diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ coverage/
 
 # TypeScript incremental
 *.tsbuildinfo
+ecosystem.config.js
diff --git a/audit/audit.py b/audit/audit.py
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+++ b/audit/audit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,479 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+PeerCortex Daily Accuracy Audit
+================================
+Runs at midnight via cron, audits a rotating batch of ASNs, and tracks
+accuracy over time. Compares PeerCortex data against authoritative sources:
+  - RIPE Stat  (prefixes, neighbours)
+  - PeeringDB  (IX presence, facilities)
+
+Registry file: /opt/peercortex-app/audit/asn_registry.json
+Reports dir:   /opt/peercortex-app/audit/reports/YYYY-MM-DD.json
+Latest text:   /opt/peercortex-app/audit/latest_report.txt
+"""
+
+import json, os, sys, time, datetime, urllib.request, urllib.error
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# ─── Directories ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+AUDIT_DIR   = Path("/opt/peercortex-app/audit")
+REGISTRY    = AUDIT_DIR / "asn_registry.json"
+REPORTS_DIR = AUDIT_DIR / "reports"
+LATEST_TXT  = AUDIT_DIR / "latest_report.txt"
+LOG_FILE    = AUDIT_DIR / "audit.log"
+
+# ─── Load .env (for cron compatibility — env vars may not be inherited) ───────
+def _load_dotenv():
+    env_path = Path("/opt/peercortex-app/.env")
+    if not env_path.exists():
+        return
+    for line in env_path.read_text().splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        idx = line.find("=")
+        if idx < 1:
+            continue
+        key = line[:idx].strip()
+        val = line[idx + 1:].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+        if key not in os.environ:
+            os.environ[key] = val
+
+_load_dotenv()
+
+# ─── Config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+PEERINGDB_KEY  = os.environ.get("PEERINGDB_API_KEY", "")
+PEERCORTEX_URL = "http://localhost:3101"   # local — no Cloudflare overhead
+PDB_BASE       = "https://www.peeringdb.com/api"
+RIPE_BASE      = "https://stat.ripe.net/data"
+
+BATCH_SIZE     = 100
+TIMEOUT_PC     = 90    # large networks (Cloudflare, Amazon) can take 60–80s
+TIMEOUT_AUTH   = 30
+CONCURRENCY    = 4     # parallel PeerCortex requests
+
+# Tolerance for prefix/neighbour counts (BGP timing differences are normal)
+PREFIX_TOL_PCT = 0.05   # 5%
+PREFIX_TOL_ABS = 2      # absolute ±2
+NEIGHBOUR_TOL  = 0.25   # 25%
+NEIGHBOUR_ABS  = 5
+
+# ─── Seed ASN list (100 well-known networks) ─────────────────────────────────
+# Format: (asn, label)  — label shown in reports, no functional effect
+SEED_ASNS = [
+    # Tier-1 / Global backbones
+    174, 1239, 1299, 2914, 3257, 3320, 3356, 5511, 6461, 6762,
+    7018, 9002, 12956,
+    # Hyperscalers
+    714, 8075, 13335, 13414, 15169, 16509, 20940, 32934, 36459, 46489,
+    # IXP / Route servers
+    6777, 6939, 8283,
+    # Regional ISPs
+    6830, 3491, 2516, 4134, 4637, 4755, 4766, 9304, 9318, 7473,
+    # Hobbyist / community
+    34927, 50869, 59947, 199121, 206924, 211982, 212635, 213279, 215638,
+    # European operators
+    42476, 47541, 48821, 60610, 61955, 206479, 207841, 212232,
+    # APAC
+    4826, 7575, 7738, 9790, 17469, 17676, 23693, 24516, 38001, 38195,
+    45090, 45177, 55720, 55803, 56041, 131072, 132602,
+    # Americas
+    10429, 22085, 27947, 28006, 52320, 61832, 265702, 267613, 269608,
+    # Africa
+    8346, 36874, 36924, 37100, 37239, 37271, 37468, 37662, 327786, 328474,
+    # Middle East / Other
+    135377, 140627, 394695, 397213, 400304, 401307,
+    # Special / edge cases
+    1, 64512, 65000, 0, 4294967295,
+]
+
+# ─── HTTP helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _fetch(url, timeout=30, headers=None):
+    """GET url → parsed JSON dict, or None on any error."""
