# ARF Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plan **Version:** 2.0 **ARF Version:** v4.3.2 **Date:** July 8, 2026 **Classification:** Proprietary – Access‑Controlled **Target Environment:** Kubernetes (AWS EKS), PostgreSQL (RDS), Redis (ElastiCache), S3 --- ## 1. Executive Summary This document defines the disaster recovery and business continuity procedures for the Agentic Reliability Framework (ARF). It is designed to ensure that the platform can recover from catastrophic failures while meeting stringent recovery objectives. The plan is grounded in the same Bayesian risk‑quantification principles that ARF applies to infrastructure governance, providing a mathematically rigorous framework for assessing and minimizing the probability of data loss and service unavailability. ### 1.1 Recovery Objectives | Metric | Target | Rationale | |--------|--------|-----------| | **Recovery Point Objective (RPO)** | ≤ 5 minutes (PostgreSQL) | The conjugate Bayesian posteriors are updated on every outcome; a 5‑minute window limits the expected information loss to a negligible fraction of the total evidence. | | **Recovery Time Objective (RTO)** | ≤ 15 minutes | The gateway and API can be redeployed automatically via Kubernetes; database restoration from a recent snapshot completes within this window. | | **Maximum Acceptable Outage Probability** | ≤ 0.001 (99.9% availability) | For critical infrastructure, the service must be available at least 99.9% of the time, corresponding to an annual downtime of ≤ 8.76 hours. | --- ## 2. Data Topology and Fault Domains ### 2.1 Stateful Components | Component | Data Stored | Consistency Model | Failure Impact | |-----------|-------------|-------------------|----------------| | **PostgreSQL (RDS)** | Tenant conjugate posteriors (`beta_state`), audit logs (`decision_audit_log`), intent records, outcome records | Strong (ACID) | Loss would revert all learned Bayesian priors and audit history. | | **Redis (ElastiCache)** | Quota counters, rate‑limit state | Eventually consistent (AOF persistence) | Loss would reset monthly usage counters but not affect governance decisions. | | **S3 (audit log exports)** | Daily exports of audit logs for long‑term compliance | Eventually consistent (immutable once written) | Loss would require reconstruction from PostgreSQL; data is redundant. | ### 2.2 Stateless Components (Kubernetes) | Component | Replicas | Recovery Mechanism | |-----------|----------|--------------------| | `arf-api` | 3 (auto‑scaled to 10) | Re‑deployment from container image; ConfigMap and Secret mounted from Kubernetes. | | `arf-gateway` | 3 (auto‑scaled to 10) | Re‑deployment; configuration via environment variables. | --- ## 3. Bayesian Risk Model for Recovery We model the probability of a successful recovery as a Bayesian update problem. Let \(R\) be the event “successful recovery within RTO and RPO.” We assume a Beta prior for the probability of success, updated by the results of regular disaster recovery drills. \[ P(R \mid \text{data}) \sim \text{Beta}(\alpha_0 + s,\ \beta_0 + f) \] where \(s\) is the number of successful drills and \(f\) the number of failed drills. We set a prior \(\text{Beta}(2,2)\) (weakly informative, mean 0.5). The posterior after \(n\) drills with \(s\) successes is used to compute the probability that the true recovery success rate exceeds the target of 0.99: \[ \mathbb{P}(\theta_R > 0.99 \mid s, n) = 1 - I_{0.99}(\alpha_0 + s,\ \beta_0 + (n - s)) \] This probability must exceed 0.95 before the platform can be considered production‑ready. ### 3.1 Example After 10 successful drills and 0 failures, the posterior is \(\text{Beta}(12, 2)\). The probability that the true recovery rate exceeds 0.99 is \[ 1 - I_{0.99}(12, 2) \approx 0.9999, \] indicating very high confidence. --- ## 4. Backup Procedures ### 4.1 PostgreSQL – Automated RDS Snapshots **Frequency:** Every 1 hour, retained for 30 days. **Continuous WAL archiving:** Enabled for point‑in‑time recovery with 5‑minute granularity. ```bash # Verify backup configuration aws rds describe-db-instances \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres \ --query 'DBInstances[0].