---
phase: 03-event-write-back-pwa-install
reviewed: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z
depth: standard
files_reviewed: 29
files_reviewed_list:
  - apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts
  - apps/api/src/broker/sync.ts
  - apps/api/src/broker/vevent.ts
  - apps/api/src/broker/write.ts
  - apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
  - apps/api/src/index.ts
  - apps/api/src/routes/events.ts
  - apps/api/tests/broker/outboxWorker.test.ts
  - apps/api/tests/broker/vevent.test.ts
  - apps/api/tests/broker/write.test.ts
  - apps/api/tests/routes/events.test.ts
  - apps/pwa/index.html
  - apps/pwa/package.json
  - apps/pwa/src/api/client.test.ts
  - apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts
  - apps/pwa/src/components/CalendarShell.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/DeleteConfirmationDialog.test.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/DeleteConfirmationDialog.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/EventDetailPopover.test.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/EventDetailPopover.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/EventForm.test.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/EventForm.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/InstallPrompt.test.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/InstallPrompt.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.test.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx
  - apps/pwa/src/store/calendarStore.ts
  - apps/pwa/vite.config.ts
  - apps/pwa/vitest.config.ts
findings:
  critical: 1
  warning: 4
  info: 3
  total: 8
status: issues_found
---

# Phase 3: Code Review Report (Re-Review, Iteration 2)

**Reviewed:** 2026-06-09
**Depth:** standard
**Files Reviewed:** 29
**Status:** issues_found

## Summary

This is a re-review of the event write-back + PWA-install phase after a 13-item fix pass. I verified each of the previously flagged fixes the orchestrator called out:

- **CR-01 / CR-02 member-scoped lookups** — VERIFIED FIXED. `events.ts` PATCH/DELETE now scope the `calendarEvents` lookup to the acting member's writable set and add a deterministic `ORDER BY (calendars.userId = currentUserId) DESC LIMIT 1` (events.ts:340-347, 453-460). `outboxWorker.ts`'s fresh-etag re-read now joins `calendars` and filters on `calendars.userId = row.userId AND calendars.url = row.calendarUrl` (outboxWorker.ts:228-239), so a shared-account duplicate uid can no longer resolve to the wrong member's etag.
- **CR-03 all-day inclusive/exclusive DTEND** — VERIFIED FIXED and now symmetric. `vevent.ts:106-118` advances the inclusive end by one UTC day on write; `EventForm.tsx:86-96` `exclusiveEndToInclusiveDate()` rolls it back on pre-fill. The round-trip no longer grows multi-day all-day spans. `vevent.test.ts:140-160` asserts DTEND = DTSTART + 1.
- **WR-01 RRULE preserve-on-edit** — PARTIALLY FIXED. The same-calendar `update` path correctly preserves the stored RRULE (`outboxWorker.ts:244-248` reads `rawVevent`, extracts the RRULE, re-applies when the payload omits `recurrence`). **The edit-as-move path (D-04) still silently strips recurrence** — see CR-01. This is a real, demonstrable correctness regression of exactly the class WR-01 set out to prevent, so it is filed as a BLOCKER.

Other fixes (backoff index `outboxWorker.ts:533-535`, fail-closed credentials `outboxWorker.ts:163-167`, durable create-before-delete `outboxWorker.ts:427-464`, move-failed toast copy `SyncStateToast.tsx:53-58`, localStorage guards `InstallPrompt.tsx:284-298`) are present and correct.