+    try:
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers or {})
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as r:
+            if r.status == 429:
+                return None
+            return json.loads(r.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace"))
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+def _fetch_pdb(path, timeout=30):
+    headers = {}
+    if PEERINGDB_KEY:
+        headers["Authorization"] = "Api-Key " + PEERINGDB_KEY
+    return _fetch(PDB_BASE + path, timeout=timeout, headers=headers)
+
+def _fetch_ripe(endpoint, asn, timeout=30):
+    url = f"{RIPE_BASE}/{endpoint}/data.json?resource=AS{asn}"
+    return _fetch(url, timeout=timeout)
+
+def _fetch_pc(asn, timeout=90):
+    return _fetch(f"{PEERCORTEX_URL}/api/lookup?asn={asn}", timeout=timeout)
+
+# ─── Registry helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _load_registry():
+    if REGISTRY.exists():
+        try:
+            return json.loads(REGISTRY.read_text())
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return {"asns": {}, "meta": {"created": _today(), "total_runs": 0}}
+
+def _save_registry(reg):
+    REGISTRY.write_text(json.dumps(reg, indent=2))
+
+def _today():
+    return datetime.date.today().isoformat()
+
+def _now_iso():
+    return datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+# ─── Batch selection (priority: errors > never audited > oldest) ──────────────
+def _select_batch(reg, batch_size):
+    entries = reg["asns"]
+
+    # Ensure all seed ASNs are tracked
+    for asn in SEED_ASNS:
+        k = str(asn)
+        if k not in entries:
+            entries[k] = {
+                "last_audited": None,
+                "pass_count": 0,
+                "error_count": 0,
+                "consecutive_errors": 0,
+                "peeringdb_absent": False,
+            }
+
+    # Sort into three buckets
+    errored  = sorted(
+        [k for k, v in entries.items() if v.get("consecutive_errors", 0) > 0],
+        key=lambda k: entries[k].get("consecutive_errors", 0),
+        reverse=True,
+    )
+    never    = [k for k, v in entries.items()
+                if not v.get("last_audited") and k not in errored]
+    audited  = sorted(
+        [k for k, v in entries.items()
+         if v.get("last_audited") and k not in errored],
+        key=lambda k: entries[k].get("last_audited", "9999"),
+    )
+
+    ordered = errored + never + audited
+    return [int(k) for k in ordered[:batch_size]]
+
+# ─── Authoritative data fetch ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _fetch_auth(asn):
+    """Fetch authoritative data for one ASN from RIPE Stat + PeeringDB."""
+    # PeeringDB net lookup first (need net_id for IX/fac queries)
+    pdb_net = _fetch_pdb(f"/net?asn={asn}", timeout=TIMEOUT_AUTH)
+    net     = ((pdb_net or {}).get("data") or [{}])[0]
+    net_id  = net.get("id")
+
+    # RIPE Stat (run in parallel via threads)
+    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as pool:
+        f_pfx = pool.submit(_fetch_ripe, "announced-prefixes", asn, TIMEOUT_AUTH)
+        f_nb  = pool.submit(_fetch_ripe, "asn-neighbours",     asn, TIMEOUT_AUTH)
+        f_ix  = pool.submit(
+            _fetch_pdb,
+            (f"/netixlan?net_id={net_id}&limit=1000" if net_id
+             else f"/netixlan?asn={asn}&limit=1000"),
+            TIMEOUT_AUTH,
+        )
+        f_fac = pool.submit(
+            _fetch_pdb,
+            f"/netfac?net_id={net_id}&limit=1000",
+            TIMEOUT_AUTH,
+        ) if net_id else None
+
+        ripe_pfx = f_pfx.result()
+        ripe_nb  = f_nb.result()
+        pdb_ix   = f_ix.result()
+        pdb_fac  = f_fac.result() if f_fac else None
+
+    prefixes   = (ripe_pfx or {}).get("data", {}).get("prefixes", [])
+    v4         = sum(1 for p in prefixes if ":" not in p.get("prefix", ""))
+    v6         = sum(1 for p in prefixes if ":" in  p.get("prefix", ""))
+
+    neighbours = (ripe_nb or {}).get("data", {}).get("neighbours", [])
+    up         = sum(1 for n in neighbours if n.get("type") == "left")
+    dn         = sum(1 for n in neighbours if n.get("type") == "right")
+
+    ix_list    = (pdb_ix  or {}).get("data", [])
+    ix_unique  = len(set(c.get("ix_id") for c in ix_list if c.get("ix_id")))
+
+    fac_list   = (pdb_fac or {}).get("data", []) if pdb_fac else []
+    fac_count  = len(fac_list)
+
+    return {
+        "pdb_id":      net_id,
+        "pdb_present": bool(net_id),
+        "v4": v4,  "v6": v6,
+        "ix": ix_unique,  "fac": fac_count,
+        "up": up,  "dn": dn,
+        "ripe_ok": ripe_pfx is not None,
+        "pdb_ok":  pdb_net  is not None,
+    }
+
+# ─── Field comparison ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _ok(auth_val, pc_val, pct=PREFIX_TOL_PCT, abs_tol=PREFIX_TOL_ABS):
+    """True if pc_val is within tolerance of auth_val."""
