fix(admin): user deletion failed with FOREIGN KEY constraint (#18)

DELETE /api/auth/users/:id ran a bare `DELETE FROM users`, but 23 columns
reference users(id) and only 4 cascade, so with foreign_keys=ON the delete
fails the moment the user is referenced anywhere - and a real user always is
(owns an org, created a workspace, has login activity). Reproduces on a fresh
DB, exactly as reported.

The schema also lacks cascades from workspaces -> tenant resources, so the DB
can't clean up on its own. New lib/user-deletion.js resolves every reference in
one transaction (defer_foreign_keys=ON for forgiving order; table-existence
guard for resilience):
  - Refuse (409) if the user OWNS an organization that has other members -
    don't nuke a shared tenant; transfer ownership first.
  - Hard-delete the organizations they SOLELY own (workspaces + all contents).
  - In orgs they don't own, PRESERVE resources: SET NULL the nullable
    creator/inviter columns, and reassign the NOT NULL legacy creator user_id to
    the resource's org owner (fallback: the acting admin).
  - Memberships (organization_members/workspace_members/team_members/
    content_folders) cascade on the user delete; pending invites they sent and
    legacy teams they own are removed.

The handler now 404s an unknown id and 409s the shared-org case.

Tests (node:test): reproduces the FK failure, then verifies provisioned-member
delete (resources preserved + unlinked/reassigned), solo-org-owner cascade,
shared-org refusal (409), self-delete 400, non-superadmin 403, unknown 404.
Full suite 22/22. Verified end-to-end on a copy of a real DB: deleted a user
owning 2 solo orgs, foreign_key_check clean.

Closes #18.
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'use strict';
// Issue #18: deleting a user 500'd with "FOREIGN KEY constraint failed".
//
// 23 columns reference users(id) and only 4 (the *_members join tables +
// content_folders) carry ON DELETE CASCADE, so a bare `DELETE FROM users`
// fails the moment the user is referenced anywhere - and a real user always is
// (owns an org, created a workspace, has login activity). The schema also lacks
// cascades from workspaces -> tenant resources, so we cannot rely on the DB to
// clean up; we do it explicitly here in one transaction.
//
// Policy (chosen for #18):
// - Refuse (OrgHasOtherMembersError -> 409) if the user OWNS an organization
// that has any other member: don't nuke a shared tenant; transfer first.
// - Otherwise hard-delete the organizations they solely own (and everything
// inside), and for orgs they DON'T own, preserve the resources - just unlink
// the user (SET NULL where the column is nullable, or reassign the legacy
// creator user_id to the resource's org owner where it is NOT NULL).
//
// defer_foreign_keys=ON makes intra-transaction delete ORDER forgiving (FKs are
// validated once at COMMIT); we still clear every reference so COMMIT is clean.
// A table-existence guard keeps this resilient to partial/older schemas (and
// makes it unit-testable without standing up all ~25 tables).
class OrgHasOtherMembersError extends Error {
constructor(message, sharedOrgCount) {
super(message);
this.name = 'OrgHasOtherMembersError';
this.sharedOrgCount = sharedOrgCount;
}
}
// Workspace-scoped tables whose rows must be deleted before their workspace
// (workspace_id is NO ACTION). CASCADE child tables (playlist_items, telemetry,
// assignments, layout_zones, *_devices, *_members) clean themselves up.
const WORKSPACE_SCOPED = [
'playlists', 'schedules', 'video_walls', 'device_groups', 'devices',
'content', 'layouts', 'widgets', 'content_folders', 'kiosk_pages',
'white_labels', 'alert_configs',
];
// Logs that carry a device_id but NO foreign key (so they don't block, but we
// clean them to avoid dangling rows).
const DEVICE_LOG_TABLES = ['device_status_log', 'player_debug_logs'];
// Nullable creator/inviter columns -> SET NULL (preserve the resource).
