The event.published webhook reporter wired into n8n to send WhatsApp
gallery links was missing the data needed to actually message the
customer — only event_name + share_url were in the payload, no
customer_name / customer_email / customer_phone, and no bare share
token to construct alternate URLs.
Adds a single canonical event subject helper (webhookService.buildEventSubject)
so every event.* webhook returns the same shape:
{ id, slug, event_name, event_type, event_date,
share_url, share_token,
customer_name, customer_email, customer_phone }
Fields the caller does not have in scope come back as null — keys are
always present so receivers do not have to distinguish "field missing"
from "field null". Pure addition: existing receivers continue to work,
existing templates ${data.event.event_name} keep working, and new
templates can now reference ${data.event.customer_phone} etc.
Wired into all five firing sites:
- routes/events.js — public event create (created + published)
- routes/adminEvents.js — admin create + draft→publish
- routes/v1/events.js — public v1 API (created + published)
- services/expirationChecker.js — event.expired (extra: expires_at)
- services/archiveService.js — event.archived (extra: archive_path)
PII surface area widens (customer email/phone now flow to webhook
receivers), so:
- Settings → Webhooks UI gets an amber Callout above the create form
warning admins to only point webhooks at receivers they trust.
- Docs page updated with the new payload sample, the always-present
null contract, and a Callout warning.
Verified end-to-end against the local dev webhook receiver — delivered
payload contains all 10 fields. webhookDelivery integration suite
remains 8/8 green.
WhatsApp / Slack / Facebook / Twitter previews showed nothing useful for
shared gallery links — the SPA's stub index.html has no OG tags and the
meta-injection in DynamicFavicon happens at runtime, which crawlers
never see (they don't execute JS).
Add a backend OG handler at /og/gallery/:slug that returns minimal HTML
with proper og:* and twitter:* meta sourced from the event row + branding
settings (event name, formatted date, welcome_message excerpt as
description, configured logo as the preview image, FRONTEND_URL-based
canonical). Honours slug redirects so renamed galleries still get rich
previews.
Wire crawler detection in both nginx configs (production and dev) — UA
match against the standard list (facebookexternalhit, WhatsApp, Slackbot,
Twitterbot, Discordbot, LinkedInBot, etc.) triggers an internal
rewrite to /og/gallery/:slug, while humans fall through to the SPA via
try_files. The OG endpoint is also wired into the native-install SPA
fallback in server.js for setups that bypass nginx.
The OG image is intentionally the brand logo, not a gallery photo —
crawlers fetch it without auth, and password-protected gallery photos
must not leak via share previews.
Three fixes uncovered while bringing the backup-s3 integration suite to
12/12 against MinIO + Postgres:
- backupService.getDatabaseBackupInfo: pg's jsonb driver auto-parses
`statistics` / `table_checksums` to objects; the old JSON.parse() then
threw "[object Object]" is not valid JSON and the manifest dropped
database info silently. Accept both string and object inputs.
- backupService.runBackup: incremental path called
backupManifest.loadManifest() with an s3:// URI directly, which falls
through to fs.readFile() and ENOENTs — every "incremental" backup
silently downgraded to a full one. Added loadManifestFromAnywhere()
helper that downloads s3:// to a tmp file before delegating.
- backupManifest.generateIncrementalManifest: attached the `incremental`
section AFTER generateManifest() had already stamped
verification.total_checksum, so every incremental manifest failed
validateManifest() on read-back. Recompute the checksum after.
Test side: updated assertions to the current manifest shape
(`incremental.changes.modified_files_count`), Number()-coerce bigint
columns from pg, and gate the logger mock on UNMOCK_LOGGER for
diagnosing similar silent-failure modes in the future.
Three pre-existing bugs surfaced by re-running the backup-s3 integration
suite. backup-s3 went 0/12 → 7/12 (storage-refactor session bootstrap
fixes) → 10/12 with this commit.
1. Backup service crashes on backend startup with
`TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')`
from node-cron's expression parser.
Root cause: `backup_schedule` stores a UI label like "weekly", while
`backup_schedule_cron` stores the actual cron expression. Startup
code read the label and passed it straight to cron.schedule() —
"weekly" is not a cron expression.
Fix in startBackupService(): read backup_schedule_cron first; fall
back to mapping known labels (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly) to cron
expressions; back-compat for deployments that wrote a cron expression
into the legacy backup_schedule field.
2. Backup manifest retrieval fails with
`SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'a', "applicatio"...` when the
manifest format is YAML.
Root cause: getBackupManifest() downloads the s3:// manifest to a
tmp file hardcoded as `manifest-N.json`. loadManifest() then
detects format from extension only — sees .json, runs JSON.parse on
YAML content (which starts with "application: …"), fails.
