- Recovery middleware (no more crash-on-panic), request metrics/monitoring
store + admin API, in-memory TTL caching for read-heavy option/question/
category lookups, gzip + rate-limiting middleware, sanitized chat message
encoding, and pg_dump-based database backups with an admin API.
- Fix N+1 queries in the discover feed, candidate detail, and match list
endpoints by batching selection/photo/user/last-message lookups into
single queries instead of one-per-item loops.
- Tune DB connection pooling and add HTTP server timeouts + graceful
shutdown so the API degrades gracefully instead of falling over under load.
- Fix a null (vs empty array) JSON response for candidates/matches without
photos or interests, which crashed the web app's swipe card.
Photos are now step 2 of onboarding (right after basic info) instead
of only being manageable from the profile page later. Uploading still
goes through the existing /profile/photos endpoint; the new
POST /onboarding/photos just confirms at least one photo exists and
advances the step counter. Renumbered the OnboardingStep enum
accordingly (9 steps total now).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Phone+OTP auth, staged onboarding, admin approval workflow, and a
full discovery/swipe/match/chat system with photo upload and
approximate distance (haversine) based on user location.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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