The overlay's auto-save implementation arrives via a dynamic import that
races the first React commit. A hook whose mount effect ran before the
overlay chunk evaluated saw installedImpl === null and stayed idle for
the whole life of the tab: no debounced saves, no beforeunload flush,
with no visible symptom. Any tab that hard-loaded straight into the
editor and never remounted it silently lost every edit made after the
project was bound.
installAutoSaveImpl now wakes hooks that mounted before it ran, so the
implementation starts as soon as it exists. Swapping a live impl at
runtime remains unsupported.
First phase of the OSS / pro split. Goal: open the seams so the auth/DB/admin
stack can move into the private overlay (Phase 2-3) without the routes that
stay in OSS (compile, libraries, simulation, iot_gateway) having to know.
Backend
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* New app/core/hooks.py — registry for record_compile, get_current_user_id,
and lifespan startup tasks. Each hook is a no-op by default; overlays
call register_* in register_pro(app) to plug in a real implementation.
* compile.py now imports only from app.core.hooks. Drops the direct deps on
app.core.dependencies, app.database.session, app.models.user, and
app.services.metrics. Route signatures use `Depends(get_current_user_id)`
instead of `Depends(get_current_user)`; the metric helper passes user_id
through rather than a User instance.
* compile_chip.py drops the unused _current_user Depends entirely.
* main.py wraps the auth/DB stack import in try/except. When it succeeds
(today's behavior on velxio.dev), an adapter bridges record_compile and
get_current_user_id to the existing app.services.metrics + dependencies,
and the create_all + ALTER TABLE migration block runs via a registered
lifespan_startup hook. When it fails (the post-Phase-2 OSS image), main
logs "running stateless" and skips registering anything — the routes
still load and behave as no-ops for metrics + always-anonymous for auth.
Frontend
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* useAutoSaveProject becomes a skeleton: one useState + one useEffect that
delegates to an installed AutoSaveImpl. installAutoSaveImpl() replaces
the impl without changing hook count, so React's rules-of-hooks stay
satisfied even after the impl moves out of OSS.
* New hooks/autoSaveImpl.ts holds the original logic (debouncing, dirty
detection, owner eligibility, fetch keepalive on unload), refactored to
emit() instead of useState. It self-registers at module load; main.tsx
imports it for the side effect.
* AppHeader wraps the entire user-vs-login UI in a data-velxio-slot
="header-auth" boundary. Today the OSS UI still renders inside the slot
— the overlay can portal-inject additional items now, and in Phase 3
the slot becomes the sole owner of header auth UX.
Behavior is identical on velxio.dev (pro overlay imports everything
successfully, every adapter wires up). The change is purely structural:
deleting the auth/DB modules tomorrow no longer crashes OSS at import.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Without an ownership check, viewing someone else's project (admin
inspection, browsing public projects) caused the auto-save hook to
PUT the project on every store change. The backend correctly rejects
non-owner updates with 403, but the frontend surfaced these as
"save fail" to the user — misleading and noisy in logs.
The hook now stays idle unless the authenticated user matches
currentProject.ownerUsername. Manual saves through SaveProjectModal
are unaffected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The project save/load pipeline only persisted a single `board_type`, so
multi-board workspaces silently lost every board except the active one
on save, and wires referencing the dropped boards' IDs orphaned to the
canvas corner on reload. An audit of the production backup found 74/306
projects (24%) with at least one orphaned wire and 174/301 non-trivial
projects whose code was still the default Blink template — strong signal
that users save once and never re-save.
Backend
- Add `boards_json` column on `projects` with idempotent ALTER TABLE in
the lifespan migration list.
- New `FileGroup` schema + `file_groups` array on
ProjectCreate/Update/Response. Legacy `files`/`code` kept for back-compat.
- `project_files.py` now uses `{pid}/{groupId}/{filename}` subdirs via
`read_groups`/`write_groups`. Legacy flat layouts are auto-promoted on
read; legacy single-list `files` only updates the active group, leaving
other boards' files intact.
- `_persist_files_from_body` honors file_groups → files → code priority.
Frontend
- `useSimulatorStore.addBoard` accepts an optional `explicitId` so
saved board IDs can be restored verbatim (wires reference IDs literally).
- New `loadProjectState({boards, fileGroups, components, wires,
activeBoardId})` action: tears down current boards, recreates from the
payload, restores file groups atomically, recalculates wire positions
on the next frame, and refreshes the Interconnect.
- `useEditorStore.replaceFileGroups` for atomic multi-group restore.
- `SaveProjectModal` and `ProjectByIdPage`/`ProjectPage` now go through
`buildSavePayload` / `buildLoadPayload` (handles pre-backfill projects
by synthesising a default board from `board_type`).
Auto-save (#useAutoSaveProject hook)
- 2.5s debounced silent PUT triggered ONLY when an authenticated user
has a `currentProject` with a UUID. State hash detects real changes
vs. UI-only churn; baseline is reset on project load so the just-loaded
state isn't immediately re-saved.
- `beforeunload` flush via `fetch keepalive: true` (supports PUT +
credentials, survives unload).
- Compact status indicator in `AppHeader` (idle/dirty/saving/saved/error).
Backfill script (one-off, idempotent)
- `backend/scripts/backfill_boards_2026_05.py` populates `boards_json`
for legacy projects. Heuristic per project, based on which board IDs
the wires reference:
Case A — wires only ref 'arduino-uno' but board_type ≠ uno:
rename id→board_type and rewrite wire endpoints.
Case B — single-board normal: keep verbatim.
Case C — multi-board: recreate one board per distinct ref, infer
kind by stripping trailing -N suffix.
Also moves any flat files into the active board's group subdir.
Stdlib-only, runs from host or `docker exec`.
Docker
- `Dockerfile.standalone` now copies `backend/scripts/` into the image
so the backfill is callable via `docker exec velxio-app python
/app/scripts/backfill_boards_2026_05.py --apply`.
Verified locally on the restored production backup (363 projects):
33 Case A, 316 Case B, 14 Case C, 135 wire endpoints renamed, 0 orphans.
Re-running the script after apply skips all 363 (idempotent).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
David Montero