Helcim refuses paymentType:'verify' for cards already saved on a
customer ("A new card must be entered for saving the payment method"),
breaking every "Complete Payment" retry after a partial-failed signup.
Add GET /api/helcim/existing-card and short-circuit HelcimPay verify in
useMemberPayment + payment-setup.vue when a saved card is found, going
straight to subscription creation. The two existence-check fetches run
in parallel with get-or-create-customer so no extra round-trip latency
in the common path.
The HelcimPay modal loads from secure.helcim.app, but the CSP only
listed myposjs.helcim.com (script/connect) and secure.helcim.com
(frame, likely a stale typo). Add secure.helcim.app to script-src,
connect-src, and frame-src so the join flow's payment modal can load.
Day-of-launch deep-dive audit and remediation. 11 issues fixed across
security, correctness, and reliability. Tests: 698 → 758 passing
(+60), 0 failing, 2 skipped.
CRITICAL (security)
Fix#1 — HELCIM_API_TOKEN removed from runtimeConfig.public; dead
useHelcim.js deleted. Production token MUST BE ROTATED post-deploy
(was previously exposed in window.__NUXT__ payload).
Fix#2 — /api/helcim/customer gated with origin check + per-IP/email
rate limit + magic-link email verification (replaces unauthenticated
setAuthCookie). Adds payment-bridge token for paid-tier signup so
users can complete Helcim checkout before email verify. New utils:
server/utils/{magicLink,rateLimit}.js. UX: signup success copy now
prompts user to check email.
Fix#3 — /api/events/[id]/payment deleted (dead code with unauth
member-spoof bypass — processHelcimPayment was a permanent stub).
Removes processHelcimPayment export and eventPaymentSchema.
Fix#4 — /api/helcim/initialize-payment re-derives ticket amount
server-side via calculateTicketPrice and calculateSeriesTicketPrice.
Adds new series_ticket metadata type (was being shoved through
event_ticket with seriesId in metadata.eventId).
Fix#5 — /api/helcim/customer upgrades existing status:guest members
in place rather than rejecting with 409. Lowercases email at lookup;
preserves _id so prior event registrations stay linked.
HIGH (correctness / reliability)
Fix#6 — Daily reconciliation cron via Netlify scheduled function
(@daily). New: netlify.toml, netlify/functions/reconcile-payments.mjs,
server/api/internal/reconcile-payments.post.js. Shared-secret auth
via NUXT_RECONCILE_TOKEN env var. Inline 3-retry exponential backoff
on Helcim transactions API.
Fix#7 — validateBeforeSave: false on event subdoc saves (waitlist
endpoints) to dodge legacy location validators.
Fix#8 — /api/series/[id]/tickets/purchase always upserts a guest
Member when caller is unauthenticated, mirrors event-ticket flow
byte-for-byte. SeriesPassPurchase.vue adds guest-account hint and
client auth refresh on signedIn:true response.
Fix#9 — /api/members/cancel-subscription leaves status active per
ratified bylaws (was pending_payment). Adds lastCancelledAt audit
field on Member model. Indirectly fixes false-positive
detectStuckPendingPayment admin alert for cancelled members.
Fix#10 — /api/auth/verify uses validateBody with strict() Zod schema
(verifyMagicLinkSchema, max 2000 chars).
Fix#11 — 8 vitest cases for cancel-subscription handler (was
uncovered).
Specs and audit at docs/superpowers/specs/2026-04-25-fix-*.md and
docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-25-launch-readiness-fixes.md.
LAUNCH_READINESS.md updated with new test count, 3 deploy-time
tasks (rotate Helcim token, set NUXT_RECONCILE_TOKEN, verify
Netlify scheduled function), and Fixed-2026-04-25 fix log.
Legacy events (tickets.enabled=false) with membersOnly=true were
returning a free guest ticket for unauthenticated callers, causing
GET /api/events/[id]/tickets/available to report available:true. The
UI then rendered the registration form and register.post.js 403'd on
submit. Short-circuit early when membersOnly && !hasMemberAccess so the
availability endpoint's existing null-ticketInfo branch surfaces the
correct "members only" reason.
The series-pass gate in register.post.js was checking
`series.allowIndividualEventTickets` at the top level, but the field
lives under `series.tickets.allowIndividualEventTickets` per the
Series schema. Top-level access was always undefined, so `!undefined`
always fired the pass check — blocking drop-in registration even when
an admin enabled `(requiresSeriesTicket=true, allowIndividualEventTickets=true)`.