const NULLABLE_USER_REFS = [
['content', 'user_id'], ['devices', 'user_id'], ['layouts', 'user_id'], ['widgets', 'user_id'],
['workspaces', 'created_by'], ['organization_members', 'invited_by'], ['workspace_members', 'invited_by'],
['team_members', 'invited_by'], ['device_fingerprints', 'user_id'],
['activity_log', 'user_id'], ['activity_log', 'acting_user_id'],
];
// NOT NULL legacy creator columns on workspace-scoped resources -> reassign to
// the resource's org owner (fallback: the acting admin) so the row survives.
const REASSIGN_USER_TABLES = [
'playlists', 'schedules', 'video_walls', 'device_groups', 'kiosk_pages', 'white_labels', 'alert_configs',
];
function listOwnedOrgsWithSharing(db, userId) {
let orgs = [];
try { orgs = db.prepare('SELECT id FROM organizations WHERE owner_user_id = ?').all(userId); }
catch { return []; } // no organizations table (legacy) -> nothing owned
return orgs.map(o => {
const otherOrgMembers = db.prepare(
'SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM organization_members WHERE organization_id = ? AND user_id != ?'
).get(o.id, userId).c;
const otherWsMembers = db.prepare(`
SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM workspace_members wm
JOIN workspaces w ON w.id = wm.workspace_id
WHERE w.organization_id = ? AND wm.user_id != ?
`).get(o.id, userId).c;
return { id: o.id, shared: (otherOrgMembers + otherWsMembers) > 0 };
});
}
// Throws OrgHasOtherMembersError if the user owns a shared org. Otherwise
// deletes the user and resolves every reference in one transaction.
function deleteUserCascade(db, { targetId, actingAdminId }) {
const owned = listOwnedOrgsWithSharing(db, targetId);
const shared = owned.filter(o => o.shared);
if (shared.length > 0) {
throw new OrgHasOtherMembersError(
'User owns an organization with other members - reassign ownership before deleting',
shared.length
);
}
const soloOrgIds = owned.map(o => o.id);
const have = new Set(db.prepare("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'").all().map(r => r.name));
const inClause = n => Array.from({ length: n }, () => '?').join(',');
const run = db.transaction(() => {
// FK checks deferred to COMMIT: order of our deletes no longer matters, only
// that no dangling reference remains at the end.
db.pragma('defer_foreign_keys = ON');
// 1) Hard-delete the orgs the user solely owns (and everything inside).
if (soloOrgIds.length) {
const wsIds = db.prepare(
`SELECT id FROM workspaces WHERE organization_id IN (${inClause(soloOrgIds.length)})`
).all(...soloOrgIds).map(r => r.id);
if (wsIds.length) {
const wph = inClause(wsIds.length);
if (have.has('devices')) {
const devIds = db.prepare(`SELECT id FROM devices WHERE workspace_id IN (${wph})`).all(...wsIds).map(r => r.id);
if (devIds.length) {
const dph = inClause(devIds.length);
for (const lt of DEVICE_LOG_TABLES) if (have.has(lt)) db.prepare(`DELETE FROM ${lt} WHERE device_id IN (${dph})`).run(...devIds);
}
}
for (const t of WORKSPACE_SCOPED) if (have.has(t)) db.prepare(`DELETE FROM ${t} WHERE workspace_id IN (${wph})`).run(...wsIds);
if (have.has('activity_log')) db.prepare(`UPDATE activity_log SET workspace_id = NULL WHERE workspace_id IN (${wph})`).run(...wsIds);
db.prepare(`DELETE FROM workspaces WHERE id IN (${wph})`).run(...wsIds); // cascades workspace_members/invites
}
const oph = inClause(soloOrgIds.length);
if (have.has('activity_log')) db.prepare(`UPDATE activity_log SET organization_id = NULL WHERE organization_id IN (${oph})`).run(...soloOrgIds);
db.prepare(`DELETE FROM organizations WHERE id IN (${oph})`).run(...soloOrgIds); // cascades organization_members
}
// 2) Unlink the user's footprint in orgs they DON'T own (rows still present).
