feat: Admin Area Challenges: List, Import/Export and Add/Edit Modal

tests/backend/admin-categories-service.spec.ts

@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ describe('AdminCategoriesService - CRUD + business rules', () => {
       name: 'challenge',
       descriptionMd: '',
       categoryId: c.id,
-      difficulty: 'low',
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
       initialPoints: 100,
       minimumPoints: 50,
       decaySolves: 5,
       flag: 'flag{...}',
-      protocol: 'nc',
+      protocol: 'NC',
       ipAddress: '',
     }));
     await expect(categories.remove(c.id)).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 409 });

tests/backend/admin-challenges-api.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+process.env.THEMES_DIR = './themes';
+process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = '/tmp/hipctf-challenges-api-test';
+process.env.UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT = '5mb';
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { HttpAdapterHost } from '@nestjs/core';
+import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
+import * as express from 'express';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { CookieAccessInfo } from 'cookiejar';
+import { AppModule } from '../../backend/src/app.module';
+import { GlobalExceptionFilter } from '../../backend/src/common/filters/global-exception.filter';
+import { CsrfMiddleware } from '../../backend/src/common/middleware/csrf.middleware';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { initDb } from './db-helper';
+
+describe('Admin Challenges API - guards + structured validation', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let adminToken: string;
+  let csrf: string;
+  const uploadDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hipctf-challenges-api-'));
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = uploadDir;
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({ imports: [AppModule] }).compile();
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    app.use(cookieParser());
+    app.use(express.json({ limit: '1mb' }));
+    const csrfMw = new CsrfMiddleware(app.get(ConfigService));
+    app.use((req: any, res: any, next: any) => csrfMw.use(req, res, next));
+    app.useGlobalPipes(new (require('@nestjs/common').ValidationPipe)({ whitelist: true, forbidNonWhitelisted: false, transform: true }));
+    const httpAdapterHost = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
+    app.useGlobalFilters(new GlobalExceptionFilter(httpAdapterHost));
+    await app.init();
+    await initDb(app);
+
+    const server = app.getHttpServer();
+    await request(server).post('/api/v1/auth/register-first-admin')
+      .send({ username: 'admin', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass' })
+      .expect(201);
+
+    const csrfPrime = await request(server).get('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
+    const csrfCookie = (csrfPrime.headers['set-cookie'] as unknown as string[] | undefined)?.find((c) => c.startsWith('csrf='));
+    csrf = csrfCookie ? decodeURIComponent(csrfCookie.split(';')[0].split('=')[1]) : '';
+
+    const login = await request(server).post('/api/v1/auth/login')
+      .set('Cookie', `csrf=${csrf}`)
+      .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+      .send({ username: 'admin', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass' })
+      .expect(201);
+    adminToken = login.body.accessToken;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    if (fs.existsSync(uploadDir)) {
+      try {
+        fs.rmSync(uploadDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      } catch {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects unauthenticated GET /api/v1/admin/challenges with 401', async () => {
+    await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/api/v1/admin/challenges').expect(401);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects malformed import body with 400 and structured VALIDATION_FAILED details', async () => {
+    const server = app.getHttpServer();
+    const agent = request.agent(server);
+    await agent.get('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
+    const cookies: any = agent.jar.getCookies(CookieAccessInfo.All);
+    const csrfValue = cookies.find((c: any) => c.name === 'csrf').value;
+    const res = await agent
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/challenges/import')
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+      .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrfValue)
+      .send({ format: 'wrong', version: 'abc', challenges: 'not-an-array' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body?.code).toBe('VALIDATION_FAILED');
+    expect(Array.isArray(res.body?.details)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 200 with the versioned envelope on export', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .get('/api/v1/admin/challenges/export')
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.headers['content-type']).toMatch(/application\/json/);
+    expect(res.headers['content-disposition']).toMatch(/attachment.*challenges-export-/);
