fix(tasks): skip generating tasks with computed due dates in the past

auto-generate.ts and all three manual task-generation routes computed
due dates purely from a policy/group anchor date plus a template's
daysOffset, with no check against the current date. Surfaced when a
manual backfill for two clients created tasks anchored to an already-
expired policy term, producing due dates back in 2024.

Add isRelevantDueDate() and apply it at every task-creation call site
so no template-generated task is ever born already overdue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ondeck/src/app/api/policy-groups/[id]/generate-policy-tasks/route.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth'
 import { authOptions } from '@/lib/auth'
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/db'
+import { isRelevantDueDate } from '@/lib/sync/task-due-date'
 
 /**
  * POST /api/policy-groups/[id]/generate-policy-tasks
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export async function POST(
           createdBy: (session.user as any).id,
         }
       })
+      .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
     if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) {
       return NextResponse.json({ created: 0 })

ondeck/src/app/api/policy-groups/[id]/generate-tasks/route.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth'
 import { authOptions } from '@/lib/auth'
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/db'
+import { isRelevantDueDate } from '@/lib/sync/task-due-date'
 
 /**
  * POST /api/policy-groups/[id]/generate-tasks
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ export async function POST(
 
     const renewalDate = new Date(group.renewalDate)
 
-    const tasksToCreate = templates.map((template) => {
+    const tasksToCreate = templates
+      .map((template) => {
         const dueDate = new Date(renewalDate)
         dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
 
@@ -98,6 +100,15 @@ export async function POST(
           createdBy: (session.user as any).id,
         }
       })
+      .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
+
+    if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) {
+      return NextResponse.json({
+        created: 0,
+        skipped: alreadyGeneratedTemplateIds.length,
+        message: 'No new templates produced a relevant (today-or-later) due date',
+      })
+    }
 
     const result = await prisma.task.createMany({
       data: tasksToCreate as any[],
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ export async function POST(
         entityId: group.id,
         newValues: {
           tasksCreated: result.count,
-          templatesUsed: templates.map((t) => t.name),
+          templatesUsed: tasksToCreate.map((t) => t.title),
           renewalDate: group.renewalDate,
         },
       },
@@ -120,14 +131,7 @@ export async function POST(
     return NextResponse.json({
       created: result.count,
       skipped: alreadyGeneratedTemplateIds.length,
-      templates: templates.map((t) => ({
-        name: t.name,
-        dueDate: new Date(
-          new Date(group.renewalDate).setDate(
-            new Date(group.renewalDate).getDate() + t.daysOffset
-          )
-        ),
-      })),
+      templates: tasksToCreate.map((t) => ({ name: t.title, dueDate: t.dueDate })),
     })
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Generate tasks error:', error)

ondeck/src/app/api/tasks/generate-and-assign/route.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 import { getServerSession } from 'next-auth'
 import { authOptions } from '@/lib/auth'
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/db'
+import { isRelevantDueDate } from '@/lib/sync/task-due-date'
 
 /**
  * POST /api/tasks/generate-and-assign
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 
     for (const group of groups) {
       const renewalDate = new Date(group.renewalDate)
-      const tasksToCreate = groupTemplates.map((template) => {
+      const tasksToCreate = groupTemplates
+        .map((template) => {
           const dueDate = new Date(renewalDate)
           dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
           return {
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
             createdBy: (session.user as any).id,
           }
         })
+        .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
+      if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) continue
       const created = await prisma.task.createMany({ data: tasksToCreate })
       tasksCreated += created.count
 
@@ -146,7 +150,8 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
     for (const policy of policies) {
       const anchorDate = new Date(policy.expirationDate)
       anchorDate.setDate(anchorDate.getDate() + 1) // renewal date = expiration + 1
-      const tasksToCreate = policyTemplates.map((template) => {
+      const tasksToCreate = policyTemplates
+        .map((template) => {
           const dueDate = new Date(anchorDate)
           dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
           return {
@@ -164,7 +169,9 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
             createdBy: (session.user as any).id,
           }
         })
+        .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
+      if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) continue
       const created = await prisma.task.createMany({ data: tasksToCreate })
       tasksCreated += created.count
 