// 2a) nullable creator/inviter columns -> SET NULL.
for (const [t, c] of NULLABLE_USER_REFS) if (have.has(t)) db.prepare(`UPDATE ${t} SET ${c} = NULL WHERE ${c} = ?`).run(targetId);
// 2b) NOT NULL legacy creator columns -> reassign to the resource's org owner
// (fallback acting admin), preserving the resource under a valid owner.
for (const t of REASSIGN_USER_TABLES) {
if (!have.has(t)) continue;
db.prepare(`
UPDATE ${t} SET user_id = COALESCE(
(SELECT o.owner_user_id FROM workspaces w JOIN organizations o ON o.id = w.organization_id WHERE w.id = ${t}.workspace_id),
?
) WHERE user_id = ?
`).run(actingAdminId, targetId);
}
// 2c) Legacy teams + NOT NULL invite rows the user owns / sent.
if (have.has('teams')) db.prepare('DELETE FROM teams WHERE owner_id = ?').run(targetId); // cascades team_members/invites
if (have.has('team_invites')) db.prepare('DELETE FROM team_invites WHERE invited_by = ?').run(targetId);
if (have.has('workspace_invites')) db.prepare('DELETE FROM workspace_invites WHERE invited_by = ?').run(targetId);
// 3) Finally the user. Their own memberships (organization_members,
// workspace_members, team_members, content_folders) CASCADE on this delete.
db.prepare('DELETE FROM users WHERE id = ?').run(targetId);
});
run();
}
module.exports = { deleteUserCascade, OrgHasOtherMembersError, listOwnedOrgsWithSharing };

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const { resolveTenancy } = require('../lib/tenancy');
const { logActivity, getClientIp } = require('../services/activity');
const { sendSignupEmails } = require('../services/signupEmails');
const { deleteUserCascade, OrgHasOtherMembersError } = require('../lib/user-deletion');
const config = require('../config');
// Phase 2.1: find or create the user's default org+workspace. Returns the
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// Delete user (superadmin only)
router.delete('/users/:id', requireAuth, requireSuperAdmin, (req, res) => {
if (req.params.id === req.user.id) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Cannot delete yourself' });
db.prepare('DELETE FROM users WHERE id = ?').run(req.params.id);
const target = db.prepare('SELECT id, email FROM users WHERE id = ?').get(req.params.id);
if (!target) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'User not found' });
// #18: a bare DELETE FROM users fails the FK constraints (23 uncascaded refs).
// deleteUserCascade resolves every reference in one transaction: hard-deletes
// orgs the user solely owns, preserves (unlinks/reassigns) resources in orgs
// they don't own, and refuses if they own a shared org.
try {
deleteUserCascade(db, { targetId: target.id, actingAdminId: req.user.id });
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof OrgHasOtherMembersError) return res.status(409).json({ error: e.message });
throw e;
}
logActivity(req.user.id, 'delete_user', `target: ${target.email}`, null, getClientIp(req));
res.json({ success: true });
});

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'use strict';
// Issue #18: DELETE /api/auth/users/:id failed with "FOREIGN KEY constraint
// failed". This suite reproduces the failure faithfully (foreign_keys ON,
// prod-like uncascaded FKs) and verifies the cascade/unlink/refuse behaviour.