{BackupRetentionPeriod:BackupRetentionPeriod,PreferredBackupWindow:PreferredBackupWindow}' # Verify WAL archiving aws rds describe-db-log-files \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres \ --query 'DBLogFiles[?LogFileName==`wal_archive.log`]' ``` ### 4.2 PostgreSQL – Pre‑Upgrade Snapshot ```bash aws rds create-db-snapshot \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres \ --db-snapshot-identifier arf-pre-upgrade-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M) ``` ### 4.3 Redis – AOF Snapshots **Frequency:** Every 5 minutes via Kubernetes CronJob. ```yaml apiVersion: batch/v1 kind: CronJob metadata: name: redis-backup namespace: arf-system spec: schedule: "*/5 * * * *" jobTemplate: spec: template: spec: containers: - name: backup image: amazon/aws-cli command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"] args: - | redis-cli -h $REDIS_HOST BGREWRITEAOF sleep 10 aws s3 cp /data/appendonly.aof s3://arf-backups/redis/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).aof env: - name: REDIS_HOST valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: arf-api-secrets key: ARF_REDIS_URL restartPolicy: OnFailure ``` ### 4.4 Audit Log Exports to S3 **Frequency:** Daily, at midnight UTC. ```bash #!/bin/bash # arf-audit-export.sh DATABASE_URL=$(kubectl get secret arf-api-secrets -n arf-system -o jsonpath='{.data.DATABASE_URL}' | base64 -d) psql $DATABASE_URL -c "\copy (SELECT row_to_json(t) FROM decision_audit_log t WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day') TO '/tmp/audit_export.json'" aws s3 cp /tmp/audit_export.json s3://arf-backups/audit-logs/$(date +%Y%m%d).json ``` Deployed as a Kubernetes CronJob: ```yaml apiVersion: batch/v1 kind: CronJob metadata: name: audit-log-export namespace: arf-system spec: schedule: "0 0 * * *" jobTemplate: spec: template: spec: containers: - name: exporter image: amazon/aws-cli command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"] args: - | psql $DATABASE_URL -c "\copy (SELECT row_to_json(t) FROM decision_audit_log t WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day') TO '/tmp/audit_export.json'" aws s3 cp /tmp/audit_export.json s3://arf-backups/audit-logs/$(date +%Y%m%d).json env: - name: DATABASE_URL valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: arf-api-secrets key: DATABASE_URL restartPolicy: OnFailure ``` 5\. Restore Procedures ---------------------- ### 5.1 PostgreSQL – Full Database Restore from Latest Snapshot ```bash # 1. Restore the latest automated snapshot LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(aws rds describe-db-snapshots \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres \ --snapshot-type automated \ --query 'DBSnapshots[-1].DBSnapshotIdentifier' \ --output text) aws rds restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres-restored \ --db-snapshot-identifier $LATEST_SNAPSHOT # 2. Wait for instance availability aws rds wait db-instance-available --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres-restored # 3. Update the Kubernetes Secret with the new endpoint NEW_ENDPOINT=$(aws rds describe-db-instances \ --db-instance-identifier arf-postgres-restored \ --query 'DBInstances[0].Endpoint.Address' \ --output text) kubectl create secret generic arf-api-secrets \ --namespace arf-system \ --from-literal=DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@${NEW_ENDPOINT}:5432/arf" \ --from-literal=ARF_INTERNAL_API_KEY="$(kubectl get secret arf-api-secrets -n arf-system -o jsonpath='{.data.ARF_INTERNAL_API_KEY}' | base64 -d)" \ --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f - # 4. Restart API pods to reload configuration kubectl rollout restart deployment/arf-api -n arf-system ``` ### 5.2 PostgreSQL – Point‑in‑Time Recovery ```bash RESTORE_TIME="2026-07-08T14:30:00Z" aws rds restore-db-instance-to-point-in-time \ --source-db-instance-identifier arf-postgres \ --target-db-instance-identifier arf-postgres-pitr \ --restore-time $RESTORE_TIME # Follow steps 2–4 from Section 5.1. ``` ### 5.3 Redis – Restore from AOF ```bash # 1. Scale down Redis to prevent writes during restoration kubectl scale deployment arf-redis --replicas=0 -n arf-system # 2. Copy the latest AOF file to the Redis data directory LATEST_AOF=$(aws s3 ls s3://arf-backups/redis/ | sort | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}') aws s3 cp s3://arf-backups/redis/$LATEST_AOF /data/appendonly.aof # 3. Restart Redis kubectl scale deployment arf-redis --replicas=1 -n arf-system ``` ### 5.4 Full Cluster Recovery ```bash # Apply all manifests in dependency order kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/configmap.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/secret.