Temp

.example.env

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 DATABASE_HOST=localhost
 DATABASE_PORT=5432
-DATABASE_NAME=codebloom
+DATABASE_NAME=patchats
 DATABASE_USER=postgres
 DATABASE_PASSWORD=enterpasswordhere
 # With the example values, this gets combined inside of the application.properties to make
-# jdbc://postgresql://localhost:5432/codebloom?user=postgres&password=enterpasswordhere
+# jdbc://postgresql://localhost:5432/patchats?user=postgres&password=enterpasswordhere
 
 # SMTP — consumed by spring.mail.* in non-dev profiles (the dev profile logs instead of sending)
 SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ SMTP_PASSWORD=enterpasswordhere
 # The verified From sender (a real, monitored mailbox on a domain you control)
 EMAIL_FROM=coffeechats@patinanetwork.org
 EMAIL_FROM_NAME=PatChats
+
+# Auth — public origin of the SPA; magic links point at $APP_BASE_URL/auth/verify?token=...
+APP_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173
+# Set to false only when serving over plain HTTP (the dev profile already does this)
+AUTH_COOKIE_SECURE=true

Justfile

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ drop *args:
 backend-dev *args:
   dotenvx run -f .env -- ./mvnw -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=dev spring-boot:run {{args}}
 
+# Run the backend Spring server with real SMTP delivery instead of the logging email sender
+backend-smtp *args:
+  dotenvx run -f .env -- ./mvnw -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=smtp spring-boot:run {{args}}
+
 # Run the backend Spring server with an exposed debugger at :5005
 backend-dev-debug *args:
   dotenvx run -- ./mvnw \

docs/auth-feature.md

@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ email, receives a single-use link, and clicking it establishes a server-side ses
 httpOnly cookie.
 
 **Form-first membership.** The sign-up form is the only way a member row is created; magic links
-purely sign in **existing** members. Requesting a link never reveals whether an account exists — the
-response is always the same generic 200, but for unregistered emails the backend silently sends
-nothing (logged at info level). Wiring the sign-up form submission to a real create-member endpoint
-is a separate ticket; until it lands, a login-capable member can only be created with a manual DB
-insert (see the walkthrough below).
+purely sign in **existing** members. Requesting a link for an email with no member row therefore
+**fails with 404**, and the login page turns that into a dead-end panel offering the two ways
+forward: try another address, or go sign up.
 
 ## The shape
 
@@ -20,10 +18,10 @@ src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/patchats/auth/
   TokenGenerator.java            SecureRandom 256-bit raw token + SHA-256 hex digest
   MagicLinkEmailComposer.java    builds the sign-in email via the EmailSender PORT
   RequestLinkRateLimiter.java    Bucket4j: 3/email + 10/IP per 15 min, in-memory buckets
+  MagicLinkTokenCleanup.java     @Scheduled sweep of expired token rows
   AuthProperties.java            @ConfigurationProperties("app.auth") → base-url, cookie-secure, magic-link-ttl
   repo/
-    MagicLinkTokenRepository.java  JdbcClient; atomic UPDATE..RETURNING consume
-    MemberAccountRepository.java   auth's read-only view of members (findByEmail, findById)
+    MagicLinkTokenRepo.java        JdbcClient; atomic UPDATE..RETURNING consume
   security/
     SecurityConfig.java            filter chains, cookie serializer, CSRF rationale (read its javadoc)
     AuthenticatedMember.java       Serializable session principal (memberId + email)
@@ -40,12 +38,15 @@ js/src/features/auth/
 1. `POST /api/auth/request-link {email}` — normalizes the email, then rate-limits **visibly**: an
    exhausted budget (3/email + 10/IP per 15 min) returns HTTP 429 with a friendly message, for
    **all** emails alike — the limiter runs before the member-existence check, so the 429 is
-   registration-blind and legitimate users know to stop retrying. Unregistered emails are skipped
-   *silently* (same generic 200 as a real send); that silence is the enumeration guard. For a
-   registered member it deletes outstanding tokens for that email, stores a **SHA-256 digest** of a
+   registration-blind and legitimate users know to stop retrying. Keep that ordering: it is also
+   what throttles probing. An email with no member row
+   then fails with HTTP 404 (`UnregisteredEmailException`). For a
+   registered member it stores a **SHA-256 digest** of a
    fresh 256-bit token (raw is never persisted), and emails
    `<app.auth.base-url>/auth/verify?token=<raw>`. Links expire after 15 minutes
-   (`app.auth.magic-link-ttl`).
+   (`app.auth.magic-link-ttl`). Issuing a link **does not** invalidate earlier ones — a member who
+   asks for a second link and then clicks the first email still gets in. Every link stands on its own
+   until it is used or expires, and the rate limiter is what bounds how many can be outstanding.
 2. The link lands on the **frontend** verify page, which POSTs the token. Email scanners only
    prefetch GETs, so they cannot burn the single-use token.
 3. `POST /api/auth/verify {token}` — consumes the token atomically
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ js/src/features/auth/
    (httpOnly, SameSite=Lax, Secure outside dev, 30-day Max-Age).
 4. Sessions expire after 30 days of inactivity (`spring.session.timeout`, sliding) and are purged by
    Spring Session's built-in cleanup job. `POST /api/auth/logout` invalidates the session row.
+   Magic-link rows get the same treatment from `MagicLinkTokenCleanup`, a `@Scheduled` sweep that
+   deletes anything past `expires_at` every `app.auth.token-cleanup-interval` — nothing else ever
+   deletes them, which is also why the table needs no index beyond the `token_hash` unique
+   constraint that `verify` looks up on.
 
