diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yml b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
index 0d3ff49..149d94f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ jobs:
         id: stan
         run: |
           set +e
-          vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --error-format=json --no-progress > phpstan.json 2>&1
+          vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --error-format=json --no-progress > phpstan.json
           EXIT_CODE=$?
 
           # Also run for GitHub format
-          vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --error-format=github --no-progress 2>&1 || true
+          vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --error-format=github --no-progress || true
 
           ERRORS=$(jq '.totals.file_errors // 0' phpstan.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
           echo "errors=${ERRORS}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ jobs:
         id: psalm
         run: |
           set +e
-          vendor/bin/psalm --output-format=json --show-info=false > psalm.json 2>&1
+          vendor/bin/psalm --output-format=json --show-info=false > psalm.json
           EXIT_CODE=$?
 
           # Generate SARIF for GitHub Security
-          vendor/bin/psalm --output-format=sarif --show-info=false > psalm.sarif 2>&1 || true
+          vendor/bin/psalm --output-format=sarif --show-info=false > psalm.sarif || true
 
           ERRORS=$(jq 'length' psalm.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
           echo "errors=${ERRORS}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -242,11 +242,10 @@ jobs:
         id: fmt
         run: |
           set +e
-          OUTPUT=$(vendor/bin/pint --test --format=json 2>&1)
+          vendor/bin/pint --test --format=json > pint.json
           EXIT_CODE=$?
-          echo "$OUTPUT" > pint.json
 
-          FILES=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq '.files | length' 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+          FILES=$(jq '.files | length' pint.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
           echo "files=${FILES}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
           if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/AUDIT-AUTH.md b/AUDIT-AUTH.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40187a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUDIT-AUTH.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Security Audit: Authentication & Authorization
+
+## Authentication Review
+
+### Password Handling
+- **Hashing Algorithm:** The application utilizes a custom hashing solution, `LthnHash`, which is explicitly documented as **not suitable for password hashing**. A `grep` search for `password_hash` returned no results, indicating that the application is not using the standard, secure password hashing functions provided by PHP. This represents a critical security vulnerability.
+- **Salt Usage:** The `LthnHash` implementation uses a deterministic "salt" generation method, which is not suitable for password hashing. A random salt should be generated for each password.
+- **Password Requirements:** No evidence of password complexity requirements was found during this audit.
+- **Reset Flow Security:** The password reset flow could not be located and audited.
+
+### Session Management
+- **Session Configuration:** The `config/session.php` file is missing from the repository. While the application uses Laravel's session helpers (`config('session.driver')`), the absence of the configuration file means the application is relying on default, potentially insecure, session settings.
+- **Session ID Generation:** Without the configuration file, it is not possible to verify the security of the session ID generation.
+- **Session Fixation Protection:** It is not possible to confirm that session fixation protection is enabled.
+- **Timeout Policies:** Session lifetime and timeout policies cannot be audited.
+- **Concurrent Session Handling:** The handling of concurrent sessions cannot be determined.
+
+### Token Security
+- **Token Management:** The application uses a decentralized token management strategy. The `MakePlugCommand` command generates "Plugs" that use the `ManagesTokens` trait to handle their own tokens. This means that token security is not centralized, and each "Plug" is responsible for its own token storage, refresh, and revocation.
+- **JWT Implementation:** No evidence of JWT implementation was found.
+- **Token Storage:** The token storage mechanism is not defined in the `ManagesTokens` trait. It is up to the individual "Plug" to implement token storage. This could lead to inconsistent and insecure token storage practices.
+- **Refresh Token Rotation:** Refresh token rotation is not handled by the `ManagesTokens` trait.
+- **Token Revocation:** Token revocation is not handled by the `ManagesTokens` trait.
+
+### Multi-factor
+- **MFA Implementation:** No evidence of a multi-factor authentication system was found in the codebase.
+- **Bypass Vulnerabilities:** Not applicable.
+- **Recovery Codes:** Not applicable.
+
+## Authorization Review
+- **Access Control Model:** The application uses a custom "action whitelisting" system implemented in the `Core\Bouncer\Gate` directory. This system acts as a pre-authorization layer that checks if a controller action is explicitly permitted before it is executed. It is designed to work in conjunction with Laravel's standard Gate/Policy system.
+- **Permission Checks:** Permission checks are centralized in the `ActionGateService`. The `ActionGateMiddleware` intercepts incoming requests and uses the `ActionGateService` to verify that the requested action is on the whitelist.
+- **Privilege Escalation:** The risk of privilege escalation is mitigated by the "default-deny" nature of the action whitelisting system. However, the security of this system depends on the proper configuration and maintenance of the whitelist.
+- **API Authorization:** The `guarded_middleware` configuration in `config/core.php` indicates that the action gate is applied to `api` routes, but a full audit of all API endpoints is required to ensure complete protection.
+- **Resource Ownership:** No evidence of resource ownership checks (to prevent IDOR vulnerabilities) was found in the `Core\Bouncer\Gate` system. This is likely handled by the underlying Laravel Gate/Policy system, which could not be audited.