Fix in backupManifest.loadManifest(): detect format from BOTH the
extension AND the content's first non-whitespace character. JSON
starts with { or [; anything else falls through to yaml.load.
Backwards compatible — extension is still authoritative when present
AND content matches.
3. Test assertion `expect(backupRun.total_size_bytes).toBeGreaterThan(0)`
fails with "received value must be a number or bigint" because pg
driver returns bigint columns as strings. Coerce via Number() in
the test.
Remaining 2 failures (out of scope here, both are spec-level drift):
- "should include database backup" expects the runBackup() flow to
upload the database backup file at S3 key `database/db-backup.sql`.
Current implementation reads db backup metadata for the manifest but
does not upload the file itself. Missing feature, not a test bug.
- "should only upload changed files" expects manifest.incremental.
modified_files_count. Implementation writes backupType: 'incremental'
on the run row but no per-run incremental subobject in the manifest.
Field shape mismatch.
Closes the user-facing surface for the two #328 follow-ups previously
landed in code form (presigned route + S3 mode notes), plus the schema
migration that backs both #328 and #327 follow-ups.
Migration 083
- events.allow_presigned_download — per-event opt-in for the
presigned-URL "Download All" path. Off by default because it bypasses
watermarks; admins flip it knowingly. Mutually exclusive with
watermark_downloads.
- webhooks.filter (jsonb default {}) — dot-path equality predicate
evaluated at fire time. Empty object = no filter, fire always.
Backs the filter logic that shipped with #327.
- webhooks.template (text nullable) — optional ${dot.path} string
substitution applied at delivery time. NULL = use the default JSON
envelope (back-compat). Backs the template logic from #327.
S3 prefix walker (services/s3AutoImporter.js)
- Replaces the chokidar file-watcher in S3 mode (where there's no
inotify equivalent on remote objects).
- Polls every active event's S3 prefix every 5 min by default
(STORAGE_AUTO_IMPORT_INTERVAL_MS overridable).
- Eventual-consistency gate: an object is only imported after it's
been seen for two consecutive polls. Avoids flapping when S3 returns
a freshly-uploaded object that disappears on the next list (a
documented S3 behavior on certain backends).
- Skips generated artifacts (thumb_*, hero_*, dot-files).
- Inserts photos rows + fires photo.uploaded webhooks the same way
the local fileWatcher does.
- Opt-in via STORAGE_AUTO_IMPORT=true. Off by default because it adds
API call cost.
EventDetailsPage UI (frontend)
- Round D queryKey alignment for #325 dedup — replaces useQuery on
publicSettingsService with the shared usePublicSettings() hook so
the page joins the same React Query cache as every other consumer.
- Per-event "Allow direct S3 download (no watermark, S3 mode only)"
toggle in Download Protection. Disabled when watermark_downloads is
on; tooltip explains the bandwidth/watermark trade-off. Toggling
watermark_downloads on automatically clears allow_presigned_download
to keep the two mutually exclusive in the UI.
Verified live against MinIO
- Presigned: GET /api/gallery/.../download-all → 302 with
Location: http://minio:9000/...?X-Amz-Signature=...&X-Amz-Expires=300.
Following the URL inside the docker network → HTTP 200, valid
PK ZIP archive containing the photo.
- Auto-importer: dropped a file via `mc cp` directly into the bucket;
watcher imported it after 2 polls; webhook subscribed to
photo.uploaded fired with source=s3-auto-import; receiver got POST
with valid HMAC, status=success, 3ms latency.
PicPeak POSTs lifecycle notifications to admin-configured URLs. Each
delivery is signed HMAC-SHA256 in the X-PicPeak-Signature header.
Verified end-to-end: 1/1 Playwright spec, 8/8 backend integration
tests, full UI click-through via Chrome DevTools.
Schema (migration 082)
- webhooks: id, name, url, secret (plaintext — required to compute HMAC
for every outbound POST), secret_preview, events[], active, filter,
template, created_by, timestamps, last_success_at/last_failure_at.
- webhook_deliveries: webhook_id (FK CASCADE), event_type, payload,
attempt_count, status (pending|success|failed), response_status,
response_body (truncated to 1KB), latency_ms, next_retry_at,
last_error, created_at, completed_at. Composite index
(status, next_retry_at) serves the worker's hot-path query.
Service + worker
- webhookService.fire(eventType, data) — non-throwing entry point used
by lifecycle hooks. Looks up active webhooks subscribed to the event
and applies their per-webhook filter (dot-path equality predicate)
before enqueueing one webhook_deliveries row per match. Filter and
template logic ship in this commit; admin surfaces in the follow-up.
