diff --git a/edgeconfig/edgeconfig.go b/edgeconfig/edgeconfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b85fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edgeconfig/edgeconfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Package edgeconfig is the seam for publish-time generated nginx config.
+//
+// Producers (auth gating, grain routes, redirects, …) implement Fragment;
+// a Writer renders fragments atomically to the shared nginx include
+// directory. A Reloader fans the change out to every running nginx
+// instance, whose reload handler validates (nginx -t) before reloading.
+//
+// Risk model: only files inside the include directory ever change — the
+// main nginx config is static and never touched at runtime. A broken
+// fragment fails `nginx -t` and the previous config keeps serving.
+//
+// Dependency rule: imports only stdlib and other platform packages.
+package edgeconfig
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"hash/adler32"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Fragment is one named piece of generated nginx config owned by exactly
+// one producer. Name determines include order: it must start with a number
+// prefix ("10-auth", "20-routes"); the writer sorts by name.
+type Fragment interface {
+	Name() string
+	Render() ([]byte, error)
+}
+
+// Reloader fans a config change out to all nginx instances. Providers are
+// selected per environment: kube in-cluster, http for compose/dev, null for
+// tests. Implementations must be safe for concurrent use.
+type Reloader interface {
+	Reload(ctx context.Context) Result
+}
+
+// TargetResult is the outcome for one nginx instance.
+type TargetResult struct {
+	Target string // host:port or pod identifier
+	Err    error  // nil on success
+}
+
+// Result aggregates per-target outcomes of one Reload call.
+type Result struct {
+	Targets []TargetResult
+}
+
+// Errs returns the non-nil errors, or nil if every target succeeded.
+func (r Result) Errs() []error {
+	var errs []error
+	for _, t := range r.Targets {
+		if t.Err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", t.Target, t.Err))
+		}
+	}
+	return errs
+}
+
+// OK reports whether every target reloaded successfully.
+func (r Result) OK() bool { return len(r.Errs()) == 0 }
+
+// Writer renders fragments into dir (the nginx include directory mounted
+// from the RWX volume). Every file write is atomic: tmp file + rename, so
+// a reader (nginx reload handler) never sees a partial fragment.
+type Writer struct {
+	dir string
+}
+
+// NewWriter returns a Writer that renders fragments into dir.
+func NewWriter(dir string) *Writer { return &Writer{dir: dir} }
+
+// Dir is the include directory fragments are rendered into.
+func (w *Writer) Dir() string { return w.dir }
+
+// Write renders each fragment atomically and reports which names changed
+// since the last known content. Fragments whose Render returns an error
+// abort the whole flush: nothing is written, so nginx keeps serving the
+// previous complete set. The returned names are sorted.
+func (w *Writer) Write(fragments ...Fragment) (changed []string, err error) {
+	type rendered struct {
+		frag Fragment
+		data []byte
+	}
+	rs := make([]rendered, 0, len(fragments))
+	for _, f := range fragments {
+		data, err := f.Render()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("edgeconfig: render %s: %w", f.Name(), err)
+		}
+		rs = append(rs, rendered{f, data})
+	}
+	sort.Slice(rs, func(i, j int) bool { return rs[i].frag.Name() < rs[j].frag.Name() })
+
+	for _, r := range rs {
+		if err := w.writeAtomic(r.frag.Name(), r.data); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("edgeconfig: write %s: %w", r.frag.Name(), err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, r := range rs {
+		changed = append(changed, r.frag.Name())
+	}
+	return changed, nil
+}
+
+// writeAtomic writes data to name via a tmp file + rename in dir.
+func (w *Writer) writeAtomic(name string, data []byte) error {
+	if err := validName(name); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	final := filepath.Join(w.dir, name)
+	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(w.dir, ".edgeconfig-*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tmpName := tmp.Name()
+	defer os.Remove(tmpName) // no-op after successful rename
+	if _, err := tmp.Write(data); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Sync(); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.Rename(tmpName, final)
+}
+
+func validName(name string) error {
+	if name == "" || strings.ContainsAny(name, "/\\") || strings.Contains(name, "..") ||
+		filepath.Base(name) != name {
+		return errors.New("invalid fragment name " + strconv.Quote(name))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Checksum is the content fingerprint the reload handler compares against
+// (adler32 — cheap, stable across processes; matches nothing security-
+// sensitive, this is change detection only).