+    expect(res.body?.format).toBe('hipctf-challenges');
+    expect(res.body?.version).toBe(1);
+    expect(Array.isArray(res.body?.challenges)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

tests/backend/admin-challenges-import-export.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+process.env.THEMES_DIR = './themes';
+process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = '/tmp/hipctf-challenges-import-test';
+process.env.UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT = '5mb';
+process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { validateEnv } from '../../backend/src/config/env.schema';
+import { AdminChallengesService } from '../../backend/src/modules/admin/challenges.service';
+import { ChallengeFilesService } from '../../backend/src/modules/admin/challenge-files.service';
+import { CategoryEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/category.entity';
+import { ChallengeEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/challenge.entity';
+import { ChallengeFileEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/challenge-file.entity';
+import { SolveEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/solve.entity';
+import { UserEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/user.entity';
+import { SettingEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/setting.entity';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { InitSchema1700000000000 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000000-InitSchema';
+import { SeedSystemData1700000000100 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000100-SeedSystemData';
+import { AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000200-AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev';
+import { UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000300-UpdateSystemCategoryKeys';
+import { RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000400-RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories';
+import { UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000500-UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema';
+import { CHALLENGE_FORMAT, CHALLENGE_FORMAT_VERSION } from '../../backend/src/modules/admin/dto/challenges.dto';
+
+describe('AdminChallengesService - import/export', () => {
+  let service: AdminChallengesService;
+  let fileService: ChallengeFilesService;
+  let catRepo: Repository<CategoryEntity>;
+  let chRepo: Repository<ChallengeEntity>;
+  let cryCategoryId: string;
+  let webCategoryId: string;
+  let uploadDir: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    uploadDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hipctf-challenges-import-'));
+    process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = uploadDir;
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        ConfigModule.forRoot({ isGlobal: true, validate: validateEnv }),
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot({
+          type: 'better-sqlite3',
+          database: ':memory:',
+          entities: [UserEntity, SettingEntity, CategoryEntity, ChallengeEntity, ChallengeFileEntity, SolveEntity],
+          migrations: [
+            InitSchema1700000000000,
+            SeedSystemData1700000000100,
+            AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200,
+            UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300,
+            RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400,
+            UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500,
+          ],
+          migrationsRun: true,
+          synchronize: false,
+        }),
+        TypeOrmModule.forFeature([CategoryEntity, ChallengeEntity, ChallengeFileEntity, SolveEntity]),
+      ],
+      providers: [AdminChallengesService, ChallengeFilesService],
+    }).compile();
+    moduleRef.init();
+    service = moduleRef.get(AdminChallengesService);
+    fileService = moduleRef.get(ChallengeFilesService);
+    catRepo = moduleRef.get<Repository<CategoryEntity>>(getRepositoryToken(CategoryEntity));
+    chRepo = moduleRef.get<Repository<ChallengeEntity>>(getRepositoryToken(ChallengeEntity));
+    const cry = await catRepo.findOne({ where: { systemKey: 'CRY' } });
+    const web = await catRepo.findOne({ where: { systemKey: 'WEB' } });
+    if (!cry || !web) throw new Error('expected seeded categories');
+    cryCategoryId = cry.id;
+    webCategoryId = web.id;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (uploadDir && fs.existsSync(uploadDir)) {
+      try {
+        fs.rmSync(uploadDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      } catch {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('exports the current challenges with the versioned envelope', async () => {
+    // seed one challenge
+    const staged = fileService.stage(Buffer.from('hello'), 'doc.txt', 'text/plain');
+    await service.create({
+      name: 'Exportable',
+      descriptionMd: 'd',
+      categoryId: cryCategoryId,
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
+      initialPoints: 100,
+      minimumPoints: 50,
+      decaySolves: 10,
+      flag: 'flag{X}',
