CustomerAccountPicker returns null when customerPortal is off. That is right
for its original use -- the event form assigns portal logins that bypass the
gallery password -- but the Accounting flows reuse it as-is, so their required
"Client" field rendered a bare label with no input and the submit button could
never enable, with no explanation. Accounting-on + CRM-off is a valid,
UI-supported flag combination.
Took option (a): the bill-to-customer path does not depend on the portal.
POST /admin/expenses/:id/invoice is gated by requireExpenses + accounting.manage
only, and /admin/customers{,/search} are permission-gated rather than
flag-gated -- POST /admin/customers exists precisely to create passive,
portal-less customers "to attach a quote / invoice / gallery to". The
un-gated CustomerPicker used by the quote/bill/contract editors is the
precedent. (The comment claiming search 410s with the flag off was stale.)
Add portalAssignment (default true) so the gate and the portal-specific
label/help text apply only in event-assignment mode; the accounting call
sites render their own label. Event-form behaviour is unchanged.
Also fixes AccountingInboxPage's TriageModal, which has the identical
label-only failure on the rebill disposition from the same root cause --
outside the reported surface, but leaving it would half-fix the bug.
Refs testplan REPORT.md #7 (Part 8, S10).
Paul Nothaft
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