## Critical Issues

### CR-01: Edit-as-move silently strips a recurring series' RRULE

**File:** `apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts:267-297`, `apps/api/src/routes/events.ts:371-401`

**Issue:** WR-01 was fixed only for the same-calendar `update` branch. When a recurring event is edited _and moved to a different calendar_, the PATCH handler (`events.ts:371-398`) enqueues a `delete` of the old object plus a `create` with a brand-new `newUid` and the edit payload. The edit payload omits `recurrence` by design (`EventForm.tsx:323`; the recurrence picker is disabled in edit mode). The worker's `create` branch then builds the VEVENT with:

```ts
rruleString: fields.recurrence && fields.recurrence !== 'none'
  ? RRULE_PRESETS[fields.recurrence as string]
  : undefined,   // ← recurrence absent → undefined → no RRULE
```

Unlike the `update` branch, the `create` branch performs **no** `rawVevent` read and **no** `extractRruleString` fallback. The original event's RRULE lives in `calendar_events` under the OLD uid/calendar; the create uses `newUid` and never reads it. Net effect: moving any recurring event to another calendar converts the whole series into a single one-off occurrence on Fastmail — silent data loss — and the original series is deleted once the paired delete runs. This is the identical failure mode WR-01 was meant to eliminate, on a different code path.

**Fix:** Carry the existing RRULE through the move. Two viable approaches:

1. In `events.ts`, have the edit lookup also select `rawVevent`, extract the RRULE, and stash it on the create outbox row so the worker re-applies it:

```ts
// events.ts — add rawVevent to the eventRow select, then in the move branch:
const preservedRrule = extractRruleString(eventRow.rawVevent ?? '');
await tx.insert(calendarOutbox).values({
  /* ...create row... */
  payload: JSON.stringify({ ...payload, _preservedRrule: preservedRrule }),
  groupId,
});
```

…and in the worker `create` branch, fall back to `fields._preservedRrule` when `recurrence` is absent.

2. Or, in the worker `create` branch, when the row has a `groupId` (move) and the payload lacks `recurrence`, look up the RRULE from the sibling delete row's original uid/calendar via `calendarEvents.rawVevent` and feed it to `buildVeventString`, mirroring `outboxWorker.ts:244-248`.

Add a regression test: move a recurring event → assert the created ICS contains `RRULE:`.

## Warnings

### WR-01: Edit form cannot edit recurrence and provides no way to remove an RRULE

**File:** `apps/pwa/src/components/EventForm.tsx:311-327, 715-742`

**Issue:** The recurrence `<select>` is hard-disabled in edit mode and the payload always omits `recurrence` on edit. Combined with server-side preservation, a user can never (a) change a recurring event's frequency, nor (b) intentionally make a recurring event non-recurring — the worker treats "no recurrence field" as "keep the existing RRULE," so there is no way to express "remove the RRULE." For v1 this is an accepted scope cut (documented in comments), but it is a silent usability trap: a user who opens a weekly event, changes the title, and saves gets no indication the schedule is locked. The disabled control has `opacity: 0.6` and no explanatory text.

**Fix:** Acceptable to defer full edit-recurrence, but surface the constraint: when `eventFormMode === 'edit'`, render helper text near the disabled select (e.g. "Repeat can't be changed yet — edits keep the existing schedule"). Additive copy only; no logic change.

### WR-02: `handleAllDayToggle` can leave end-date inconsistent with the discarded time inputs

**File:** `apps/pwa/src/components/EventForm.tsx:259-271, 287-289`

**Issue:** `validate()` for all-day uses strict `endDate < startDate`. `handleAllDayToggle` only advances `endDate` to `startDate` when toggling all-day ON _and_ `endDate < startDate`. When a timed event spans midnight (start 2026-06-10 23:00, end 2026-06-11 01:00) and the user toggles all-day ON, the time inputs are discarded but `endDate` is left at 06-11, producing a 2-day all-day event the user likely did not intend; conversely, toggle paths that leave `endDate === startDate` validate as a 1-day event silently. Not data loss, but the toggle can change the event span without a clear signal.

**Fix:** On toggle-on, clamp `endDate` to `max(startDate, endDate)` deterministically and clear time errors. Add a test covering toggle-on across a midnight-spanning timed event.