- webhookDeliveryWorker — setInterval(5s) poller; fetches up to 5
pending rows; per delivery: re-validates URL via networkValidation
(DNS-rebinding mitigation, opt-out via WEBHOOK_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS),
signs body with HMAC-SHA256, POSTs with 10s timeout, records outcome.
Backoff schedule: 1m → 5m → 30m → 2h → 12h, max 5 attempts. Response
body truncated to 1KB before storage. If a webhook has a template,
the rendered string replaces the JSON envelope as the request body
(signature is computed over the bytes actually sent).
Lifecycle wiring
- adminEvents.js POST /events → event.created (+ event.published when
not draft); POST /:id/publish → event.published.
- routes/events.js (legacy public POST) → event.created + event.published.
- routes/v1/events.js (#322 API) → event.created + event.published on
create, photo.uploaded on photo POST.
- archiveService.archiveEvent() → event.archived. Per-photo
photo.deleted intentionally NOT fired during cascade — receivers
infer from event.archived to avoid flooding (issue spec).
- expirationChecker.handleExpiredEvent() → event.expired BEFORE the
cascading archive (so receivers see expired→archived in order).
- adminPhotos.js — photo.uploaded on each batch row, photo.deleted on
single + bulk delete.
- photoProcessor.js — photo.uploaded for guest uploads + auto-import
(covers all entry paths).
- fileWatcher.js — photo.uploaded on add, photo.deleted on unlink
(local mode only).
Admin endpoints (mirrors adminApiTokens.js pattern)
- /api/admin/webhooks: GET list, POST create (returns plaintext secret
exactly once), GET :id, PUT :id, DELETE :id, POST :id/test (synthetic
fire), GET :id/deliveries (paginated, filter by status), GET
:id/deliveries/:deliveryId, POST :id/deliveries/:deliveryId/replay.
Frontend
- Settings → Webhooks tab (mirrors API Tokens layout): name + URL +
event checkboxes + "Advanced" expander for filter (JSON) and template.
Plaintext secret shown once on creation with a Copy button. Active/
Disabled toggle button per row.
- /admin/webhooks/:id/deliveries — operational debug surface. Table
with timestamp/event/status/attempts/HTTP/latency. Status filter chips
(all/pending/success/failed). Row click → slide-over with payload +
signature + response body. Replay button on failed rows. Send-test-event
dialog. Auto-refresh every 10s.
Dev infrastructure
- dev/webhook-receiver/ — tiny node:alpine HTTP server (~100 LOC) that
records every POST to an in-memory ring buffer. Exposes GET /requests
for the E2E spec to assert deliveries landed with the right HMAC.
Sibling pattern to MinIO. Reachable from the backend at
http://webhook-receiver:8888 inside the picpeak network.
Tests
- backend/__tests__/integration/webhookDelivery.test.js (8/8) —
signature verification, headers, retry/backoff, max-attempts → failed,
response truncation, disabled-mid-flight, SSRF block, start/stop
idempotency.
- tests/e2e/webhooks-roundtrip.spec.ts (1/1) — create webhook → trigger
event.published → assert receiver got POST with valid HMAC → visit
deliveries page → row visible with status=success → API test event →
API replay → disable webhook → assert no new delivery.
Docs
- README §"Webhooks" — event catalog, payload shape, HMAC verification
in Node + Python + bash, retry semantics, SSRF protection.
- .env.example — WEBHOOK_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS, WEBHOOK_DELIVERY_INTERVAL_MS,
WEBHOOK_DELIVERY_CONCURRENCY, WEBHOOK_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS,
WEBHOOK_MAX_ATTEMPTS.
Out of scope for v1 (per issue): webhook templates' code-eval (the
${dot.path} substitution that ships is pure string replacement, no
expression engine — see follow-up commit), per-webhook rate limiting
beyond the global concurrency cap, synchronous "ask before delete"
webhooks.
Spanning files
- App.tsx pulls in this commit with both the AnalyticsBootstrap
(#325 dedup) and the WebhookDeliveriesPage route registration.
Splitting via git add -p was forfeit for sanity; the single 92-line
diff is honest about both contributions.
- adminEvents.js diff bundles the webhook fires AND the
allow_presigned_download field plumbing (#328 follow-up). Same
reasoning.
- The new webhookService/Worker/adminWebhooks files include the filter
and template logic from the follow-up — they were authored in one
pass; splitting them post-hoc would have produced fragile partial
files. The follow-up commit covers the migration and the UI for these.
Lets PicPeak write photos, thumbnails, hero images, watermarks, and
archive zips to any S3-compatible bucket (AWS S3, MinIO, Cloudflare R2,
Backblaze B2, Wasabi, DigitalOcean Spaces) instead of the local
filesystem. Selected via STORAGE_BACKEND=local|s3.
