
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/felis/tui_menu_test.go b/cmd/felis/tui_menu_test.go
index b925321..a2bbcfd 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/tui_menu_test.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/tui_menu_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/api"
@@ -183,6 +184,26 @@ func TestOwnerResultCmdCarriesIsOperator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMCBindCarriesAuditWarning(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newMCBindModel(context.Background(), &fakeOwnerStore{}, "op.console.example.com", "root")
+	next, _ := m.Update(mcBindMsg{outcome: breakGlassOutcome{
+		ownerIdentity: "mc-uuid-1",
+		setupTokenURL: "https://op.console.example.com/setup?token=t0ken",
+		auditErr:      errors.New("audit insert failed"),
+	}})
+	bound := next.(*mcBindModel)
+	if !strings.Contains(bound.doneView(), "audit insert failed") {
+		t.Fatalf("done view did not surface audit warning:\n%s", bound.doneView())
+	}
+	res := bound.resultCmd()().(ownerResultMsg)
+	if res.username != "mc-uuid-1" {
+		t.Fatalf("result username = %q, want verified Minecraft UUID", res.username)
+	}
+	if res.auditWarning != "audit insert failed" {
+		t.Fatalf("result audit warning = %q", res.auditWarning)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRootBreakGlassOpensMenuWhenAdminExists(t *testing.T) {
 	m := newTestRoot(true, consoleModeBreakGlass, "")
 	if m.stage != stageMenu {
diff --git a/cmd/felis/tui_root.go b/cmd/felis/tui_root.go
index 2ce4c54..478e9d0 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/tui_root.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/tui_root.go
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ func (m *rootModel) showSummary() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 // operator at the panel without forcing any reconfiguration.
 func (m *rootModel) showStatus() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	m.stage = stageSummary
+	m.result.alreadySetUp = true
 	method := connectLocal
 	accessLabel := "configured (manage in panel)"
 	if m.accessAud != "" {
diff --git a/internal/api/pgrepo.go b/internal/api/pgrepo.go
index cc2f3c3..662db11 100644
--- a/internal/api/pgrepo.go
+++ b/internal/api/pgrepo.go
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ func (p *PGRepo) VerifyLinkCode(ctx context.Context, userID, code string, now ti
 
 	var mcUUID, authSource string
 	switch err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
-		`SELECT mc_uuid, auth_source FROM account_link_codes WHERE code = $1 AND expires_at > $2`,
+		`SELECT mc_uuid, auth_source FROM account_link_codes
+		 WHERE code = $1 AND expires_at > $2
+		 FOR UPDATE`,
 		code, now).Scan(&mcUUID, &authSource); {
 	case errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows):
 		return "", "", ErrLinkCodeInvalid
@@ -191,8 +193,9 @@ func (p *PGRepo) RedeemPlayerBindCode(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code strin
 	return userID, mcUUID, authSource, nil
 }
 
-// RedeemLinkCodeForOwner consumes an in-game link code and creates-or-promotes the
-// bound account to the passwordless Owner (role='admin'). It is the `felis setup`
+// CompleteOwnerSetup consumes an in-game link code, creates-or-promotes the bound
+// account to the passwordless Owner (role='admin'), enables local auth, and stores
+// the one-time first-login token in one transaction. It is the `felis setup`
 // MC-bind path: the operator enters limbo, runs /link, and types the code here.
 // Unlike RedeemPlayerBindCode — which refuses an already-staff account so a game
 // login can never self-elevate — this DELIBERATELY elevates: an unlinked UUID is
@@ -201,8 +204,10 @@ func (p *PGRepo) RedeemPlayerBindCode(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code strin
 // survive. The elevation is gated by the caller's local-root break-glass
 // authority, not by anything in-band. Returns the Owner's (userID, mcUUID,
 // authSource); an absent or expired code is ErrLinkCodeInvalid and consumes
-// nothing.
-func (p *PGRepo) RedeemLinkCodeForOwner(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code string, now time.Time) (string, string, string, error) {
+// nothing. Any failure in the auth-toggle or token writes rolls the elevation and
+// code consumption back, leaving the operator able to retry setup.
+func (p *PGRepo) CompleteOwnerSetup(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code string, now time.Time,
+	tokenHash string, tokenExpiresAt time.Time) (string, string, string, error) {
 	tx, err := p.db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", err
@@ -248,6 +253,18 @@ func (p *PGRepo) RedeemLinkCodeForOwner(ctx context.Context, newUserID, code str
 		}
 	}
 
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO platform_settings (key, value) VALUES ($1, $2::jsonb)
+		 ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET value = EXCLUDED.value, updated_at = now()`,
+		LocalAuthEnabledKey, "true"); err != nil {
+		return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("enable local auth: %w", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO setup_tokens (token_hash, user_id, expires_at) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)`,
+		tokenHash, userID, tokenExpiresAt); err != nil {
+		return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("mint setup token: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`DELETE FROM account_link_codes WHERE code = $1`, code); err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("consume link code: %w", err)
@@ -1995,12 +2012,11 @@ func (p *PGRepo) ConsumeSetupToken(ctx context.Context, tokenHash string, now ti
 	return userID, nil
 }
 
-// CreateSetupToken persists a one-time setup token for the first-web-login
-// bootstrap, storing only its hash (the raw value rides in the /setup?token=...
-// URL). `felis setup` mints it after binding the Owner's Minecraft account; it is
-// redeemed exactly once by ConsumeSetupToken. The caller supplies a 256-bit
-// random token, so a token_hash collision is not a case worth special-handling —
-// any insert error (including an unknown user_id) surfaces to the caller.
+// CreateSetupToken persists a one-time first-web-login token, storing only its
+// hash (the raw value rides in the /setup?token=... URL). The setup Owner-bind
+// path uses CompleteOwnerSetup so identity binding, local auth, and this token
+// commit atomically; this lower-level helper remains for callers that already
+// established the user. The token is redeemed exactly once by ConsumeSetupToken.
 func (p *PGRepo) CreateSetupToken(ctx context.Context, tokenHash, userID string, expiresAt time.Time) error {
 	_, err := p.db.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO setup_tokens (token_hash, user_id, expires_at) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)`,