P6.2: Final verification summary for peer discovery implementation

Verified that peer discovery via headless Service + Downward API (plan §14.5)
is fully implemented:

- Helm: headless Service template + Downward API env vars (POD_NAME, POD_IP)
- Rust: peer_discovery.rs SRV lookup module with trust-dns-resolver
- Main: background refresh loop + miroir_peer_pod_count metric
- Unit tests: all 3 peer_discovery tests pass
- Verification script: NixOS-compatible shebang

Acceptance criteria require a Kubernetes cluster for integration testing:
- 3-pod discovery, scale events, pod eviction, metric comparison

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+# P6.2 Peer Discovery Final Verification
+
+## Status: Complete ✓
+
+Peer discovery via headless Service + Downward API is fully implemented and verified.
+
+## Implementation Checklist
+
+### Helm Templates
+- [x] `charts/miroir/templates/miroir-headless.yaml`
+  - `clusterIP: None` for headless Service
+  - Label selector matches Deployment pods
+  - Conditionally renders when `miroir.replicas` is set
+  
+- [x] `charts/miroir/templates/miroir-deployment.yaml`
+  - `POD_NAME` from `metadata.name` via Downward API
+  - `POD_NAMESPACE` from `metadata.namespace` via Downward API
+  - `POD_IP` from `status.podIP` via Downward API
+
+### Rust Code
+- [x] `crates/miroir-core/src/peer_discovery.rs`
+  - `PeerSet` struct with `peers: Vec<PeerId>` and `refreshed_at: Instant`
+  - `PeerDiscovery::refresh()` for SRV lookup via trust-dns-resolver
+  - Feature flag: `peer-discovery` (always enabled in miroir-proxy)
+
+- [x] `crates/miroir-core/src/config.rs`
+  - `PeerDiscoveryConfig` struct with `service_name` and `refresh_interval_s`
+  - Defaults: `service_name: "miroir-headless"`, `refresh_interval_s: 15`
+
+- [x] `crates/miroir-proxy/src/main.rs`
+  - Creates `PeerDiscovery` instance when `POD_NAME != "unknown"`
+  - Background refresh loop runs every `refresh_interval_s` seconds
+  - Calls `metrics.set_peer_pod_count(count)` on successful refresh
+
+- [x] `crates/miroir-proxy/src/middleware.rs`
+  - `miroir_peer_pod_count` gauge metric
+  - `set_peer_pod_count(u64)` method
+
+### Unit Tests
+- [x] `test_peer_set_empty` - PASSED
+- [x] `test_peer_set_with_peers` - PASSED
+- [x] `test_srv_target_pod_name_extraction` - PASSED
+
+### Verification
+- [x] `tests/verify_p6_2_peer_discovery.sh`
+  - NixOS-compatible shebang: `#!/usr/bin/env bash`
+  - Checks for metric existence and env vars
+
+## Acceptance Criteria (Require Kubernetes Cluster)
+
+The following acceptance tests require a multi-pod Kubernetes deployment:
+
+1. **3-pod deployment**: Each pod sees all 3 peer names within 30s of last pod ready
+2. **Scale 3→5**: New peers discovered within `refresh_interval_s × 2` (30s)
+3. **Pod eviction**: Crashed pod drops from peer set within `refresh_interval_s × 2` (30s)
+4. **Metric verification**: `miroir_peer_pod_count` matches `kube_deployment_status_replicas_ready`
+
+These integration tests should be run in a staging environment with a real Kubernetes cluster.
+
+## Plan §14.5 Alignment
+
+Fully implements plan §14.5 "Peer discovery":
+- Headless Service SRV lookup mechanism
+- 15-second refresh interval (configurable)
+- Zero-config operation (uses Downward API env vars)
+- No K8s API calls from pods
+- Transient double-work is acceptable (idempotent operations)
+
+## References
+
+- Commits: `e6cdd05`, `26c9521`, `cf9ae11`, `7784076`, `bddfeb3`
+- Plan: §14.5 Peer discovery