Architecture
- backend/src/services/storage/StorageBackend.js — abstract interface
(put/get/exists/stat/delete/list/copy/rename/signedUrl/putFromFile/
getToFile) — typedef-only, documents the contract.
- LocalFsStorage.js — wraps fs with atomic-write-via-tmp-rename, path
traversal protection, list-as-walker.
- S3StorageBackend.js — thin wrapper around the existing
S3StorageAdapter (used by backupService) mapping it onto the canonical
interface; supports optional STORAGE_S3_PREFIX namespace.
- index.js — factory selected by STORAGE_BACKEND with startup ping
(HEADs sentinel key on S3, fs.stat on local) so misconfig fails fast
before the first request.
Consumer refactors (~12 services + routes), each parametrized over the
abstraction:
- imageProcessor / videoProcessor — pipe Sharp/ffmpeg output through
storage.put; expose withLocalCopy() helper for S3-mode regeneration
paths that need a local file for sharp/ffmpeg.
- archiveService / downloadZipService — finalize zip in tmp dir, then
storage.putFromFile. Atomic-rename pattern preserved on local; S3
emulates via copy + delete (worker prunes orphaned .tmp.* on startup).
- photoProcessor / photoReplacementService / adminPhotos upload+delete /
routes/v1/events.js POST /events/:id/photos / routes/events.js — every
upload path now goes storage.putFromFile(temp) → unlink temp.
- gallery.js bulk-download (cached + on-the-fly + selected) — managed
photos via storage.get, external-mode unchanged.
- protectedImages / secureImages / photoResolver — read via
storage.get; resolvePhotoStorageKey returns the canonical key.
- watermarkService / watermarkGeneratorService — persistent watermarks
via storage.put.
- fileWatcher — bails out with a clear log warning when STORAGE_BACKEND=s3
(chokidar can't watch S3); auto-import lands via the S3 prefix walker
introduced in the follow-up commit.
- expirationChecker — small touch (event.expired webhook fire from #327
shipping in the next commit).
Migration tooling
- backend/scripts/migrate-storage.js — one-shot --dry-run capable script
that walks photos.path, thumbnail_path, hero_path, watermark_path and
events.archive_path/download_zip_path; streams local → S3; sha256
size-match skip for idempotent re-run; failures CSV.
Presigned-URL "Download All" (#328 follow-up shipped in this commit)
- routes/gallery.js — when STORAGE_BACKEND=s3 + event.allow_presigned_download
+ downloads enabled + watermark NOT enabled, /download-all returns a
302 redirect to a 5-minute presigned S3 URL. Per-event opt-in surface
ships in the next commit's UI.
Tests
- backend/__tests__/integration/storageBackend.test.js — parametrized
contract suite running against BOTH LocalFs AND MinIO (18 tests, both
backends — 36 cases total).
- backend/__tests__/integration/imageProcessor.storage.test.js — same
parametrized pattern for the image processor (10 tests × 2 backends).
- backend/__tests__/integration/backup-s3.test.js — bootstrap fix:
drop the redundant initDb() (001_init handles it) and remove
schema-drift in configureS3Backup (app_settings has no created_at
anymore and the unique constraint is on setting_key alone, not
composite). 0/12 → 7/12 (5 remaining are unrelated assertion drift).
- backend/src/services/photoResolver.js — mixed-source events (reference
mode with managed-uploaded photos) now fall back to managed when
external_relpath is missing instead of throwing.
- tests/e2e/s3-storage-roundtrip.spec.ts — Playwright spec that
auto-skips against local backend; full upload → serve → delete
round-trip when run against an S3-mode backend.
Server wiring (server.js)
- initStorage() called after database init, before rate limiters.
- This commit's diff also includes the webhook delivery worker startup
and the S3 auto-importer startup. Those features ship in the next two
commits — co-located here for one bisectable diff per file.
Docs + ops
- README §"Storage Backends" — capability matrix, switching playbook,
IAM policy snippet, MinIO/R2/B2 examples.
- README §"Webhooks" — also added here (full diff bundled).
- .env.example — STORAGE_BACKEND + STORAGE_S3_* + STORAGE_AUTO_IMPORT
documented; WEBHOOK_* added in the same diff.
- .gitignore — re-anchor the existing `storage/` rule to `/storage/`
so backend/src/services/storage/ (the new abstraction code) is
trackable. The runtime ./storage/ data dir stays ignored.
Out of scope for v1 (per the issue): presigned URLs for individual
photo display (always streamed for protection middleware), CDN
integration, hybrid hot/cold tiers, S3 → local migration, multi-bucket
per-event.
Adds a long-lived bearer-token mechanism + scoped REST surface designed
for n8n-style automation: create a gallery, upload photos, fetch the
share URL — all via documented HTTPS endpoints instead of poking at the
admin UI's internal routes.
