Treat sealed OpenBao preflight as expected

2026-05-25 10:49:29 +02:00
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--- a/docs/openbao.md
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@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Expected immediately after install:
 - `bao status` reports `Initialized: false` and `Sealed: true`.

 That state is intentional until the bootstrap ceremony is completed.
+`bao status` may return exit code `2` while sealed; this is expected for the
+pre-init state and does not by itself indicate a deployment failure.

 ## Bootstrap Ceremony