//
// Isolated in-memory better-sqlite3 injected into the require cache (same
// harness as the other suites); Node v20 built-ins only.
const test = require('node:test');
const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
const Database = require('better-sqlite3');
process.env.JWT_SECRET = 'test-secret-user-deletion';
const db = new Database(':memory:');
db.pragma('foreign_keys = ON');
// Representative subset of the real schema with the SAME uncascaded FKs to
// users that caused #18. (The cascade helper's table-existence guard skips the
// tables we don't model here.)
db.exec(`
CREATE TABLE users (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, email TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL, name TEXT DEFAULT '',
password_hash TEXT, auth_provider TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'local', avatar_url TEXT,
role TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'user', plan_id TEXT DEFAULT 'free', email_alerts INTEGER DEFAULT 1,
must_change_password INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
created_at INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now'))
);
CREATE TABLE organizations (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT NOT NULL,
owner_user_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)
);
CREATE TABLE organization_members (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
organization_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES organizations(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
user_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
invited_by TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
role TEXT NOT NULL, UNIQUE(organization_id, user_id)
);
CREATE TABLE workspaces (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
organization_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES organizations(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL, created_by TEXT REFERENCES users(id)
);
CREATE TABLE workspace_members (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
workspace_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES workspaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
user_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
invited_by TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
role TEXT NOT NULL, UNIQUE(workspace_id, user_id)
);
CREATE TABLE workspace_invites (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
workspace_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES workspaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
email TEXT NOT NULL, role TEXT NOT NULL,
invited_by TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id), expires_at INTEGER NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE playlists (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT,
user_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
workspace_id TEXT REFERENCES workspaces(id)
);
CREATE TABLE devices (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT,
user_id TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
workspace_id TEXT REFERENCES workspaces(id)
);
CREATE TABLE content (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, filename TEXT,
user_id TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
workspace_id TEXT REFERENCES workspaces(id)
);
CREATE TABLE activity_log (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
user_id TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
acting_user_id TEXT REFERENCES users(id),
organization_id TEXT REFERENCES organizations(id),
workspace_id TEXT REFERENCES workspaces(id),
action TEXT NOT NULL, details TEXT, created_at INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now'))
);
`);
const dbModulePath = require.resolve('../db/database');
require.cache[dbModulePath] = {
id: dbModulePath, filename: dbModulePath, loaded: true,
exports: { db, pruneTelemetry() {}, pruneScreenshots() {} },
};
const express = require('express');
const { generateToken, requireAuth } = require('../middleware/auth');
const authRouter = require('../routes/auth');
// ---- seed: an admin caller + a separate org owner ----
function user(id, role = 'user') {
db.prepare("INSERT INTO users (id, email, role, password_hash) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'x')").run(id, id + '@test.local', role);
return { id, email: id + '@test.local', role };
}
const admin = user('u-admin', 'platform_admin');
const regular = user('u-regular', 'user'); // non-superadmin caller
const orgOwner = user('u-owner', 'user'); // owns org X (the "other" tenant)
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organizations (id, name, owner_user_id) VALUES ('orgX','Org X','u-owner')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organization_members (organization_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('orgX','u-owner','org_owner')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspaces (id, organization_id, name, created_by) VALUES ('wsX','orgX','WS X','u-owner')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspace_members (workspace_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('wsX','u-owner','workspace_admin')").run();
const tokens = { admin: generateToken(admin, null), regular: generateToken(regular, null) };
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.use('/api/auth', authRouter);
const server = app.listen(0);
let base;
test.before(async () => { await new Promise(r => server.listening ? r() : server.once('listening', r)); base = `http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}`; });