 `GET /api/session` returns the member **fresh from the database** (never stale session state):
 `{ id, name, email, isAdmin }`; 401 in the envelope when signed out. The frontend `RequireAuth`
@@ -77,30 +82,34 @@ just dev       # backend :8080 (dev profile) + frontend :5173
 1. Create a test member (only needed until the sign-up form is wired to the backend):
    ```bash
    psql -h localhost -U postgres -d patchats -c \
-     "INSERT INTO members (id, email, full_name, introduction, active) \
-      VALUES (gen_random_uuid(), 'you@example.com', 'You', 'Testing locally', TRUE);"
+     "INSERT INTO members (id, first_name, last_name, email, introduction, active) \
+      VALUES (gen_random_uuid(), 'You', 'Tester', 'you@example.com', 'Testing locally', TRUE);"
    ```
-2. Open `http://localhost:5173/login`, submit that email. (An **unregistered** email shows the same
-   generic panel, but the backend log shows no email composed — just the info-level skip.)
+2. Open `http://localhost:5173/login`, submit that email. (An **unregistered** email instead gets a
+   404 and the "No account for that email" panel, with a link to `/sign-up`; the backend log shows
+   no email composed.)
 3. The dev profile does not send real email — `LoggingEmailSender` prints the full body to the
    **backend terminal**. Copy the `http://localhost:5173/auth/verify?token=...` URL from the log.
 4. Open it: you land on `/`. Check DevTools → Application → Cookies for `patchats_session`
    (httpOnly, Lax, not Secure in dev).
-5. Open the same link again → "invalid or expired" (single-use). Requesting a second link
-   invalidates the first. A 4th rapid request for the same email → the login page shows the 429
-   message ("too many sign-in requests"), whether or not the email is registered.
+5. Open the same link again → "invalid or expired" (single-use). Request a **second** link before
+   using the first, then open the first: it still signs you in — outstanding links are not
+   invalidated by a new one. A 4th rapid request for the same email → the login page shows the 429
+   message ("too many sign-in requests"), whether or not the email is registered — an unregistered
+   address hits the 429 before the 404, which is the ordering that keeps probing throttled.
 6. Log out from the header (visible on guarded pages like `/sample`); guarded routes now redirect
    to `/login`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-| Property                 | Env var              | Default                 | Meaning                                  |
-| ------------------------ | -------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
-| `app.auth.base-url`      | `APP_BASE_URL`       | `http://localhost:5173` | Public SPA origin used in emailed links  |
-| `app.auth.cookie-secure` | `AUTH_COOKIE_SECURE` | `true` (`false` in dev) | `Secure` flag on the session cookie      |
-| `app.auth.magic-link-ttl`| —                    | `15m`                   | Link validity window                     |
-| `spring.session.timeout` | —                    | `30d`                   | Session inactivity timeout               |
+| Property                  | Env var              | Default                 | Meaning                                 |
+| ------------------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| `app.auth.base-url`       | `APP_BASE_URL`       | `http://localhost:5173` | Public SPA origin used in emailed links |
+| `app.auth.cookie-secure`  | `AUTH_COOKIE_SECURE` | `true` (`false` in dev) | `Secure` flag on the session cookie     |
+| `app.auth.magic-link-ttl` | —                    | `15m`                   | Link validity window                    |
+| `app.auth.token-cleanup-interval` | —            | `1h`                    | How often expired token rows are swept  |
+| `spring.session.timeout`  | —                    | `30d`                   | Session inactivity timeout              |
 
-Schema lives in Flyway (`db/migration/V0005`–`V0006`); `spring.session.jdbc.initialize-schema` is
+Schema lives in Flyway (`db/migration/V0006`–`V0007`); `spring.session.jdbc.initialize-schema` is
 `never` so the app never races migrations, and runtime Flyway is disabled (migrations stay
 out-of-band via `just migrate`).

js/src/features/auth/Login.page.test.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { rateLimitedResponse } from "@/features/auth/api/auth.mock";
+import {
+  rateLimitedResponse,
+  unregisteredEmailResponse,
+} from "@/features/auth/api/auth.mock";
 import LoginPage from "@/features/auth/Login.page";
 import { renderWithProviders, screen } from "@/lib/test/render";
 import { server } from "@/lib/test/server";
@@ -20,6 +23,35 @@ test("rejects an invalid email without calling the API", async () => {
   ).toBeInTheDocument();
 });
 