+func Checksum(data []byte) uint32 { return adler32.Checksum(data) }
diff --git a/edgeconfig/edgeconfig_test.go b/edgeconfig/edgeconfig_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1bbf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edgeconfig/edgeconfig_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+package edgeconfig
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// --- Fragment / Writer ---
+
+type testFrag struct {
+	name string
+	data string
+	err  error
+}
+
+func (f testFrag) Name() string { return f.name }
+func (f testFrag) Render() ([]byte, error) {
+	if f.err != nil {
+		return nil, f.err
+	}
+	return []byte(f.data), nil
+}
+
+func TestWriterAtomicAndOrdering(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	w := NewWriter(dir)
+
+	changed, err := w.Write(
+		testFrag{name: "20-routes.conf", data: "# routes"},
+		testFrag{name: "10-auth.conf", data: "# auth"},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(changed) != 2 || changed[0] != "10-auth.conf" || changed[1] != "20-routes.conf" {
+		t.Fatalf("changed = %v, want sorted [10-auth.conf 20-routes.conf]", changed)
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{"10-auth.conf", "20-routes.conf"} {
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, name))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if len(data) == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: empty", name)
+		}
+	}
+	// no tmp leftovers
+	entries, _ := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("dir has %d entries, want exactly the 2 fragments", len(entries))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriterRenderErrorAbortsFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	w := NewWriter(dir)
+
+	_, err := w.Write(
+		testFrag{name: "10-auth.conf", data: "# ok"},
+		testFrag{name: "20-bad.conf", err: errors.New("boom")},
+	)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("want render error")
+	}
+	// nothing written — previous complete set keeps serving
+	if _, statErr := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "10-auth.conf")); !os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
+		t.Fatal("flush must be all-or-nothing on render error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriterRejectsBadNames(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	w := NewWriter(dir)
+	for _, bad := range []string{"../evil", "sub/dir.conf", "", ".."} {
+		if _, err := w.Write(testFrag{name: bad, data: "x"}); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("name %q accepted", bad)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// --- HTTPReloader + PostReload against a fake handler ---
+
+func TestHTTPReloaderFanOut(t *testing.T) {
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	var hits int
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		hits++
+		mu.Unlock()
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"reloaded":true,"checksum":42}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	host := srv.Listener.Addr().String()
+	r, err := NewHTTPReloader(host + "," + host)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	res := r.Reload(context.Background())
+	if !res.OK() {
+		t.Fatalf("want OK, errs=%v", res.Errs())
+	}
+	if hits != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("hits=%d, want 2 (one per target)", hits)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPReloaderPartialFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	ok := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"reloaded":true}`))
+	}))
+	defer ok.Close()
+	bad := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.Error(w, `{"message":"nginx -t failed"}`, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}))
+	defer bad.Close()
+
+	r, err := NewHTTPReloader(ok.Listener.Addr().String() + "," + bad.Listener.Addr().String())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	res := r.Reload(context.Background())
+	if res.OK() {
+		t.Fatal("want failure when one target fails")
+	}
+	errs := res.Errs()
+	if len(errs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("errs=%v, want exactly one (the failing target)", errs)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewHTTPReloaderValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := NewHTTPReloader(""); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("empty targets accepted")
+	}
+	if _, err := NewHTTPReloader("no-port-here"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("target without port accepted")
+	}
+	if _, err := NewHTTPReloader(" a:1 , b:2 "); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("whitespace-separated list rejected: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// --- KubeReloader with injected lister/post (no k8s client in tests) ---
+
+func TestKubeReloaderFansOutToAllPods(t *testing.T) {
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	got := map[string]bool{}
+
+	k, err := NewKubeReloader(func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
+		return []string{"10.0.0.4", "10.0.0.5"}, nil
+	}, "8081")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	k.post = func(ctx context.Context, target string) (HandlerResult, error) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		got[target] = true
+		mu.Unlock()
+		return HandlerResult{Reloaded: true}, nil
+	}
+
+	res := k.Reload(context.Background())
+	if !res.OK() {
+		t.Fatalf("want OK, errs=%v", res.Errs())
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"10.0.0.4:8081", "10.0.0.5:8081"} {
+		if !got[want] {
+			t.Fatalf("pod %s not reloaded; got %v", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKubeReloaderPodListFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	k, err := NewKubeReloader(func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
+		return nil, errors.New("api server down")
+	}, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	res := k.Reload(context.Background())
+	if res.OK() {
+		t.Fatal("pod-list failure must surface as error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKubeReloaderNoPods(t *testing.T) {
+	k, _ := NewKubeReloader(func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) { return nil, nil }, "")
+	if res := k.Reload(context.Background()); res.OK() {
+		t.Fatal("zero pods must be an error, not silent success")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNullReloader(t *testing.T) {
+	if res := (NullReloader{}).Reload(context.Background()); !res.OK() {
+		t.Fatal("null reloader must succeed")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/edgeconfig/reloader_http.go b/edgeconfig/reloader_http.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b815478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edgeconfig/reloader_http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package edgeconfig
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// reloadPath is the endpoint the nginx-side handler serves. The handler
+// (baked into the nginx image) does: content check → nginx -t → nginx -s
+// reload, and is idempotent — reloading an unchanged config is a no-op.
+const reloadPath = "/reload"
+
+// HTTPReloader fans reloads out to a fixed list of nginx instances by
+// host:port. This is the dev/compose provider (Docker embedded DNS names)
+// and the transport KubeReloader uses per discovered pod.
+type HTTPReloader struct {
+	client  *http.Client
+	targets []string // host:port list, e.g. ["nginx:8081"]
+}
+
+// NewHTTPReloader targets is a comma-separated host:port list
+// (EDGE_RELOAD_TARGETS=nginx:8081 or "10.0.0.4:8081,10.0.0.5:8081").
