feat(auth): ALLOW_SELF_REGISTER toggle + public /auth/config endpoint (0.42.0)

Lets operators run a closed-membership deployment by setting
ALLOW_SELF_REGISTER=false (default true, so existing deploys are
unaffected). When off, POST /auth/register returns 403 forbidden. The
rate-limit token is consumed BEFORE the disabled check so the timing
doesn't distinguish enabled-but-rejected from disabled — closes the
toggle-state probe channel.

New public GET /auth/config returns { self_register_enabled: bool }
so the frontend can render its register affordances correctly
without conflating "disabled" with "rate-limited" (which a probe
attempt would).

Frontend: a lightweight reactive `authConfig` store loads the flag
once on root-layout mount (and again on /register direct navigation,
which bypasses the layout's onMount). Header hides the Register link
when the toggle is off; /register renders a "self-registration is
disabled — ask an administrator" notice instead of the form.

Admin-create endpoint that pairs with this toggle is intentionally
not in this PR — it lands as the next branch (feat/admin-user-create).
The toggle alone is independently useful for deployments that want
to lock down enrollment without yet wiring an admin UI.

frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     import { onMount, onDestroy } from 'svelte';
     import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
     import { logout } from '$lib/api/auth';
+    import { authConfig } from '$lib/auth-config.svelte';
     import { preferences } from '$lib/preferences.svelte';
     import { session } from '$lib/session.svelte';
     import { theme } from '$lib/theme.svelte';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
         theme.init();
         preferences.init();
         if (!session.loaded) session.refresh();
+        if (!authConfig.loaded) authConfig.load();
 
         // Publish the header's measured height as a CSS custom
         // property so sticky descendants (e.g. the reader nav) can
@@ -115,7 +117,9 @@
             </button>
         {:else}
             <a class="text-link" href="/login" data-testid="nav-login">Login</a>
-            <a class="text-link" href="/register" data-testid="nav-register">Register</a>
+            {#if authConfig.self_register_enabled}
+                <a class="text-link" href="/register" data-testid="nav-register">Register</a>
+            {/if}
         {/if}
     </div>
 </header>

frontend/src/routes/register/+page.svelte

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+    import { onMount } from 'svelte';
     import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
     import { register } from '$lib/api/auth';
+    import { authConfig } from '$lib/auth-config.svelte';
     import { session } from '$lib/session.svelte';
 
     let username = $state('');
@@ -8,6 +10,13 @@
     let error: string | null = $state(null);
     let submitting = $state(false);
 
+    // Direct navigation to /register bypasses the root layout's
+    // onMount — re-trigger the config load here so the disabled state
+    // renders correctly even when this is the first page hit.
+    onMount(() => {
+        if (!authConfig.loaded) authConfig.load();
+    });
+
     async function submit(e: SubmitEvent) {
         e.preventDefault();
         error = null;
@@ -25,6 +34,12 @@
 </script>
 
 <h1>Register</h1>
+{#if authConfig.loaded && !authConfig.self_register_enabled}
+    <p class="notice" role="status" data-testid="register-disabled">
+        Self-registration is disabled on this server. Ask an administrator to
+        create an account for you.
+    </p>
+{:else}
 <form onsubmit={submit} action="javascript:void(0)" data-testid="register-form">
     <label class="form-field">
         <span>Username</span>
@@ -56,6 +71,7 @@
         <p class="form-error" role="alert" data-testid="register-error">{error}</p>
     {/if}
 </form>
+{/if}
 <p class="hint">
     Already have an account? <a href="/login">Log in</a>.
 </p>
@@ -90,4 +106,14 @@
         color: var(--text-muted);
         font-size: var(--font-sm);
     }
+
+    .notice {
+        padding: var(--space-3);
+        border: 1px solid var(--border);
+        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+        background: var(--surface-elevated);
+        color: var(--text);
+        max-width: 32rem;
+        margin: 0;
+    }
 </style>