API
- Migration 081 adds `api_tokens` (hashed_token, scopes, owner FK,
last_used/expires/revoked timestamps).
- New apiTokenAuth middleware: parses `Authorization: Bearer pp_live_…`,
resolves to the owner admin user, attaches `req.admin` so existing
permission decorators (events.create etc.) still work. Token-level
scope check (read/write/admin) layers on top as defence in depth —
a leaked read-only token cannot mutate even if its owner is super_admin.
- adminApiTokens route exposes list/create/revoke for admins (cookie-
authed). Plaintext token is returned exactly once on creation.
- v1 surface mounted at /api/v1: POST/GET /events, GET /events/:id,
POST /events/:id/photos (multipart, single file), GET
/events/:id/share-link. Each endpoint annotated with @openapi JSDoc.
Documentation
- swagger-jsdoc + swagger-ui-express produce a live spec at
/api/openapi.json and a Swagger UI at /api/docs (admin-gated).
- backend/scripts/generate-openapi.js writes docs/openapi.{json,yaml}
to the repo so the spec is versioned.
- scripts/sync-api-docs.sh runs in pre-push: regenerates the spec and
copies it into the picpeak-docs Nextra site at app/api/. Writes only,
never commits or pushes the docs repo (PUSH_SKIP_DOCS=1 to bypass).
Frontend
- New Settings → API Tokens tab: generate, list, revoke. Plaintext
tokens are shown once with a copy-to-clipboard control.
Adds a `customer_phone` column on events plus an `event_phone_field_enabled`
admin setting (default off) that surfaces the input in the create-event
and event-detail forms. Designed for downstream automation tooling — once
exposed via the upcoming public API, n8n / similar can pick it up to
deliver gallery links over WhatsApp, SMS, etc.
- Migration 080 adds the column + seeds the setting as false. Existing
deployments see no UI change unless the admin opts in via
Settings → Events.
- Backend strips the field server-side when the toggle is off (defence
in depth against form bypass).
- Frontend renders the input only when the public-settings flag is true;
always optional even then.
- publicSettings + EventSettings types extended; CreateEventPage and
EventDetailsPage wired to read the toggle and submit the value.
The 404 catch-all and the "gallery not found" branches in GalleryPage
were hard-coded English strings on a default-themed background — the
one place where a white-labelled deployment leaked the PicPeak default
look. Pluggable now via the existing CMS Pages mechanism.
Backend:
- Seed two new default CMS pages: `not-found` and `gallery-not-found`,
with sensible English/German copy admins can edit in /admin/cms.
- Add `cms_pages.logo_url` (nullable) for per-page logo override; online
migration on existing deployments. Null falls back to the global
branding logo.
- New per-page logo upload (POST /api/admin/cms/pages/:slug/logo) +
clear endpoint (DELETE …/logo). Reuses the existing /uploads/logos
storage location with a `cms-<slug>-` filename prefix.
- adminCMS PUT now accepts logo_url; publicCMS GET returns it.
Frontend:
- New <CMSContentBlock slug fallback> component renders the CMS page in
the standard branded shell (logo precedence: page → branding → bundled
default), with DOMPurified content and footer/legal links.
- App.tsx: `path="*"` catch-all routes through CMSContentBlock("not-found").
- GalleryPage: collapses the two "gallery not found" branches (invalid
identifier + infoError archived/missing) into a single
CMSContentBlock("gallery-not-found"), so admins can edit one source
of truth.
- Admin CMS Page editor gains an "Upload Logo / Use site default"
control per page; falls back to the page's own English title in the
page list when no `legal.<slug>` translation is registered.
JWT `iat` has 1-second resolution; `password_changed_at` is stored with
sub-second precision. The previous comparison rejected tokens whose iat
fell in the same wall-clock second as a password change — e.g. a token
issued by an immediate re-login after a password reset, or by any
script-driven flow that resets and logs in in quick succession. Floor
the stored timestamp to whole seconds before comparing.
Caught while wiring up the local E2E suite: the seeder needed a
"set password_changed_at 10 s in the past" hack to avoid this race;
with the fix in place that hack is gone and the suite is naturally
deterministic.
Adds `pid` and `uptime` fields to the /health response so external monitors
(and the local E2E watchdog) can detect a silent process restart between
two checks — e.g. an unhandled rejection that crashes Node and Docker
quietly relaunches the container.
Also adds .gitignore patterns for a local-only E2E suite that lives in
tests/e2e/local/ on individual machines and is never pushed.
- Share link: display and copy now use the absolute URL built from the
current origin instead of the relative path stored in events.share_link.
Added a Copy Link button to the events list (inline + dropdown).
- Detect dev tools default: event creation now reads the global
enable_devtools_protection app setting instead of always falling back to
the column default; admins who disable it globally get new events with
it disabled too.