+    if auth_val is None or pc_val is None:
+        return True   # cannot compare — treat as OK
+    if auth_val == 0 and pc_val == 0:
+        return True
+    if auth_val == 0:
+        return pc_val <= abs_tol
+    diff = abs(auth_val - pc_val)
+    return diff <= abs_tol or (diff / auth_val) <= pct
+
+def _compare(asn, auth, pc):
+    """Return list of failure dicts for this ASN."""
+    if pc is None:
+        return [{"field": "TIMEOUT", "auth": None, "pc": None, "delta": None}]
+
+    failures = []
+    pdb_absent = not auth["pdb_present"]
+
+    pc_v4  = (pc.get("prefixes")  or {}).get("ipv4")
+    pc_v6  = (pc.get("prefixes")  or {}).get("ipv6")
+    pc_ix  = (pc.get("ix_presence") or {}).get("unique_ixps")
+    pc_fac = (pc.get("facilities")  or {}).get("total")
+    pc_up  = (pc.get("neighbours")  or {}).get("upstream_count")
+    pc_dn  = (pc.get("neighbours")  or {}).get("downstream_count")
+
+    if not _ok(auth["v4"], pc_v4):
+        failures.append({"field": "Prefixes v4", "auth": auth["v4"], "pc": pc_v4,
+                         "delta": abs(auth["v4"] - (pc_v4 or 0))})
+    if not _ok(auth["v6"], pc_v6):
+        failures.append({"field": "Prefixes v6", "auth": auth["v6"], "pc": pc_v6,
+                         "delta": abs(auth["v6"] - (pc_v6 or 0))})
+
+    # IXP / facility — only meaningful when ASN is in PeeringDB
+    if not pdb_absent:
+        if auth["ix"] != pc_ix:
+            failures.append({"field": "IXPs", "auth": auth["ix"], "pc": pc_ix,
+                             "delta": abs(auth["ix"] - (pc_ix or 0))})
+        if auth["fac"] != pc_fac:
+            failures.append({"field": "Facilities", "auth": auth["fac"], "pc": pc_fac,
+                             "delta": abs(auth["fac"] - (pc_fac or 0))})
+
+    if not _ok(auth["up"], pc_up, pct=NEIGHBOUR_TOL, abs_tol=NEIGHBOUR_ABS):
+        failures.append({"field": "Neighbours (upstream)", "auth": auth["up"], "pc": pc_up,
+                         "delta": abs(auth["up"] - (pc_up or 0))})
+    if not _ok(auth["dn"], pc_dn, pct=NEIGHBOUR_TOL, abs_tol=NEIGHBOUR_ABS):
+        failures.append({"field": "Neighbours (downstream)", "auth": auth["dn"], "pc": pc_dn,
+                         "delta": abs(auth["dn"] - (pc_dn or 0))})
+
+    return failures
+
+# ─── Audit one ASN ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _audit_asn(asn):
+    auth = _fetch_auth(asn)
+    pc   = _fetch_pc(asn, timeout=TIMEOUT_PC)
+
+    # Self-heal attempt: if PeerCortex returned data but looks stale,
+    # wait briefly and retry once (cache TTL is 5 min, but a 2nd hit
+    # ensures the process is alive and data is fresh)
+    if pc is None:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        pc = _fetch_pc(asn, timeout=TIMEOUT_PC)
+
+    failures = _compare(asn, auth, pc)
+    return {
+        "asn":        asn,
+        "auth":       auth,
+        "pc_name":    ((pc or {}).get("network") or {}).get("name", ""),
+        "pc_ok":      pc is not None,
+        "pdb_absent": not auth["pdb_present"],
+        "failures":   failures,
+        "passed":     len(failures) == 0,
+    }
+
+# ─── Main ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def main():
+    REPORTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    reg     = _load_registry()
+    date    = _today()
+    run_ts  = _now_iso()
+    prev_accuracy = reg["meta"].get("last_accuracy_pct")
+
+    batch = _select_batch(reg, BATCH_SIZE)
+
+    header = (
+        f"\n{'='*60}\n"
+        f"PeerCortex Daily Audit — {date}  ({run_ts})\n"
+        f"{'='*60}\n"
+        f"Batch: {len(batch)} ASNs  |  "
+        f"PDB key: {'ACTIVE' if PEERINGDB_KEY else 'MISSING — rate limits likely!'}\n"
+    )
+    print(header)
+
+    results = []
