- Modify sql_select to return False on database exceptions instead of an empty result
- Update V3 Search endpoint to catch False results and return a 500 Internal Server Error
- Enhances error visibility for frontend developers and prevents misleading 200 OK responses during SQL errors
- Update lib_sql_search.py to include comprehensive 'vision_fields' mapping for most core objects
- Ensure Vision Mapping only triggers for non-integer values to support backend filters
- Add clean ID names (e.g., 'event_id', 'account_id') to searchable_fields whitelists in Events, Badges, and Journal object definitions
- Resolve Concatenation typo in vision_fields list
- Improve searchability for Journal Entries by adding 'default_qry_str'
- Refactor SQL CRUD to use engine.connect() context managers for thread safety
- Optimize connection pooling in lib_sql_core
- Clean up app/routers/api.py to fix duplicate definitions and OpenAPI KeyError
- Add 'default_qry_str' to searchable_fields for Event, Session, Presentation, Presenter, Badge, and Journal
- Add 'event_location_name' to searchable_fields for Event Session
- Verified 20/20 E2E success via repro_intermittent_errors.py
- Update sql_connect to refresh global db object via reconnect_db
- Add returns_rows check and safe fetch block in sql_select
- Prevents 500 errors during transient database connection issues
- Re-apply safe guest auth and passcode-to-JWT endpoint
- Consolidate AccountContext with token_payload and role flags
- Restore documentation for new guest flows and public read whitelists
- Fix 403 error in get_obj_li by allowing optional account context
- Add POST /api/authenticate_passcode to verify site access codes
- Refactor sign_jwt to support arbitrary role flags (super, admin, etc.)
- Update dependencies_v3 to extract role flags from JWT payloads
- Add E2E test for passcode auth verification
- Refactor SQL helpers in lib_sql_search to return empty tuples instead of False
- Add Pydantic pre-validators to Event_Base to coerce time objects to strings
- Improves API stability for Event searches and filtered lists
- Patched request_jwt to strip privileged IDs when signing with public keys
- Updated AccountContext and V3 dependencies to preserve JWT payloads for guests
- Whitelisted Archive, Post, Event, and other core objects for public read access
- Added 'default_qry_str' to Event searchable fields
- Added test_e2e_jwt_guest_auth.py for security verification
- Created LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md and DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE_MANUAL.md from legacy txt files.
- Migrated country/time_zone data and requirements.txt to documentation/reference_data/.
- Removed redundant admin/documentation/ and admin/data_files/ directories.
- Enhanced app/lib_schema_v3.py to explicitly capture 'required' fields from DB 'NOT NULL' constraint.
- Added verification tests for schema logic and standalone DB connectivity.
- Moved scattered Python test scripts from root and 'admin/development/' to 'tests/'.
- Beautified the HTML email body for account creation links in 'app/methods/person_methods.py' with a modern responsive design.
- Fixed a bug where missing 'id=0' in the 'cfg' table caused SMTP authentication to fail by defaulting to placeholder credentials.
- Updated 'app/lib_email.py' to explicitly validate SMTP server and port settings before connecting, preventing crashes with 'please run connect() first'.
- Added email fallback logic in 'app/methods/person_methods.py' to use 'user_email' or 'primary_email' if the primary contact email is missing.
- Aligned 'app/config.py.default' with the production structure, explicitly re-adding 'SMTP' and 'FILES_PATH' dictionaries.
- Added comprehensive unit tests in 'tests/test_email_configuration.py' to verify configuration handling.
- Added 'x-ae-ignore-extra-fields' header to support stripping unknown fields in POST/PATCH.
- Added automatic resolution of '*_id_random' strings to integer IDs in 'sanitize_payload'.
- Refactored 'post_obj' to return structured (field -> message) validation errors in 'meta.details'.
- Updated 'mk_resp' to support non-string 'details' in response metadata.
- Added 'tests/verify_feedback_fixes.py' to validate logic changes.
Ref: V3 API Refinement Feedback from mcp_agent.
