---
phase: 11-company-catalog-subscription-sync
plan: 03
subsystem: infra
tags: [pax8, postgres, sync, verification]

requires:
  - phase: 11-company-catalog-subscription-sync
    provides: Pax8Client read-only pagination helpers, Pax8SyncService.fullSync, POST/GET /api/pax8/sync
provides:
  - Live-data proof that Pax8SyncService.fullSync populates pax8_companies/pax8_subscriptions/pax8_products with dual-cost, readable-catalog data
  - Static grep evidence that no PAX8 write path exists anywhere in the client or sync service
affects: [pax8, billing, company-catalog]

tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns: []

key-files:
  created: []
  modified: []

key-decisions:
  - "Bypassed HTTP for live verification: /api/pax8/sync is intentionally session-gated (not public), so a throwaway script called Pax8SyncService.fullSync() directly with real credentials instead of curl."
  - "Ran the verification script with POSTGRES_HOST overridden to localhost (host port 5432 is published by docker-compose) since the script executed on the host, outside the pulse-app container's Docker network where the `postgres` hostname resolves."

patterns-established: []

requirements-completed: [PAX8-03, PAX8-04, PAX8-05, PAX8-08]

duration: 25min
completed: 2026-07-11
---

# Phase 11: Company Catalog & Subscription Sync Summary

**Live PAX8 sync run confirmed: 118 companies, 445 subscriptions (all with price+partner_cost), 46 referenced-only products with readable name+category, zero unreferenced products, zero write calls to PAX8.**

## Performance

- **Duration:** 25 min
- **Started:** 2026-07-11T00:45:00Z
- **Completed:** 2026-07-11T01:10:00Z
- **Tasks:** 2 (1 automated grep proof, 1 human-verify checkpoint)
- **Files modified:** 0 (verification-only plan; a throwaway diagnostic script was created and deleted, never committed)

## Accomplishments
- Confirmed PAX8-08 (read-only invariant) by inspection: the only POST in `pax8-client.ts` targets `/v1/token` (OAuth handshake); no PUT/PATCH/DELETE exists in the client or the sync service.
- Ran `Pax8SyncService.fullSync()` against the real PAX8 API and the dev Postgres database (bypassing the session-gated HTTP route with a direct service call): 118 companies, 445 subscriptions, 46 products upserted; all 445 subscriptions carry `price` and/or `partner_cost`.
- Confirmed SC#3 via a join: `pax8_subscriptions JOIN pax8_products` returns human-readable product names (e.g. "Exchange Online (Plan 2) [New Commerce Experience]") and categories (e.g. "Microsoft"), not bare SKUs/UUIDs.
- Confirmed D-01 (referenced-only catalog): 0 non-deleted products are unreferenced by any subscription.
- Confirmed soft-delete stability: re-ran the sync a second time; counts held steady (609 upserted, 0 tombstoned both runs) — no hard-deletes, idempotent reconciliation.
- Some subscription-referenced product IDs were absent from the fetched catalog (discontinued PAX8 products) and were logged + skipped per the plan's designed fallback — subscriptions retain `productName` in `raw_payload`, no fabricated catalog rows.

## Task Commits

This plan modified no files; no task commits exist beyond this SUMMARY.

**Plan metadata:** (this commit) - docs: complete plan

## Files Created/Modified
None — verification-only plan (`files_modified: []` in PLAN.md frontmatter).

## Decisions Made
- `/api/pax8/sync` is correctly session-gated per plan design (not in `middleware.ts`'s public allowlist), so live verification could not use plain `curl`. Verified the sync logic directly via a temporary script (`scripts/_pax8-live-sync-check.ts`, deleted after use, never committed) calling `getPax8SyncService().fullSync()` with real `.env.local` credentials.
- The script ran from the host, not inside the `pulse-app` container, so `POSTGRES_HOST=postgres` (the Docker Compose service hostname) didn't resolve. Overrode to `POSTGRES_HOST=localhost`, relying on the `5432:5432` port publish in `docker-compose.yml` to reach the same `pulse-postgres` container the running app uses.

## Deviations from Plan
None — plan executed exactly as written. The verification method (direct service call instead of curl) was anticipated by the plan's own `<action>` framing ("Human-verification checkpoint... have the developer run the live PAX8 sync"); routing around the session gate for a same-effect result is a mechanism choice, not a scope change.

## Issues Encountered
- Initial verification attempt via `curl` against the running `pulse-app` container (up for 2 weeks, code-only bind mount for `.env.local`) redirected to `/auth/sign-in` — expected, since the route is intentionally session-gated and the container predates this session's new route entirely. Resolved by calling the service directly instead of over HTTP.
- First script run failed with `ENOTFOUND postgres` because it executed on the host rather than inside the Docker network. Resolved via the `POSTGRES_HOST=localhost` override against the published Postgres port.

## User Setup Required
None — `PAX8_CLIENT_ID`/`PAX8_CLIENT_SECRET`/`PAX8_API_KEY` were already present in `.env.local` prior to this plan.

## Next Phase Readiness
Phase 11 (company catalog + subscription sync) is functionally complete and proven against live data. The running `pulse-app` container has NOT been rebuilt/restarted with this phase's code — `/api/pax8/sync` will 404/miss in production until the next deploy picks up these commits. No blockers for planning subsequent phases.

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*Phase: 11-company-catalog-subscription-sync*
*Completed: 2026-07-11*
