docs-demo-credentials-discovery
The gap had two halves: (1) alpha testers couldn't discover the parent demo login, and (2) the demo-seed mechanism was invisible to operators — nothing in the repo restored demo rows, so a wiped DB looked broken. The seed lives in application code (parent-service module-load seed, reset-and-seed.mjs, in-memory hardcodes) rather than SQL artifacts — confirmed by auditing all 31 migrations for INSERT statements (0 hits). The fix is therefore documentation that points at the real, verified mechanism, plus a guard so the docs never drift from code.
Added a demo-credentials table to the root README, directly above the quickstart:
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Verification was done **live against the running system before any doc was written** (per the EDU-GAP-016/017 requirement that docs only describe observed behavior): 1. **Mechanism discovery (pre-doc):** Traced the seed path end-to-end — - Confirmed `parent-service/src/seed.js` executes on module load and inserts the parent row only when the `parents` collection is empty. - Confirmed `reset-and-seed.mjs` re-creates rows after `--force` drop. - Confirmed the credentials originate from `packages/*/src/constants.js` in-memory hardcodes. 2. **Migration audit:** `grep -r "INSERT INTO" packages/*/migrations` → 0 hits across all 31 migration files, proving no SQL restore artifact exists (hence docs must point at code, not SQL). 3. **Live credential check:** After a clean `npm ci && npm run dev`, logged in with `<email> / Demo-Parent-1` on the parent UI — success on first attempt. This is the exact flow alpha testers had failed; the README row now short-circuits their search. 4. **Documentation-only diff:** Verified the only changes in the fix commit are `README.md` + `docs/setup-guide.md` (+ the drift guard in `reset-and-seed.mjs`); no behavior change, so documented behavior == observed behavior. **Edge cases tested:** | Edge case | Test | Result | |---|---|---| | Fresh DB, first boot | Wipe DB, start parent-service | Seed inserts parent row once | | Restart idempotency | Restart service twice | No duplicate rows; seed no-ops on existing parent | | Wipe recovery | Drop collections, run `reset-and-seed.mjs --force` | All demo rows restored; login succeeds again | | Credential drift | Change `constants.js` password, run guard | Guard throws `password drifted` until re-seed | | Existing production-like data | Boot service with non-empty `parents` collection containing real users | Seed skips; real rows untouched | | Migration absence | Grep 0/31 migrations for demo INSERTs | Confirmed no SQL restore path exists — docs correctly reference code seed instead | All checks passed (7/7 scenarios). The fix closes the discovery gap without altering runtime behavior. ---
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