The bug failed closed (overprotective), so no bypass was possible.
The existing test mirrored the bug by mocking the field at the top
level; updated the three mocks to nest it under `tickets` so the test
shape matches the real schema.
Pre-launch P0 fixes surfaced by docs/specs/events-functional-test-matrix.md
(Findings 1, 2, 3).
1. Series-pass bypass (Finding 1 / matrix S1 P3): register.post.js now
loads the linked Series when tickets.requiresSeriesTicket is set and
rejects drop-in registration unless series.allowIndividualEventTickets
is true or the user has a valid pass. Data-integrity 500 if the
referenced series is missing.
2. Hidden-event leak (Finding 2 / matrix E11): extract loadPublicEvent
into server/utils/loadEvent.js. All five public event endpoints
([id].get, register, tickets/available, tickets/reserve,
tickets/purchase) now go through the helper, which 404s when
isVisible === false and the requester is not an admin. Admin detection
uses a new non-throwing getOptionalMember() in server/utils/auth.js
(extracted from the pattern already inlined in api/auth/status.get.js).
3. Deadline enforcement + legacy pricing retirement (Finding 3 / matrix
E8): register.post.js and tickets/reserve.post.js delegate gating to
validateTicketPurchase (which already covers deadline, cancelled,
started, members-only, sold-out, and already-registered);
tickets/available.get.js gets an explicit registrationDeadline check.
Legacy pricing.paymentRequired 402 branch removed from register.post.js.
In the Case 1 (free→paid) branch of update-contribution, after the
subscription is created and the member row is updated, fetch the
newest paid Helcim transaction and upsert a Payment with
paymentType=cadence and sendConfirmation=true.
Paid→paid (Case 3) is intentionally NOT wired — no new transaction
occurs at amount change; the next recurring charge is captured by the
reconciliation script.
After a paid subscription is created and the Member row is flipped to
active, fetches the newest paid transaction from Helcim and upserts a
Payment row. Passes paymentType from the chosen cadence and
sendConfirmation: true.
Wrapped in try/catch: a logging failure here never breaks subscription
creation — the reconcile-helcim-payments script will pick up any
misses on the next run.
Takes a Member doc + a normalized Helcim transaction and inserts a
Payment row if helcimTransactionId is unseen. Maps helcim status
paid→success, refunded→refunded, failed→failed; skips 'other'.
opts.paymentType overrides the cadence fallback for mid-flight cadence
changes. opts.sendConfirmation triggers a Resend payment-confirmation
email ONLY on new inserts — swallows send failures so email trouble
cannot break the upstream payment flow.
The Resend template lives in server/emails/paymentConfirmation.js. It
is CRA-safe (charity name + 'not an official donation receipt / tax
receipts available later in 2026' disclaimer) so it can be used in
either Task 8 branch without copy changes.
Persist nextBillingDate on subscription create/update; unset on
cancel or downgrade to free. Account page displays the cached
date and lazily refreshes from Helcim when the cached value is
within 24h of now (or missing).
POST /api/helcim/update-card updates the customer's default card, then
best-effort patches the active subscription payment method. Status-gated
to {active, pending_payment}; verifies the submitted cardToken is
attached to the member's helcimCustomerId via listHelcimCustomerCards.
On subscription PATCH 5xx we revert the customer default to the prior
card token; 4xx (schema rejection — cardToken is not a documented
subscription PATCH field) is tolerated since the customer default is
the authoritative billing driver.
Add GET /api/helcim/payment-history returning the authenticated
member's normalized Helcim card transactions (newest first, capped
at 50). Resolves helcimCustomerId -> customerCode via getHelcimCustomer
before calling listHelcimCustomerTransactions. Returns
{ transactions: [] } when the member has no helcimCustomerId, and
{ transactions: [], error: 'unavailable' } (HTTP 200) on Helcim
failures so the UI can render fallback copy.
Covered by unit tests at tests/server/api/helcim-payment-history.test.js
(auth, missing customer id, happy path, both Helcim failure paths,
missing customerCode).
- listHelcimCustomerTransactions(customerCode): GET /card-transactions/
with customerCode filter, sorts newest-first, caps at 50, normalizes
Helcim status (APPROVED/DECLINED) + type (refund) into
paid/refunded/failed/other.
