🐞 Admin Portal: Key ceremony Next is enabled before the trustee can proceed

packages/admin-portal/src/components/keys-ceremony/CeremonyStep.tsx

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export const CeremonyStep: React.FC<CeremonyStepProps> = ({
                         <WizardStyles.NextButton
                             color="info"
                             onClick={goNext}
-                            disabled={isNextDisabled && !status.public_key}
+                            disabled={isNextDisabled}
                         >
                             <ArrowForwardIosIcon />
                             {t("common.label.next")}

packages/admin-portal/src/components/keys-ceremony/TrusteeWizard.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {DownloadStep} from "./DownloadStep"
 import {WizardStyles} from "@/components/styles/WizardStyles"
 import {CheckStep} from "./CheckStep"
 import {EElectionEventCeremoniesPolicy} from "@sequentech/ui-core"
+import {canTrusteeProceedToDownload} from "./trusteeWizardState"
 
 export const isTrusteeParticipating = (
     ceremony: Sequent_Backend_Keys_Ceremony,
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export const TrusteeWizard: React.FC<TrusteeWizardProps> = ({
             EElectionEventCeremoniesPolicy.AUTOMATED_CEREMONIES &&
         currentCeremony?.settings?.policy === EElectionEventCeremoniesPolicy.AUTOMATED_CEREMONIES
 
+    const canProceedToDownload = canTrusteeProceedToDownload(trusteeParticipating, keysGenerated)
     return (
         <WizardStyles.WizardWrapper>
             <BreadCrumbSteps
@@ -175,11 +177,11 @@ export const TrusteeWizard: React.FC<TrusteeWizardProps> = ({
                     electionEvent={electionEvent}
                     goBack={goBack}
                     goNext={
-                        currentStep === WizardStep.Not_Generated
+                        currentStep === WizardStep.Not_Generated && trusteeParticipating
                             ? () => setCurrentStep(WizardStep.Start)
                             : undefined
                     }
-                    isNextDisabled={checkKeysGenerated() || isAutomaticCeremony}
+                    isNextDisabled={!canProceedToDownload || isAutomaticCeremony}
                     message={
                         checkKeysGenerated() ? (
                             <>

packages/admin-portal/src/components/keys-ceremony/trusteeWizardState.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Sequent Tech Inc <legal@sequentech.io>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import {canTrusteeProceedToDownload} from "./trusteeWizardState"
+
+describe("canTrusteeProceedToDownload", () => {
+    it("allows an invited trustee to proceed after key generation", () => {
+        expect(canTrusteeProceedToDownload(true, true)).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it("blocks an invited trustee while keys are not generated", () => {
+        expect(canTrusteeProceedToDownload(true, false)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it("blocks a trustee who is not participating", () => {
+        expect(canTrusteeProceedToDownload(false, true)).toBe(false)
+        expect(canTrusteeProceedToDownload(false, false)).toBe(false)
+    })
+})

packages/admin-portal/src/components/keys-ceremony/trusteeWizardState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Sequent Tech Inc <legal@sequentech.io>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+export const canTrusteeProceedToDownload = (
+    trusteeParticipating: boolean,
+    keysGenerated: boolean
+): boolean => trusteeParticipating && keysGenerated