fix: restore DB connectivity check to auth health endpoint

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

auth/src/auth.ts

@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ import pg from "pg";
 
 const { Pool } = pg;
 
-const pool = new Pool({
-  connectionString:
-    process.env.DATABASE_URL ??
-    "postgresql://cartsnitch:cartsnitch@localhost:5432/cartsnitch",
-});
-
 const secret = process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET;
 if (!secret) {
   throw new Error("BETTER_AUTH_SECRET environment variable is required");
 }
 
+const databaseUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+if (!databaseUrl) {
+  console.warn(
+    "WARNING: DATABASE_URL is not set — using default localhost connection. " +
+    "Set DATABASE_URL for production deployments."
+  );
+}
+
+export const pool = new Pool({
+  connectionString: databaseUrl ?? "postgresql://cartsnitch:cartsnitch@localhost:5432/cartsnitch",
+});
+
 export const auth = betterAuth({
   database: pool,
   basePath: "/auth",

auth/src/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { toNodeHandler } from "better-auth/node";
-import { auth } from "./auth.js";
+import { auth, pool } from "./auth.js";
 
 const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT ?? "3001", 10);
 
@@ -9,8 +9,22 @@ const handler = toNodeHandler(auth);
 const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
   // Health check
   if (req.url === "/health" && req.method === "GET") {
-    res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
-    res.end(JSON.stringify({ status: "ok" }));
+    try {
+      const client = await pool.connect();
+      try {
+        await Promise.race([
+          client.query("SELECT 1"),
+          new Promise((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error("DB timeout")), 2000)),
+        ]);
+      } finally {
+        client.release();
+      }
+      res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ status: "ok", db: "connected" }));
+    } catch {
+      res.writeHead(503, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ status: "error", db: "unreachable" }));
+    }
     return;
   }
 

package-lock.json

@@ -9805,9 +9805,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/vite": {
-      "version": "6.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-6.4.1.tgz",
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+      "version": "6.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-6.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2N/55r4JDJ4gdrCvGgINMy+HH3iRpNIz8K6SFwVsA+JbQScLiC+clmAxBgwiSPgcG9U15QmvqCGWzMbqda5zGQ==",
       "devOptional": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {

receiptwitness/src/receiptwitness/config.py

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 """Service-specific configuration for ReceiptWitness."""
 
+from pydantic import model_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
 
+_PLACEHOLDER_VALUES = {"change-me-in-production"}
+
+
 class ReceiptWitnessSettings(BaseSettings):
     model_config = {"env_prefix": "RW_"}
 
@@ -30,5 +34,34 @@ class ReceiptWitnessSettings(BaseSettings):
     # Mailgun inbound email webhook
     mailgun_webhook_signing_key: str = ""
 
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def validate_required_vars(self):
+        errors = []
+        if not self.session_encryption_key or self.session_encryption_key in _PLACEHOLDER_VALUES:
+            errors.append(
+                "RW_SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY must be set to a secure value. "
+                'Generate one with: python -c "from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())"'
+            )
+        if self.notifications_enabled and not self.resend_api_key:
+            errors.append(
+                "RW_RESEND_API_KEY must be set when RW_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED=true. "
+                "Get an API key from https://resend.com/api-keys"
+            )
+        if errors:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "ReceiptWitness startup failed — missing required config:\n"
+                + "\n".join(f"  - {e}" for e in errors)
+            )
+        return self
 
-settings = ReceiptWitnessSettings()
+
+class _LazySettings:
+    _instance: ReceiptWitnessSettings | None = None
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name: str):
+        if _LazySettings._instance is None:
+            _LazySettings._instance = ReceiptWitnessSettings()
+        return getattr(_LazySettings._instance, name)
+
+
+settings = _LazySettings()

receiptwitness/tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 """Shared test fixtures."""
 
 import json
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
 FIXTURES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures"
 
+os.environ.setdefault("RW_SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY", "test-secret-key-for-unit-tests-only-32bytes!")
+os.environ.setdefault("RW_MAILGUN_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_KEY", "test-mailgun-signing-key")
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def meijer_receipt_data() -> dict:

receiptwitness/tests/test_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import pytest
+from receiptwitness.config import ReceiptWitnessSettings
+
+
+def test_valid_config():
+    s = ReceiptWitnessSettings(
+        session_encryption_key="7reF42nmTwbdN21PBoubGp7h_FU8qSimstmlaMLoRK8="
+    )
+    assert s.session_encryption_key
+
+
+def test_missing_session_encryption_key_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="RW_SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY"):
+        ReceiptWitnessSettings(session_encryption_key="")
+
+
+def test_placeholder_session_encryption_key_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="RW_SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY"):
+        ReceiptWitnessSettings(session_encryption_key="change-me-in-production")
+
+
+def test_notifications_enabled_without_resend_key_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="RW_RESEND_API_KEY"):
+        ReceiptWitnessSettings(
+            session_encryption_key="7reF42nmTwbdN21PBoubGp7h_FU8qSimstmlaMLoRK8=",
+            notifications_enabled=True,
+            resend_api_key="",
+        )
+
+
+def test_notifications_disabled_without_resend_key_ok():
+    s = ReceiptWitnessSettings(
+        session_encryption_key="7reF42nmTwbdN21PBoubGp7h_FU8qSimstmlaMLoRK8=",
+        notifications_enabled=False,
+        resend_api_key="",
+    )
+    assert s.notifications_enabled is False
+
+
+def test_notifications_enabled_with_resend_key_ok():
+    s = ReceiptWitnessSettings(
+        session_encryption_key="7reF42nmTwbdN21PBoubGp7h_FU8qSimstmlaMLoRK8=",
+        notifications_enabled=True,
+        resend_api_key="re_test_1234567890",
+    )
+    assert s.resend_api_key == "re_test_1234567890"