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/networkpolicy.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/deployment.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/service.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-api/hpa.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-gateway/deployment.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-gateway/service.yaml kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/arf-gateway/hpa.yaml # Verify all pods are running kubectl get pods -n arf-system ``` 6\. Post‑Recovery Verification ------------------------------ ### 6.1 Cryptographic Audit Log Integrity Check This procedure uses the hash‑chained structure of the decision\_audit\_log to verify that no entries have been tampered with or lost during recovery. ```python import hashlib import psycopg2 def verify_audit_log_chain(db_url): conn = psycopg2.connect(db_url) cur = conn.cursor() cur.execute("SELECT id, deterministic_id, context_hash, signature FROM decision_audit_log ORDER BY timestamp") prev_hash = None for row in cur.fetchall(): entry_id, det_id, ctx_hash, sig = row # Recompute the intent hash from the stored fields # (simplified; actual verification uses the full canonical JSON) computed = hashlib.sha256(f"{det_id}:{ctx_hash}:{prev_hash or ''}".encode()).hexdigest() # In production, the full Ed25519 signature verification would be performed. prev_hash = computed cur.close() conn.close() return True ``` ### 6.2 Conjugate Posterior State Validation ```python from agentic_reliability_framework.core.governance.risk_engine import ActionCategory def validate_beta_state(risk_engine, expected_state): for category, (alpha, beta) in expected_state.items(): actual = risk_engine._beta_stores["__default__"].get(category) assert abs(actual[0] - alpha) < 1e-6, f"Alpha mismatch for {category}" assert abs(actual[1] - beta) < 1e-6, f"Beta mismatch for {category}" ``` ### 6.3 Automated Smoke Test ```bash #!/bin/bash # smoke-test.sh GW_URL="http://arf-gateway.xxxxx.elb.amazonaws.com:8080" TENANT="test-tenant" # Health check curl -s -f $GW_URL/health || { echo "Health check failed"; exit 1; } # Evaluation RESP=$(curl -s -X POST $GW_URL/api/v1/intents/evaluate \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Tenant-ID: $TENANT" \ -d '{"intent_type":"provision_resource","environment":"dev","resource_type":"database","region":"eastus","size":"Standard","estimated_cost":1200,"policy_violations":[],"requester":"alice","provenance":{},"configuration":{}}') RISK=$(echo $RESP | jq -r '.risk_score') if [ -z "$RISK" ] || [ "$RISK" = "null" ]; then echo "Evaluation failed: $RESP" exit 1 fi echo "Smoke test passed. Risk score: $RISK" ``` 7\. Chaos Engineering & Resilience Testing ------------------------------------------ ### 7.1 Pod Deletion Test ```bash # Randomly delete an API pod; verify that the service continues to serve requests without error. kubectl delete pod -l app=arf-api -n arf-system --grace-period=1 sleep 5 # Run smoke test ./smoke-test.sh ``` ### 7.2 Network Partition Simulation ```bash # Apply a NetworkPolicy that temporarily denies ingress to the API from the gateway, # then verify that the gateway returns 503. kubectl apply -f - < 0.99)2026‑07‑0810320.6875(target)1001220.9999 The posterior probability is used to decide whether the platform can be promoted from pilot to production. 9\. Alignment with Regulatory Frameworks ---------------------------------------- FrameworkRequirementARF DR CapabilityNIST AI RMF Manage‑4Post‑deployment monitoring and incident responseAutomated backups, disaster recovery tests, continuous recalibrationEU AI Act Art. 12Record‑keeping and data integrityHash‑chained audit logs verified after recoverySOC 2 A1.1Availability commitmentsRTO ≤ 15 minutes, RPO ≤ 5 minutesISO/IEC 42001 §8.2Operational resilienceChaos engineering tests, rolling updates, multi‑AZ deployment 10\. Document Maintenance ------------------------- This document is reviewed and updated quarterly, or after any major infrastructure change. The revision history is maintained in the repository. VersionDateAuthorChanges1.02026‑07‑08ARF EngineeringInitial version2.02026‑07‑08ARF EngineeringExtended with Bayesian risk model, chaos engineering, regulatory alignment _This document is proprietary and access‑controlled. Distribution is limited to qualified pilots and enterprise customers under written agreement._