- Require password default: added a global "Require password by default"
setting (event_default_require_password, default true), exposed via
Settings -> Events. Create-event form initialises from it.
- Filter bar: added gallery_show_filter_bar setting and hide the search/
sort row in the public gallery when off, or when the gallery has zero
photos (fixes the empty-state UX from the screenshot).
- Theme picker unclickable on Create Event: memoised availableEventTypes
so its identity is stable. The "auto-apply event-type recommended
preset" effect was firing on every render due to the unstable array
reference and silently overwriting the user's preset selection ~1ms
after each click.
- Branding logo disappearing on theme change: handlePresetChange and
handleThemeChange no longer wipe the existing logoUrl when a preset
config (which carries no logoUrl) is applied; handleSave falls back to
brandingSettings.logo_url. themeMutation now invalidates the
admin-settings and public-settings caches so saved theme changes appear
immediately.
Archiving an event with no admin_email queued an email_queue row with
recipient_email=null, violating the NOT NULL constraint. The error was
thrown inside the output.on('close') callback (detached from the caller),
becoming an unhandled rejection that crashed Node and dropped admin
sessions on bulk archive.
- Skip queueEmail when event.admin_email is null/empty (admin_email has
been nullable since migration 073).
- Wrap the close handler in try/catch so any post-archive failure logs
instead of crashing the process.
Pre-zip downloads:
- Generate ZIP in background after photo mutations (upload/delete/watermark change)
- Serve cached zip with Content-Length for instant downloads and native progress bar
- Falls back to on-the-fly streaming when no cache exists yet
- Frontend uses browser-native download when zip is ready (no blob buffering)
- New downloadZipService with debounced regeneration and in-memory locking
Photo replacement:
- Admin upload form gets "Replace existing photos with same name" checkbox
- Matches by original_filename (case-insensitive) within the same event
- Preserves photo ID, position, feedback, category, and visibility
- Updates file, thumbnail, dimensions, EXIF capture date on replacement
- Ambiguous matches (multiple photos with same name) skip replacement with warning
- New photoReplacementService with findReplacementCandidate and replacePhoto
AdminPhotoGrid uses AdminAuthenticatedImage which fetches via Axios
(baseURL: /api), so the backend URL must not include /api — Axios
adds it. The adminGuests.js /api prefix is correct because its
consumer (AuthenticatedImage) uses fetch() with buildResourceUrl().
- Render welcome_message in gallery view for all non-fullpage layouts
(grid, masonry, carousel, timeline, mosaic) as a centered banner
- Add /api prefix to thumbnail/photo URLs in adminGuests.js and
adminPhotos.js so they route correctly through Nginx proxy
- Gallery now respects the configured sort direction (asc/desc) from
default_photo_sort setting instead of using hard-coded directions
- Photos endpoint zeroes out feedback fields (like_count, favorite_count,
average_rating, comment_count, has_feedback) when show_feedback_to_guests
is disabled, while still showing data to admin/client users
Adds a third value for the COOKIE_SECURE environment variable that
decides the cookie Secure flag per-request based on req.secure. This
unblocks a common self-hosted setup where the same PicPeak deployment
is reachable over both HTTPS (via reverse proxy) and plain HTTP (e.g.
LAN access at http://192.168.x.x:3001).
Behavior
unset - legacy default: follows NODE_ENV (production=true, dev=false)
true - always set Secure (unchanged)
false - never set Secure (unchanged)
auto - NEW: use req.secure per request. In practice this means
Secure on HTTPS requests (when X-Forwarded-Proto: https
reaches Express via a trusted proxy) and no Secure flag
on plain HTTP requests.
The existing trust proxy config (`app.set('trust proxy',
'loopback, linklocal, uniquelocal')` in server.js) means
X-Forwarded-Proto is honored when forwarded from local/private-network
proxies, which covers Docker network setups and most self-hosted
deployments behind NPM, Traefik, or Caddy.
auto is strictly opt-in. The default behavior is unchanged, so existing
users see no difference. A follow-up release can consider promoting
auto to the default after real-world feedback.
Also fixed (latent bug, benefits everyone)
Cookie clear operations (clearAdminAuthCookie, clearGalleryAuthCookies)
previously wrote the same `secure` attribute as the set path. When a
cookie was set with Secure=true over HTTPS and the clear request came
over HTTP (or vice versa under auto mode), some browsers would reject
the Set-Cookie delete header, leaving the cookie in place. Browsers
match cookies by (name, domain, path) for deletion and don't care about
Secure, so the new buildClearCookieOptions() helper simply omits the
secure attribute.
Implementation
- secureCookie string is replaced by secureCookieMode which can hold
true, false, or 'auto'.