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=CONCURRENCY) as pool:
+        futures = {pool.submit(_audit_asn, asn): asn for asn in batch}
+        for i, future in enumerate(as_completed(futures), 1):
+            asn = futures[future]
+            try:
+                r = future.result()
+                results.append(r)
+                status    = "✓" if r["passed"] else f"✗ {len(r['failures'])}"
+                pdb_note  = "  [no PDB — correct]" if r["pdb_absent"] else ""
+                fail_note = ""
+                if r["failures"] and r["failures"][0].get("field") != "TIMEOUT":
+                    top = r["failures"][0]
+                    fail_note = f"  → {top['field']}: auth={top['auth']} pc={top['pc']}"
+                print(f"  [{i:3d}/{len(batch)}] AS{asn:<12} {status}{pdb_note}{fail_note}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                err_r = {"asn": asn, "pc_ok": False, "pdb_absent": False,
+                         "failures": [{"field": "EXCEPTION", "auth": None,
+                                       "pc": None, "delta": None, "msg": str(e)}],
+                         "passed": False, "auth": {}, "pc_name": ""}
+                results.append(err_r)
+                print(f"  [{i:3d}/{len(batch)}] AS{asn:<12} ERROR  {e}")
+
+    # ── Update registry ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    for r in results:
+        k     = str(r["asn"])
+        entry = reg["asns"].setdefault(k, {
+            "pass_count": 0, "error_count": 0, "consecutive_errors": 0,
+            "peeringdb_absent": False, "last_audited": None,
+        })
+        entry["last_audited"] = date
+        entry["peeringdb_absent"] = r["pdb_absent"]
+
+        if r["passed"]:
+            entry["pass_count"]         = entry.get("pass_count", 0) + 1
+            entry["consecutive_errors"] = 0
+            entry["last_status"]        = "pass"
+        else:
+            entry["error_count"]        = entry.get("error_count", 0) + 1
+            entry["consecutive_errors"] = entry.get("consecutive_errors", 0) + 1
+            entry["last_status"]        = "fail"
+
+        entry["last_failures"] = r["failures"]
+
+        # Auth source meta
+        auth = r.get("auth") or {}
+        if auth.get("pdb_id"):
+            entry["peeringdb_id"] = auth["pdb_id"]
+
+    total    = len(results)
+    passed   = sum(1 for r in results if r["passed"])
+    failed   = total - passed
+    no_pdb   = sum(1 for r in results if r["pdb_absent"])
+    accuracy = round(passed / total * 100) if total else 0
+
+    reg["meta"]["last_run"]          = run_ts
+    reg["meta"]["last_accuracy_pct"] = accuracy
+    reg["meta"]["total_runs"]        = reg["meta"].get("total_runs", 0) + 1
+    reg["meta"]["total_asns"]        = len(reg["asns"])
+    _save_registry(reg)
+
+    # ── Build report ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    all_failures = [
+        {"asn": r["asn"], **f}
+        for r in results
+        for f in r["failures"]
+        if f.get("field") not in ("TIMEOUT", "EXCEPTION")
+    ]
+    all_failures.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("delta") or 0, reverse=True)
+
+    timeouts = [r["asn"] for r in results if not r["pc_ok"]]
+
+    trend = ""
+    if prev_accuracy is not None:
+        diff = accuracy - prev_accuracy
+        trend = f"  Trend   : {prev_accuracy}% → {accuracy}% ({diff:+d}%)\n"
+
+    summary_lines = [
+        f"\n{'='*60}",
+        f"AUDIT SUMMARY — {date}",
+        f"{'='*60}",
+        f"  Audited : {total} ASNs",
+        f"  Passed  : {passed}  ({accuracy}%)",
+        f"  Failed  : {failed}",
+        f"  No PDB  : {no_pdb}  (fac=0 ix=0 is CORRECT for these — not an error)",
