Randall Stillwell d2f5c4f9af convoy: scope drop-public-setup (P0 #3 — admin credentials in seed)

Closes P0 #3 from .convoys/ship-readiness.md. Removes the hardcoded
admin@tcgvault.com / admin123 credentials from scripts/setup-neon-db.js
(make it env-var-driven) and from README.md.

Single PR; small surface (2 files). No UI, no API, no migration. Auditor
cohort skipped (no UX/a11y/design-system surface).

P0 #3's third file (pages/api/setup-database.js) was already deleted by
fix-auth-bypass Brief 3.

Architect to address:
  - Existing-admin rotation story (going-forward fix vs. forced reset)
  - Confirm scripts/setup-neon-db.js no-go-zones rule applies to schema
    changes only (this is operational)
  - Whether to add vitest coverage for the env-var-required path

depends_on: bump-next-js (shipped), fix-auth-bypass (shipped)

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

2026-05-23 12:24:03 -05:00

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No hardcoded admin credentials in repo (source or README). setup-neon-db.js requires ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD env var. New env-var setup documented in README. Existing deployed admin user (if hash matches the known-weak default) is either rotated or flagged for manual rotation.

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bump-next-js (shipped)

fix-auth-bypass (shipped — already removed pages/api/setup-database.js)

Drop public setup

Close P0 #3 from .convoys/ship-readiness.md: remove the hardcoded admin credentials (admin@tcgvault.com / admin123) from the seed script and the README.

Scope (verbatim from ship-readiness P0 #3)

scripts/setup-neon-db.js lines 130-138 — currently creates the admin user with a hardcoded admin123 bcrypt hash. Change to require an ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD env var with no default. Fail loudly (exit non-zero with a clear message) if the env var is unset.
README.md — strip the "Default Admin Account" section. Replace with "run npm run setup-db and follow the prompt" (or however the architect decides to phrase it; the spec is "no credentials in README").
pages/api/setup-database.js — already deleted by fix-auth-bypass Brief 3 (commit fc0dd73). Not in scope here; just noting for completeness.

Out of scope

Migration tooling (migration-tool convoy, P1 #11)
Renaming the admin email from admin@tcgvault.com to anything else (branding decision belongs to pick-a-name convoy, P1 #12)
Any other scripts/seed-*.js or scripts/add-*.js files (those are one-off historical jobs per no-go-zones)
Any change to pages/api/auth/*.js (fix-auth-bypass shipped; further hardening lives in cors-tighten / add-rate-limiting)

Architect's questions

Existing-admin story. If a deployed environment already has the admin row with bcrypt.hash('admin123', ...), this convoy alone does NOT rotate that password — it only prevents the weak default on new envs. Options: a. Going-forward only. Flag for manual rotation; assume any environment with the default already needs operator attention. b. Add a one-time idempotent script under scripts/migrations/ that checks the admin row's password_hash against the known weak default and forces a reset / requires ADMIN_RESET_PASSWORD env var. c. Add a startup check to the deploy pipeline that fails the deploy if the admin row matches the weak hash.

Recommend the architect pick (a) for simplicity and queue (b) as a follow-up if needed. (a) is consistent with how Brief 1 of fix-auth-bypass handled the JWT_SECRET — going-forward fix-loud, not a sweep of existing data.
setup-neon-db.js no-go-zones rule. The rule says "do NOT edit scripts/setup-neon-db.js in place — it's idempotent and meant for first-time setup only." That rule is about schema changes (adding columns, etc.). This convoy edits the script's admin-creation logic to add an env-var gate — operational, not schema. Architect should confirm this reading and document the distinction in the brief.
Test coverage. Brief 5 of fix-auth-bypass introduced vitest. Does this convoy add tests for the env-var-required path? Probably not (setup scripts are typically tested via manual smoke, not unit tests). Architect decides.

Expected size

1-2 briefs, ~3 files total, no UI, no API surface, no migration. Should ship as a single PR (no fan-out).

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