- New resolveSecureFlag(res) returns the boolean for a specific
response, delegating to res.req.secure when in auto mode.
- buildCookieBaseOptions and buildCookieOptionsWithExpiry now take res
and pass it through.
- New buildClearCookieOptions() deliberately omits `secure`.
- setAdminAuthCookie / setGalleryAuthCookies / clearAdminAuthCookie /
clearGalleryAuthCookies all updated to thread res where needed.
Public signatures unchanged — every caller already has res in scope.
Testing
Verified against a real Express instance inside the backend container
with trust proxy configured, covering:
- (unset) + NODE_ENV=production -> secure: true (legacy)
- (unset) + NODE_ENV=development -> secure: false (legacy)
- COOKIE_SECURE=true + req.secure=false -> secure: true (literal wins)
- COOKIE_SECURE=false + req.secure=true -> secure: false (literal wins)
- COOKIE_SECURE=auto + X-Forwarded-Proto: https -> secure: true
- COOKIE_SECURE=auto + plain HTTP -> secure: false
- clearCookie always omits the secure attribute
Documentation
Added a COOKIE_SECURE block to both .env.example files (root for
docker-compose, backend/.env.example for native install) explaining the
four values, when to use auto, and the two requirements (proxy must
forward X-Forwarded-Proto, proxy IP must be in the trust list). Also
documented COOKIE_SAMESITE and COOKIE_DOMAIN alongside, which were
previously undocumented.
Introduces a new "Per-guest selections" identity mode for event
feedback, letting each visitor register under their own name so their
likes/favorites/comments/ratings are tracked independently. Includes
admin insights (list, per-guest detail, aggregate view, export) and
advanced identity features (forget-me, email recovery, invite tokens,
merge).
New event-level setting
- event_feedback_settings.identity_mode = 'simple' | 'guest' (default
'simple' → zero behavior change for existing events).
- Admin UI radio under Feedback Settings to toggle per event.
Root cause of the previous "all guests share state" bug
- generateGuestIdentifier() was sha256(ip + userAgent), so every visitor
on the same WiFi + similar device collided into one identity.
- Now: when a verified guest JWT is present (x-guest-token header),
req.guest.identifier takes precedence — per-person rate limits and
per-person deduplication.
Phase 1 — identity layer
- Migration 078: new gallery_guests, guest_invites, guest_verification_
codes tables; identity_mode column + check constraint; nullable
guest_id FK on photo_feedback.
- New guest JWT type scoped to (eventId, guestId).
- New middleware guestAuth.resolveGuest (non-blocking) + requireGuest.
- POST /gallery/:slug/guest, GET /guest/me, DELETE /guest/me.
- Gallery feedback route enforces guest identity in guest mode and
reads name/email from the verified token (never from the body).
- Frontend GuestIdentityContext + GuestNamePromptModal; axios
interceptor injects x-guest-token on gallery API calls.
- Feedback-only blocking: gallery opens freely, prompt only on first
interactive feedback action.
- Admin "Guests" tab (conditional on identity_mode='guest') with the
AdminGuestsList component.
Phase 2 — admin insights
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests list + aggregated counts.
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests/:guestId detail with per-type
groupings; AdminGuestDetail modal with thumbnail grid + tabs.
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests/aggregate sorted by distinct guest
pick count; GuestSelectionsAggregate component.
- Per-guest export (txt/csv/json) and bulk export-all ZIP.
Phase 3 — polish
- 3.1 Self-service forget-me link in gallery footer.
- 3.2 Email-based identity recovery: POST /guest/recover sends a
6-digit code via the existing emailProcessor, POST /guest/verify
exchanges it for a token (rate-limited, enumeration-safe).
- 3.3 Admin invite tokens: pre-mint identities, share URLs with
?invite=, single-use redemption stripping the param from history.
- 3.4 Admin merge endpoint reassigns feedback + soft-deletes sources.
Shared helper
- useGalleryFeedbackAction hook wraps the identity-check logic for
inline like buttons across Masonry/Grid/Justified/Mosaic/Carousel/
Timeline/Premium layouts.
Backwards compatibility
- Existing events default to 'simple' after migration; behavior
unchanged.
- Legacy photo_feedback rows keep guest_id NULL; admin shows them in
the generic feedback moderation view as before.
- feedback_count denormalized stat now uses COALESCE(guest_id,
guest_identifier) so per-guest counts are accurate without touching
legacy rows.
Verified end-to-end against local Docker
- Migration clean on existing data.
- Simple mode unchanged (no prompt, legacy flow).
- Guest mode: Alice registers on click, tokens persist in
sessionStorage, feedback rows carry guest_id.
- Carol via invite link auto-redeems, sees Alice's "1 likes" badge.