+        f"  PDB Key : {'Active (no rate limits)' if PEERINGDB_KEY else 'MISSING — configure PEERINGDB_API_KEY!'}",
+    ]
+    if trend:
+        summary_lines.append(trend.rstrip())
+    if timeouts:
+        summary_lines.append(f"\n  Timeouts: AS{', AS'.join(str(a) for a in timeouts)}")
+    summary_lines.append("")
+
+    if all_failures:
+        summary_lines.append("TOP DISCREPANCIES:")
+        summary_lines.append(f"  {'ASN':<12} {'Field':<24} {'Auth':>8} {'PeerCortex':>12} {'Delta':>8}")
+        summary_lines.append("  " + "-"*66)
+        for f in all_failures[:20]:
+            summary_lines.append(
+                f"  AS{f['asn']:<10} {f['field']:<24} {str(f['auth']):>8} {str(f['pc']):>12} {str(f.get('delta','')):>8}"
+            )
+    else:
+        summary_lines.append("No discrepancies found — 100% accurate!")
+
+    # PeeringDB-absent note
+    absent_asns = [r["asn"] for r in results if r["pdb_absent"] and r["passed"]]
+    if absent_asns:
+        summary_lines.append(
+            f"\nASNs not in PeeringDB (fac=0, ix=0 correct):\n"
+            f"  {', '.join('AS'+str(a) for a in sorted(absent_asns))}"
+        )
+
+    # Overall DB health
+    all_entries    = reg["asns"]
+    ever_failed    = sum(1 for v in all_entries.values() if v.get("error_count", 0) > 0)
+    clean_streak   = sum(1 for v in all_entries.values()
+                         if v.get("consecutive_errors", 0) == 0
+                         and v.get("last_audited"))
+    summary_lines += [
+        f"\nDATABASE HEALTH:",
+        f"  Total tracked ASNs : {len(all_entries)}",
+        f"  Clean streak       : {clean_streak} ASNs with 0 consecutive errors",
+        f"  Ever had errors    : {ever_failed} ASNs",
+        f"\nReport: {REPORTS_DIR}/{date}.json",
+    ]
+
+    summary = "\n".join(summary_lines)
+    print(summary)
+
+    # Save text report
+    LATEST_TXT.write_text(header + summary)
+
+    # Save JSON report
+    report = {
+        "date":         date,
+        "run_ts":       run_ts,
+        "batch_size":   total,
+        "passed":       passed,
+        "failed":       failed,
+        "pdb_absent":   no_pdb,
+        "accuracy_pct": accuracy,
+        "pdb_key_active": bool(PEERINGDB_KEY),
+        "results":      [
+            {
+                "asn":         r["asn"],
+                "name":        r.get("pc_name", ""),
+                "pdb_absent":  r["pdb_absent"],
+                "passed":      r["passed"],
+                "failures":    r["failures"],
+                "auth":        {k: v for k, v in (r.get("auth") or {}).items()
+                                if k not in ("pdb_ok", "ripe_ok")},
+            }
+            for r in results
+        ],
+    }
+    (REPORTS_DIR / f"{date}.json").write_text(json.dumps(report, indent=2))
+
+    return accuracy
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    acc = main()
+    # Exit 0 if ≥90% accurate, 1 otherwise (cron can alert on non-zero exit)
+    sys.exit(0 if acc >= 90 else 1)
diff --git a/audit/deploy_audit.sh b/audit/deploy_audit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ad11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audit/deploy_audit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# deploy_audit.sh — Run ONCE on the Erik server to set up the full audit system
+# Usage: bash /opt/peercortex-app/audit/deploy_audit.sh
+set -e
+
+APP="/opt/peercortex-app"
+AUDIT="$APP/audit"
+ENV="$APP/.env"
+
+echo "=== PeerCortex Audit Setup ==="
+echo ""
+
+# ── 1) Check PeeringDB key ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if grep -q "PEERINGDB_API_KEY=" "$ENV" 2>/dev/null; then
+    PDB_KEY=$(grep "PEERINGDB_API_KEY=" "$ENV" | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '"'"'")
+    echo "[1/5] PeeringDB API key found: ${PDB_KEY:0:8}..."