### WR-03: Missing cached etag becomes an unconditional PUT/DELETE, defeating D-08 conflict detection

**File:** `apps/api/src/routes/events.ts:385, 411, 486`; `apps/api/src/broker/write.ts:62-75, 85-97`

**Issue:** When `eventRow.etag` is null (event cached before an etag was captured, or Fastmail omitted it), the outbox row's `etag` is `undefined`, and `write.ts` maps null/`''` to "no If-Match header" — an **unconditional** PUT/DELETE. That defeats conflict detection for exactly the rows most likely to be stale: a concurrent external edit is silently overwritten with no 412. Only triggers when the cached etag is missing, so Warning rather than Blocker.

**Fix:** Make the no-etag policy explicit. Safer: when no etag is available, fetch the current etag (REPORT/GET) before writing, or skip the write and force a re-sync. At minimum, log a warning when an update/delete dispatches with an empty If-Match so the unconditional-write path is observable.

### WR-04: `sync-status` reports only the newest outbox row per uid, masking an earlier failure

**File:** `apps/api/src/routes/events.ts:511-532`; `apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx:39-70`

**Issue:** `sync-status` selects `ORDER BY createdAt DESC LIMIT 1` for `(userId, uid)`. For rapid successive same-uid edits (two `update` rows enqueued before the worker drains), the toast reports only the newest row's status. If the newest succeeds but an older row dead-letters, the user sees "Saved" while a queued write silently failed. Window is small (single-process 15s drain) but real under burst edits.

**Fix:** Prefer a non-terminal/`failed`/`dead` row over a `done` row when reporting status for a uid (order so `pending`/`failed`/`dead` outranks `done`), or report `failed`/`dead` if ANY row for the uid is in that state. Add a test with two update rows where the older is `dead`.

## Info

### IN-01: `RRULE_PRESETS` round-trip is lossy for any parameterized RRULE

**File:** `apps/api/src/broker/vevent.ts:39-44, 53-67`; `apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts:208-211`

**Issue:** `RRULE_PRESETS` maps only to bare `FREQ=DAILY|WEEKLY|MONTHLY|YEARLY`. `extractRruleString` returns the full stored RECUR (which may include `BYDAY`, `INTERVAL`, `COUNT`, `UNTIL`). The preserve path keeps the rich rule (good), but if a `recurrence` value is ever set on a previously-rich rule, it collapses to the bare preset — dropping `BYDAY`/`UNTIL`. Acceptable for v1 (picker offers only the four bare presets and is disabled on edit), but a latent foot-gun once recurrence editing ships.

**Fix:** Document the v1 limitation at the `RRULE_PRESETS` definition; when recurrence editing lands, modify the parsed RECUR rather than replacing it with a preset.

### IN-02: `parseDateTime` silently rewrites a malformed edit value to today/09:00

**File:** `apps/pwa/src/components/EventForm.tsx:107-131`

**Issue:** On an unparseable occurrence start/end the form falls back to `todayIso()`/09:00 with no user signal. In edit mode a corrupt cached value silently rewrites the event to today at 09:00 if the user saves without noticing. Low probability (the API produces well-formed ISO), but a silent data-changing default in an edit form is worth a guard.

**Fix:** In edit mode, on parse failure, leave the field blank and block submit rather than substituting today/09:00.

### IN-03: Unchecked `as` casts on JSON-parsed outbox payload fields

**File:** `apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts:251-258, 285-293`

**Issue:** `fields.title as string`, `fields.allDay as boolean`, `fields.start as string`, etc. are unchecked casts on a `Record<string, unknown>` parsed from stored JSON. The payload is zod-validated at enqueue, so low-risk, but schema drift or a manually-inserted row would pass `undefined`/wrong types into `buildVeventString`, producing `SUMMARY:undefined` or an `Invalid Date`.

**Fix:** Re-validate the parsed payload with `eventFieldsSchema` (or a worker-local zod schema) before building the VEVENT, and hard-fail the row on validation error (it can never succeed). Cheap insurance against enqueue→drain schema drift.

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_Reviewed: 2026-06-09_
_Reviewer: Claude (gsd-code-reviewer)_
_Depth: standard_