@@ -219,6 +226,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
 
           const dueDate = new Date(anchorDate)
           dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
+          if (!isRelevantDueDate(dueDate)) continue
 
           const created = await prisma.task.create({
             data: {

ondeck/src/lib/sync/__tests__/auto-generate.test.ts

@@ -129,3 +129,71 @@ describe('runAutoGenerate — CLIENT-level task generation', () => {
     expect(result.clientTasksCreated).toBe(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('runAutoGenerate — past-due task filtering', () => {
+  it('does not create a POLICY-level task whose computed due date is already in the past', async () => {
+    // "now" is fixed at 2026-07-09. This policy's term ended over a year ago
+    // (2025-05-19), so every template anchored to it computes a due date well
+    // before "now" and must be skipped entirely.
+    const policy = {
+      id: 'policy-expired-term',
+      clientId: 'client-dagostino',
+      policyType: 'Package',
+      expirationDate: new Date('2025-05-19'),
+      client: { designationId: null, designation2Id: null, claimsAdvocateId: null },
+    }
+    mockPolicyFindMany.mockResolvedValue([policy])
+    mockTaskTemplateFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        id: 'template-onboarding',
+        name: 'SHAPE Onboarding Checklist',
+        description: null,
+        department: 'Commercial Lines',
+        timing: 'PRE_RENEWAL',
+        daysOffset: -337,
+        defaultPriority: 'NORMAL',
+        level: 'POLICY',
+        policyTypeFilter: null,
+      },
+    ])
+
+    const result = await runAutoGenerate(config)
+
+    expect(mockTaskCreateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(result.policyTasksCreated).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('still creates POLICY-level tasks whose computed due date is today or later, for the same policy', async () => {
+    const policy = {
+      id: 'policy-current-term',
+      clientId: 'client-sultan',
+      policyType: 'Package',
+      expirationDate: new Date('2027-06-10'),
+      client: { designationId: null, designation2Id: null, claimsAdvocateId: null },
+    }
+    mockPolicyFindMany.mockResolvedValue([policy])
+    mockTaskTemplateFindMany.mockResolvedValue([
+      {
+        id: 'template-loss-runs',
+        name: 'Request 125 day loss runs',
+        description: null,
+        department: 'Commercial Lines',
+        timing: 'PRE_RENEWAL',
+        daysOffset: -125,
+        defaultPriority: 'NORMAL',
+        level: 'POLICY',
+        policyTypeFilter: null,
+      },
+    ])
+    mockTaskCreateMany.mockResolvedValue({ count: 1 })
+
+    const result = await runAutoGenerate(config)
+
+    expect(mockTaskCreateMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        data: [expect.objectContaining({ templateId: 'template-loss-runs' })],
+      })
+    )
+    expect(result.policyTasksCreated).toBe(1)
+  })
+})

ondeck/src/lib/sync/auto-generate.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/db'
 import { AUTOMATION_GO_LIVE_AT, type AutomationConfig } from './automation-config'
+import { isRelevantDueDate } from './task-due-date'
 
 const DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
 
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ export async function runAutoGenerate(config: AutomationConfig): Promise<AutoGen
       if (templates.length === 0) continue
 
       const renewalDate = new Date(group.renewalDate)
-      const tasksToCreate = templates.map((template) => {
+      const tasksToCreate = templates
+        .map((template) => {
           const dueDate = new Date(renewalDate)
           dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
           return {
@@ -124,7 +126,9 @@ export async function runAutoGenerate(config: AutomationConfig): Promise<AutoGen
             templateId: template.id,
           }
         })
+        .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
+      if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) continue
       const created = await prisma.task.createMany({ data: tasksToCreate })
       groupTasksCreated += created.count
 
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ export async function runAutoGenerate(config: AutomationConfig): Promise<AutoGen
             templateId: template.id,
           }
         })
+        .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
       if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) continue
       const created = await prisma.task.createMany({ data: tasksToCreate })
@@ -282,7 +287,8 @@ export async function runAutoGenerate(config: AutomationConfig): Promise<AutoGen
       if (allDates.length === 0) continue
       const anchorDate = new Date(Math.min(...allDates))
 
-      const tasksToCreate = clientTemplates.map((template) => {
+      const tasksToCreate = clientTemplates
+        .map((template) => {
           const dueDate = new Date(anchorDate)
           dueDate.setDate(dueDate.getDate() + template.daysOffset)
           return {
@@ -298,7 +304,9 @@ export async function runAutoGenerate(config: AutomationConfig): Promise<AutoGen
             templateId: template.id,
           }
         })
+        .filter((task) => isRelevantDueDate(task.dueDate))
 
+      if (tasksToCreate.length === 0) continue
       const created = await prisma.task.createMany({ data: tasksToCreate })
       clientTasksCreated += created.count
 

ondeck/src/lib/sync/task-due-date.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * A template-generated task whose computed due date already fell in the past
+ * by the time generation ran (e.g. an already-superseded policy term, or a
+ * long lead-time offset generated late into the term) provides no value —
+ * it's born overdue with no chance anyone could have acted on it in time.
+ */
+export function isRelevantDueDate(dueDate: Date, now: Date = new Date()): boolean {
+  const startOfToday = new Date(now)
+  startOfToday.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0)
+  return dueDate >= startOfToday
+}