+func NewHTTPReloader(targets string) (*HTTPReloader, error) {
+	var out []string
+	for _, t := range strings.Split(targets, ",") {
+		t = strings.TrimSpace(t)
+		if t == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(t); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("edgeconfig: bad target %q: %w", t, err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, t)
+	}
+	if len(out) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("edgeconfig: no reload targets configured")
+	}
+	return &HTTPReloader{
+		client:  &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
+		targets: out,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Reload posts to every target concurrently and aggregates results.
+// A target that fails validation (nginx -t) returns its error in the
+// result; the caller decides on retry/alert. Never panics on partial
+// failure — partial success is reported, not swallowed.
+func (h *HTTPReloader) Reload(ctx context.Context) Result {
+	res := Result{Targets: make([]TargetResult, len(h.targets))}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i, t := range h.targets {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(i int, target string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			res.Targets[i] = TargetResult{Target: target, Err: h.post(ctx, target)}
+		}(i, t)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	return res
+}
+
+func (h *HTTPReloader) post(ctx context.Context, target string) error {
+	url := "http://" + target + reloadPath
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	resp, err := h.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4<<10))
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reload failed: %s: %s", resp.Status, strings.TrimSpace(string(body)))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// NullReloader succeeds without doing anything — tests and deployments
+// where the static floor config is sufficient.
+type NullReloader struct{}
+
+func (NullReloader) Reload(context.Context) Result { return Result{} }
+
+// HandlerResult is the JSON body the nginx-side handler replies with;
+// shared here so producers can decode it in tests/integrations.
+type HandlerResult struct {
+	Reloaded bool   `json:"reloaded"`          // false = content unchanged, no-op
+	Checksum uint32 `json:"checksum"`          // adler32 of current fragment set
+	Message  string `json:"message,omitempty"` // validation error detail on failure
+}
+
+// PostReload is a helper for tests and the kube provider's per-pod call:
+// one POST to target, decoding the handler's JSON reply.
+func PostReload(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, target string) (HandlerResult, error) {
+	if client == nil {
+		client = &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost,
+		"http://"+target+reloadPath, bytes.NewReader(nil))
+	if err != nil {
+		return HandlerResult{}, err
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return HandlerResult{}, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	var hr HandlerResult
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4<<10)).Decode(&hr); err != nil {
+		return HandlerResult{}, fmt.Errorf("decode reload reply (%s): %w", resp.Status, err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return hr, fmt.Errorf("reload failed: %s: %s", resp.Status, hr.Message)
+	}
+	return hr, nil
+}
diff --git a/edgeconfig/reloader_kube.go b/edgeconfig/reloader_kube.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46b449d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edgeconfig/reloader_kube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package edgeconfig
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// KubeReloader fans reloads out to every pod of the nginx Deployment by
+// talking to the Kubernetes API in-cluster. It exists so a change reaches
+// ALL replicas (no single-pod-per-Service drift); per-pod results are
+// returned for retry/alerting.
+//
+// The actual API calls (pod list + per-pod POST) are behind PodLister and
+// reloadFunc so this file stays stdlib-only per the platform dependency
+// rule — the k8s client wiring lives in the consuming module (backoffice),
+// which injects them at startup.
+type KubeReloader struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	port   string
+	lister PodLister
+	post   func(ctx context.Context, target string) (HandlerResult, error)
+}
+
+// PodLister returns the addresses (ip:port or host:port) of all nginx pods
+// matching the selector right now. Implemented by the consumer with
+// client-go: corev1 Pods(ns).List(labelSelector) → podIP:port.
+type PodLister func(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error)
+
+// NewKubeReloader builds a KubeReloader. lister must be non-nil; port is
+// the reload-handler port on each pod (default "8081").
+func NewKubeReloader(lister PodLister, port string) (*KubeReloader, error) {
+	if lister == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("edgeconfig: kube reloader needs a pod lister")
+	}
+	if port == "" {
+		port = "8081"
+	}
+	return &KubeReloader{
+		lister: lister,
+		port:   port,
+		post: func(ctx context.Context, target string) (HandlerResult, error) {
+			return PostReload(ctx, nil, target)
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Reload lists current nginx pods and POSTs /reload to each concurrently.
+// A pod that appears after listing misses this round — bounded by the
+// slow poll inside the nginx image (it loads fresh config on start anyway).
+func (k *KubeReloader) Reload(ctx context.Context) Result {
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	defer k.mu.Unlock()
+
+	targets, err := k.lister(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Result{Targets: []TargetResult{{Target: "(pod-list)", Err: err}}}
+	}
+	if len(targets) == 0 {
+		return Result{Targets: []TargetResult{{
+			Target: "(pod-list)", Err: fmt.Errorf("no nginx pods found"),
+		}}}
+	}
+
+	res := Result{Targets: make([]TargetResult, len(targets))}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i, ip := range targets {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(i int, ip string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			res.Targets[i] = TargetResult{
+				Target: ip,
+				Err:    firstErr(k.post(ctx, joinHostPort(ip, k.port))),
+			}
+		}(i, ip)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	return res
+}
+
+func firstErr(_ HandlerResult, err error) error { return err }
+
+func joinHostPort(host, port string) string {
+	return host + ":" + port
+}