fix: resolve backend startup errors in development

- Added STORAGE_PATH environment variable and volume mount for storage directory
- Fixed authSecurity functions to check if login_attempts table exists before using it
- Prevents errors when running with only core migrations (new deployments)

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/src/utils/authSecurity.js

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ const ATTEMPT_WINDOW = 15 * 60 * 1000; // 15 minutes window for counting attempt
  */
 async function trackFailedAttempt(identifier, ipAddress, userAgent) {
   try {
+    // Check if table exists first
+    const tableExists = await db.schema.hasTable('login_attempts');
+    if (!tableExists) {
+      return;
+    }
+    
     await db('login_attempts').insert({
       identifier,
       ip_address: ipAddress,
@@ -48,6 +54,12 @@ async function trackFailedAttempt(identifier, ipAddress, userAgent) {
  */
 async function trackSuccessfulLogin(identifier, ipAddress, userAgent) {
   try {
+    // Check if table exists first
+    const tableExists = await db.schema.hasTable('login_attempts');
+    if (!tableExists) {
+      return;
+    }
+    
     await db('login_attempts').insert({
       identifier,
       ip_address: ipAddress,
@@ -75,6 +87,12 @@ async function trackSuccessfulLogin(identifier, ipAddress, userAgent) {
  */
 async function checkAccountLockout(identifier) {
   try {
+    // Check if table exists first
+    const tableExists = await db.schema.hasTable('login_attempts');
+    if (!tableExists) {
+      return { isLocked: false };
+    }
+    
     const recentWindow = new Date(Date.now() - ATTEMPT_WINDOW);
     
     // Get recent failed attempts
@@ -114,6 +132,12 @@ async function checkAccountLockout(identifier) {
  */
 async function checkSuspiciousActivity(identifier, ipAddress) {
   try {
+    // Check if table exists first
+    const tableExists = await db.schema.hasTable('login_attempts');
+    if (!tableExists) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    
     // Check for rapid attempts from different IPs
     const recentWindow = new Date(Date.now() - 5 * 60 * 1000); // 5 minutes
     
@@ -153,6 +177,13 @@ function getGenericAuthError() {
  */
 async function cleanupOldAttempts() {
   try {
+    // Check if table exists first
+    const tableExists = await db.schema.hasTable('login_attempts');
+    if (!tableExists) {
+      // Table doesn't exist, skip cleanup
+      return;
+    }
+    
     const cutoffDate = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // 7 days
     
     const deleted = await db('login_attempts')

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ services:
       - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL:-http://localhost:3000}
       - ADMIN_URL=${ADMIN_URL:-http://localhost:3001}
       - TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
+      - STORAGE_PATH=/app/storage
     volumes:
       - ./events:/app/events
       - ./data:/app/data