- updateHelcimCustomerDefaultPaymentMethod(customerId, cardToken):
resolves cardToken -> cardId via /customers/{id}/cards, then PATCHes
/customers/{id}/cards/{cardId}/default.
- updateHelcimSubscriptionPaymentMethod(subscriptionId, cardToken):
wraps updateHelcimSubscription with a cardToken payload.
- helcimUpdateCardSchema: Zod schema { cardToken: string } for the
upcoming /api/helcim/update-card route.
- Unit tests for all three helpers (success + error paths).
Replace tier-based plan lookup with cadence-keyed lookup, compute
recurringAmount via getTierAmount, persist billingCadence on member.
Delete both manual-fallback blocks; Helcim failure now surfaces as 500.
Moves updateHelcimSubscription to the live-verified wrapped shape
(PATCH /subscriptions { subscriptions: [{ id, ...payload }] }), adds a prior-
status check so sendWelcomeEmail only fires on pending_payment to active
transitions, short-circuits get-or-create-customer when a valid
helcimCustomerId is already on file, and replaces member.save() Slack-status
writes with findByIdAndUpdate({ runValidators: false }) to avoid save-time
validator pitfalls.
Extracts hasMemberAccess(member) in tickets.js and uses it across event
registration, ticket purchase, and series purchase flows so guest, suspended,
and cancelled records no longer count as members while pending_payment still
does.
Introduces /community-guidelines and /policies/{privacy,terms,[slug]} pages,
swaps the signup/invite checkbox from agreedToTerms to agreedToGuidelines,
adds Member.agreement.acceptedAt, and stamps the field when a Helcim
customer is created.
The /api/events/[id]/guest-register endpoint has no production
callers: it's superseded by tickets/purchase.post.js, which
handles guest Member upsert via status:"guest" when
body.createAccount is true. Drops the route file, its
source-assertion tests, guestRegisterSchema, and its validation
coverage.
board-channels: source renamed getSlackServiceNoVetting → getSlackAdminService.
wiki-sync: syncWikiArticles now also calls fetchCollections; URLs starting
with / are normalized to https://wiki.ghostguild.org.
Non-members who register for an event now get a persistent identity:
with consent, a status:"guest" Member is upserted and an auth cookie is
set so the "You're Registered" state survives a page refresh.
Tiered auto-login matches passwordless-auth norms — auto-login is only
safe when the account holds no privileges:
- New email → create guest + cookie
- Returning guest → cookie
- Existing non-guest (active/pending/etc.) → attach ticket only, no
cookie, confirmation email includes a sign-in link
Guests are gated on status === "guest", so admin/middleware code that
keys on status === "active" naturally excludes them. Guests are also
treated as non-members for ticket pricing/validation to prevent picking
up member-only pricing on their second registration.
Delete uses findOneAndDelete with author match (no TOCTOU window);
existence check only runs on miss to distinguish 403 vs 404. Posts
list capped at 200. Drop unused resolveTagChannel and refreshParams;
route slack URL building through the composable's slackUrl helper.
- Timezone: curated USelectMenu dropdown (app/config/timezones.js), preserves unknown saved values
- Profile save now uses useToast() for success/error; remove inline save banner
- Nav onboarding dot nudged down 1px for optical alignment with lowercase text
- Onboarding: skip a suggestion with POST /api/onboarding/track {skip}; member.onboarding.skipped map; does not affect graduation
- CirclePicker takes :saved-value so 'Current' badge stays until save completes
- PrivacyToggle is binary (USwitch labeled Private); member schema enum reduced to ['members','private']; zod coerces legacy 'public'
- New /member/payment-setup page: HelcimPay $0 verify + update-contribution, wired from account.vue via requiresPaymentSetup redirect
- Helcim portal: NUXT_PUBLIC_HELCIM_PORTAL_URL env + account.vue 'Manage billing in Helcim' link
- Migration script: scripts/migrate-privacy-public-to-members.js
Model, schemas, API routes, activity log, and all server handlers
updated. Old ecology/ and community-ecology routes removed, new
board/ routes added. Tests updated and new board-suggestions tests
written (10 cases).
Deduplicate tag validation and regex escaping into shared auto-imported
utils. Add tag validation to wiki patch/batch-tag routes. Remove
duplicate tags field from event schema.