test.after(() => { server.close(); db.close(); });
const del = (id, token) => fetch(`${base}/api/auth/users/${id}`, { method: 'DELETE', headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } });
const exists = (table, id) => !!db.prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM ${table} WHERE id = ?`).get(id);
test('reproduces #18: a bare DELETE FROM users fails the FK constraint', () => {
user('u-fkprobe');
db.prepare("INSERT INTO playlists (id, user_id) VALUES ('p-fkprobe','u-fkprobe')").run();
assert.throws(() => db.prepare('DELETE FROM users WHERE id = ?').run('u-fkprobe'), /FOREIGN KEY constraint failed/);
db.prepare("DELETE FROM playlists WHERE id='p-fkprobe'").run();
db.prepare("DELETE FROM users WHERE id='u-fkprobe'").run();
});
test('provisioned member (owns no org): deleted; resources preserved + unlinked', async () => {
const t = user('u-member');
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspace_members (workspace_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('wsX','u-member','workspace_editor')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO playlists (id, name, user_id, workspace_id) VALUES ('p1','P1','u-member','wsX')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO devices (id, name, user_id, workspace_id) VALUES ('d1','D1','u-member','wsX')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO activity_log (user_id, action) VALUES ('u-member','login')").run();
const res = await del('u-member', tokens.admin);
assert.equal(res.status, 200);
assert.equal(exists('users', 'u-member'), false, 'user deleted');
assert.equal(db.prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) c FROM workspace_members WHERE user_id='u-member'").get().c, 0, 'membership cascaded');
// org X untouched (not owned by the deleted user)
assert.equal(exists('organizations', 'orgX'), true);
assert.equal(exists('workspaces', 'wsX'), true);
// playlist preserved, NOT NULL user_id reassigned to the workspace's org owner
assert.equal(db.prepare("SELECT user_id FROM playlists WHERE id='p1'").get().user_id, 'u-owner', 'playlist reassigned to org owner');
// device preserved, nullable user_id set null
assert.equal(db.prepare("SELECT user_id FROM devices WHERE id='d1'").get().user_id, null, 'device unlinked');
// activity preserved, user_id set null
assert.equal(db.prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) c FROM activity_log WHERE user_id IS NULL").get().c >= 1, true, 'activity preserved, unlinked');
});
test('solo-org owner: org + workspace + contents hard-deleted with the user', async () => {
user('u-solo');
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organizations (id, name, owner_user_id) VALUES ('orgS','Solo Org','u-solo')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organization_members (organization_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('orgS','u-solo','org_owner')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspaces (id, organization_id, name, created_by) VALUES ('wsS','orgS','WS S','u-solo')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspace_members (workspace_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('wsS','u-solo','workspace_admin')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO playlists (id, user_id, workspace_id) VALUES ('pS','u-solo','wsS')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO devices (id, user_id, workspace_id) VALUES ('dS','u-solo','wsS')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO content (id, user_id, workspace_id) VALUES ('cS','u-solo','wsS')").run();
const res = await del('u-solo', tokens.admin);
assert.equal(res.status, 200);
assert.equal(exists('users', 'u-solo'), false);
assert.equal(exists('organizations', 'orgS'), false, 'owned org deleted');
assert.equal(exists('workspaces', 'wsS'), false, 'workspace deleted');
assert.equal(exists('playlists', 'pS'), false);
assert.equal(exists('devices', 'dS'), false);
assert.equal(exists('content', 'cS'), false);
});
test('shared-org owner: refused (409), nothing deleted', async () => {
user('u-shared');
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organizations (id, name, owner_user_id) VALUES ('orgH','Shared Org','u-shared')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO organization_members (organization_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('orgH','u-shared','org_owner')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspaces (id, organization_id, name) VALUES ('wsH','orgH','WS H')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspace_members (workspace_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('wsH','u-shared','workspace_admin')").run();
db.prepare("INSERT INTO workspace_members (workspace_id, user_id, role) VALUES ('wsH','u-owner','workspace_editor')").run(); // OTHER member
const res = await del('u-shared', tokens.admin);
assert.equal(res.status, 409);
assert.equal(exists('users', 'u-shared'), true, 'not deleted');
assert.equal(exists('organizations', 'orgH'), true, 'org intact');
});
test('cannot delete yourself (400) and non-superadmin denied (403)', async () => {
const self = await del('u-admin', tokens.admin);
assert.equal(self.status, 400);
const denied = await del('u-owner', tokens.regular);
assert.equal(denied.status, 403);
assert.equal(exists('users', 'u-owner'), true);
});
test('missing user -> 404', async () => {
const res = await del('does-not-exist', tokens.admin);
assert.equal(res.status, 404);
});