+test("offers sign-up and a retry when the email has no account", async () => {
+  server.use(
+    http.post("/api/auth/request-link", () => unregisteredEmailResponse()),
+  );
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  renderWithProviders(<LoginPage />);
+
+  await user.type(screen.getByLabelText(/email/i), "stranger@example.com");
+  await user.click(
+    screen.getByRole("button", { name: /email me a sign-in link/i }),
+  );
+
+  expect(
+    await screen.findByText("No account for that email"),
+  ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByText("stranger@example.com")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(
+    screen.getByRole("link", { name: /complete the sign-up form/i }),
+  ).toHaveAttribute("href", "/sign-up");
+
+  await user.click(
+    screen.getByRole("button", { name: /try a different email/i }),
+  );
+
+  expect(await screen.findByLabelText(/email/i)).toHaveValue(
+    "stranger@example.com",
+  );
+});
+
 test("shows the generic check-your-email panel after submitting", async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
   renderWithProviders(<LoginPage />);

js/src/features/auth/Login.page.tsx

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ import { zodResolver } from "mantine-form-zod-resolver";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 
 /**
- * Passwordless login: ask for an email, request a magic link, and show the
- * same "check your email" panel no matter what — account existence is never
- * revealed here.
+ * Passwordless login: ask for an email and request a magic link. Three states —
+ * the form, "check your email" once a link is on its way, and a dead end for an
+ * address with no account, which offers the only two ways forward (another
+ * address, or sign up).
  */
 export default function LoginPage() {
   const requestLink = useRequestLink();
@@ -28,18 +29,25 @@ export default function LoginPage() {
     validate: zodResolver(loginSchema),
   });
 
+  const submittedEmail = form.getValues().email.trim();
+
   const handleSubmit = form.onSubmit((values) => {
     requestLink.mutate(values.email.trim());
   });
 
+  /** The backend 404s an email with no member row; every other failure falls
+   * through to the alert inside the form. */
+  const isUnregistered =
+    requestLink.error instanceof ApiError && requestLink.error.status === 404;
+
   if (requestLink.isSuccess) {
     return (
       <Stack gap="md">
         <Title order={2}>Check your email</Title>
         <Text>
           If you entered a valid address, a sign-in link is on its way to{" "}
           <Text component="span" fw={700}>
-            {form.getValues().email.trim()}
+            {submittedEmail}
           </Text>
           . The link expires in 15 minutes and can only be used once.
         </Text>
@@ -60,6 +68,31 @@ export default function LoginPage() {
     );
   }
 
+  if (isUnregistered) {
+    return (
+      <Stack gap="md">
+        <Title order={2}>No account for that email</Title>
+        <Text>
+          We couldn&apos;t find a PatChats account for{" "}
+          <Text component="span" fw={700}>
+            {submittedEmail}
+          </Text>
+          . Sign-in links are only sent to registered members.
+        </Text>
+        <Button onClick={() => requestLink.reset()}>
+          Try a different email
+        </Button>
+        <Text c="dimmed" size="sm">
+          Never signed up?{" "}
+          <Anchor component={Link} to="/sign-up" inherit>
+            Complete the sign-up form
+          </Anchor>{" "}
+          to join.
+        </Text>
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <Paper p="lg" withBorder>
       <form onSubmit={handleSubmit} noValidate>

js/src/features/auth/api/auth.mock.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { http, HttpResponse } from "msw";
 
 /**
  * MSW handlers for the auth domain, envelope-shaped like the real backend.
- * Defaults: request-link succeeds generically, verify signs in a member, and
+ * Defaults: request-link succeeds, verify signs in a member, and
  * there is no session (401). Tests override per case with `server.use(...)`
  * and the exported fixtures.
  */
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ export const invalidLinkResponse = () =>
     { status: 400 },
   );
 
+export const unregisteredEmailResponse = () =>
+  HttpResponse.json(
+    {
+      success: false,
+      message: "We couldn't find an account for that email.",
+    },
+    { status: 404 },
+  );
+
 export const rateLimitedResponse = () =>
   HttpResponse.json(
     {

pom.xml

@@ -199,6 +199,19 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-session-jdbc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.resilience4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>resilience4j-spring-boot3</artifactId>

src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/patchats/PatChatsApplication.java

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableAsync
+@EnableScheduling
 @Slf4j
 public class PatChatsApplication {
 

src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/patchats/auth/AuthController.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class AuthController {
 
-    /** The response is identical whether or not the email has an account, so nothing can be enumerated. */
+    /** Success copy for a link that was actually sent; an unregistered email fails with 404 instead. */
     private static final String GENERIC_REQUEST_MESSAGE = "Check your email for a sign-in link.";
 
     private final AuthService authService;

src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/patchats/auth/AuthProperties.java

@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@ public class AuthProperties {
 
     /** How long an emailed magic link stays valid. */
     private Duration magicLinkTtl = Duration.ofMinutes(15);
+
+    /**
+     * How often expired magic-link rows are swept from the database. Declared here so the key is documented and shows
+     * up in config metadata; {@link MagicLinkTokenCleanup} resolves it as a {@code @Scheduled} placeholder, which
+     * cannot read a bound bean.
+     */
+    private Duration tokenCleanupInterval = Duration.ofHours(1);
 }