- Admin Guests tab shows both with correct counts; detail modal
displays thumbnail grid with badges; aggregate view sorts by picker
count (photo 227 = 2, others = 1); CSV/JSON export matches DB.
- Merge Carol into Alice: feedback reassigned, Carol soft-deleted,
Alice count = 4.
The Has Likes / Has Favorites / Has Comments checkboxes in the admin
Event > Photos tab updated local state but never affected the visible
photo grid, because the feedbackFilters state was only wired to the
export menu and the backend /admin/photos/:eventId/photos endpoint had
no support for these params.
Fixes:
- backend/src/routes/adminPhotos.js: extend GET /:eventId/photos to
accept has_likes, has_favorites, has_comments, min_rating, and logic
(AND/OR) query params and apply them via where-clause groups using
the existing denormalized like_count/favorite_count/comment_count/
average_rating columns.
- frontend/src/services/photos.service.ts: add hasLikes, hasFavorites,
hasComments, minRating, logic to the PhotoFilters interface and
append them as query params in getEventPhotos.
- frontend/src/pages/admin/EventDetailsPage.tsx: merge feedbackFilters
into combinedPhotoFilters (via useMemo) and key the admin-event-photos
query on it, so toggling any checkbox refetches with the new params.
Verified end-to-end against local Docker: seeded event with a known
feedback distribution and confirmed
- Has Likes → 4 photos
- Has Favorites → 3 photos
- Likes AND Favorites → 1 photo
- Likes OR Favorites → 6 photos
- Has Comments → 2 photos
- network requests carry the exact query params
The new token issued after password change had iat (integer seconds)
that was <= password_changed_at (millisecond precision), causing the
auth middleware's "iat < passwordChangedTime" check to reject it
immediately. Set iat explicitly to 1 second after password_changed_at.
E2E tested: login → mandatory password change → dashboard loads
successfully with no redirect loop and no 401 errors.
Add per-event default photo sort setting with 6 options:
- Upload Date (Newest/Oldest First)
- Date Taken (Newest/Oldest First) — uses EXIF captured_at
- Filename (A-Z / Z-A)
Backend:
- Migration 077 adds default_photo_sort column to events table
- Event create/update handlers accept and validate the setting
- Gallery info endpoint returns default_photo_sort for frontend
Frontend:
- "Date Taken" added to gallery sort dropdown (alongside Date, Name,
Size, Rating)
- Gallery initializes with event's default sort instead of hardcoded
"date"
- "Default Photo Sort" dropdown in event create and edit forms
- Photos without EXIF dates fall back to upload date
i18n: All 5 locales (EN, DE, NL, PT, RU) updated with sort labels.
Closes#283
#263: The mandatory password change modal updated React state before
the browser stored the new JWT cookie, causing a race condition where
the auth context checked the session with the old (invalidated) token.
Replace the state update with a full page redirect to /admin/dashboard
after a brief delay, ensuring the new cookie is applied cleanly.
#269: The file watcher service imported isVideoMimeType from
fileSecurityUtils where it doesn't exist. The function is exported
from videoProcessor. Fix the import path.
Closes#269
Draft Mode:
- Events are created as drafts by default — no email sent until published
- Add "Publish & Notify Client" button with confirmation dialog
- Draft banner with yellow styling on event details page
- Draft filter tab in events list
- Gallery middleware blocks public access to draft events
- Migration 076 adds is_draft column to events table
Admin Draft Preview:
- Admins can preview draft galleries via JWT preview token (?preview=)
- "View Gallery" link on drafts auto-appends preview token
Admin & Login Page Branding:
- Admin header uses configured company logo/name from branding settings
- Login page shows configured logo instead of hardcoded PicPeak
- Respects logo_display_mode (logo_only, text_only, logo_and_text)
OG Tag Branding:
- DynamicFavicon component updates OG meta tags and page title from
branding settings
Editable Client Email:
- Customer email is now editable after event creation in edit mode
Branding Inheritance:
- New events inherit hero logo settings (visibility, size, position)
from global branding configuration
Share Link Full Domain URL:
- New getFrontendBaseUrl() utility with DB fallback to general_site_url
- Used in email processor and share link service
Axios versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 were compromised on March 31, 2026
with a RAT dropper (plain-crypto-js) attributed to North Korean threat
actor UNC1069/Sapphire Sleet. The malicious versions have been removed
from npm but our ^1.12.2 range could have pulled 1.14.1 on next install.
Pin to exact version 1.14.0 (latest safe release) in both frontend and
backend package.json and lock files to prevent any future resolution to
compromised versions.
References:
- https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10604
- https://snyk.io/blog/axios-npm-package-compromised-supply-chain-attack-delivers-cross-platform/
Paul Nothaft