+else
+    echo "[1/5] WARNING: PEERINGDB_API_KEY not in $ENV — rate limits will occur!"
+fi
+
+# ── 2) Write ecosystem.config.js (loads .env at PM2 start) ───────────────────
+cat > "$APP/ecosystem.config.js" << 'ECOSYS'
+const fs = require('fs');
+function loadEnv(p) {
+  const env = {};
+  try {
+    fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8').split('\n').forEach(line => {
+      line = line.trim();
+      if (!line || line.startsWith('#')) return;
+      const idx = line.indexOf('=');
+      if (idx < 1) return;
+      const k = line.slice(0, idx).trim();
+      const v = line.slice(idx + 1).trim().replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '');
+      env[k] = v;
+    });
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return env;
+}
+const env = loadEnv('/opt/peercortex-app/.env');
+module.exports = {
+  apps: [{
+    name:   'peercortex',
+    script: '/opt/peercortex-app/server.js',
+    cwd:    '/opt/peercortex-app',
+    env
+  }]
+};
+ECOSYS
+echo "[2/5] ecosystem.config.js written"
+
+# ── 3) Reload PM2 with env vars ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+pm2 reload "$APP/ecosystem.config.js" --update-env 2>&1 | grep -E "✓|error|online" || true
+sleep 2
+# Verify key is now in PM2 env
+if pm2 env 8 2>/dev/null | grep -q "PEERINGDB_API_KEY"; then
+    echo "[3/5] PM2 env: PEERINGDB_API_KEY confirmed active"
+else
+    # fallback: check via node
+    KEY_CHECK=$(cd "$APP" && node -e "
+      const fs=require('fs');
+      const lines=fs.readFileSync('.env','utf8').split('\n');
+      for (const l of lines) {
+        if (l.startsWith('PEERINGDB_API_KEY=')) {
+          console.log('KEY_PRESENT');
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    " 2>/dev/null)
+    echo "[3/5] PM2 reload done (key verification: $KEY_CHECK)"
+fi
+
+# ── 4) Create audit directories ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+mkdir -p "$AUDIT/reports"
+echo "[4/5] Audit directories ready: $AUDIT"
+
+# ── 5) Install cron job (midnight daily) ──────────────────────────────────────
+CRON_CMD="0 0 * * * cd $APP && source $ENV && /usr/bin/python3 $AUDIT/audit.py >> $AUDIT/audit.log 2>&1"
+# Remove any old peercortex audit cron entries
+EXISTING=$(crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v "peercortex.*audit\|audit.py")
+(echo "$EXISTING"; echo "$CRON_CMD") | crontab -
+echo "[5/5] Cron installed:"
+crontab -l | grep "audit.py"
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== Setup complete! ==="
+echo "  Audit script : $AUDIT/audit.py"
+echo "  Registry     : $AUDIT/asn_registry.json"
+echo "  Reports      : $AUDIT/reports/YYYY-MM-DD.json"
+echo "  Latest report: $AUDIT/latest_report.txt"
+echo "  Cron         : daily at 00:00 server time"
+echo ""
+echo "Run a test now:"
+echo "  cd $APP && source $ENV && python3 $AUDIT/audit.py"