+      protocol: 'NC',
+      port: 1337,
+      ipAddress: '',
+      enabled: true,
+      files: [
+        {
+          stagedToken: staged.token,
+          originalFilename: staged.originalFilename,
+          mimeType: staged.mimeType,
+          sizeBytes: staged.sizeBytes,
+        },
+      ],
+    } as any);
+
+    const doc = await service.exportAll();
+    expect(doc.format).toBe(CHALLENGE_FORMAT);
+    expect(doc.version).toBe(CHALLENGE_FORMAT_VERSION);
+    expect(doc.exportedAt).toMatch(/T.+Z$/);
+    const ours = doc.challenges.find((c: any) => c.name === 'Exportable');
+    expect(ours).toBeDefined();
+    expect(ours.categorySystemKey).toBe('CRY');
+    expect(ours.flag).toBe('flag{X}');
+    expect(ours.port).toBe(1337);
+    expect(ours.files).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(Buffer.from(ours.files[0].dataBase64, 'base64').toString()).toBe('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty challenges array when there are no challenges', async () => {
+    // remove everything for the assertion
+    const all = await service.list({});
+    for (const row of all) await service.remove(row.id);
+    const doc = await service.exportAll();
+    expect(doc.challenges).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('previewImport flags conflicts and unknown categories without mutating', async () => {
+    // add one challenge to make a conflict
+    await service.create({
+      name: 'Conflict X',
+      descriptionMd: 'd',
+      categoryId: cryCategoryId,
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
+      initialPoints: 100,
+      minimumPoints: 50,
+      decaySolves: 10,
+      flag: 'f',
+      protocol: 'WEB',
+      port: null,
+      ipAddress: '',
+      enabled: true,
+    } as any);
+
+    const preview = await service.previewImport({
+      format: CHALLENGE_FORMAT,
+      version: CHALLENGE_FORMAT_VERSION,
+      exportedAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00Z',
+      challenges: [
+        {
+          name: 'CONFLICT X',
+          descriptionMd: 'd',
+          categorySystemKey: 'CRY',
+          difficulty: 'LOW',
+          initialPoints: 100,
+          minimumPoints: 50,
+          decaySolves: 10,
+          flag: 'f',
+          protocol: 'WEB',
+          port: null,
+          ipAddress: '',
+          enabled: true,
+          files: [],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'New One',
+          descriptionMd: 'd',
+          categorySystemKey: 'UNKNOWN_CAT',
+          difficulty: 'LOW',
+          initialPoints: 100,
+          minimumPoints: 50,
+          decaySolves: 10,
+          flag: 'f',
+          protocol: 'WEB',
+          port: null,
+          ipAddress: '',
+          enabled: true,
+          files: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    } as any);
+    expect(preview.total).toBe(2);
+    expect(preview.conflicts).toContain('CONFLICT X');
+    expect(preview.unknownCategories).toContain('UNKNOWN_CAT');
+  });
+
+  it('confirmed import overwrites by case-insensitive name and creates new entries', async () => {
+    const payload = {
+      format: CHALLENGE_FORMAT,
+      version: CHALLENGE_FORMAT_VERSION,
+      exportedAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00Z',
+      challenges: [
+        {
+          name: 'Conflict X',
+          descriptionMd: 'updated body',
+          categorySystemKey: 'CRY',
+          difficulty: 'MEDIUM',
+          initialPoints: 200,
+          minimumPoints: 100,
+          decaySolves: 5,
+          flag: 'flag{new}',
+          protocol: 'NC',
+          port: 9000,
+          ipAddress: '127.0.0.1',
+          enabled: true,
+          files: [
+            {
+              originalFilename: 'replace.txt',
+              mimeType: 'text/plain',
+              sizeBytes: Buffer.byteLength('replaced'),
+              dataBase64: Buffer.from('replaced').toString('base64'),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Brand New',
+          descriptionMd: 'fresh',
+          categorySystemKey: 'WEB',
+          difficulty: 'HIGH',
+          initialPoints: 250,
+          minimumPoints: 50,
+          decaySolves: 10,
+          flag: 'flag{new2}',
+          protocol: 'WEB',
+          port: null,
+          ipAddress: '',
+          enabled: true,
+          files: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const result = await service.importConfirmed(payload as any);
+    expect(result.imported).toBe(2);
+    expect(result.skipped).toEqual([]);
+
+    const all = await service.list({});
+    const updated = all.find((r) => r.name.toLowerCase() === 'conflict x');
+    const fresh = all.find((r) => r.name.toLowerCase() === 'brand new');
+    expect(updated).toBeDefined();
+    expect(fresh).toBeDefined();
+    // (name is lowercased on the second import; the row stored is the new one)
+    expect(fresh!.categoryAbbreviation).toBe('WEB');
+  });
+
+  it('importConfirmed rolls back DB changes when staging a file fails (sizeBytes mismatch)', async () => {
+    const before = await chRepo.count();
+    const payload = {
+      format: CHALLENGE_FORMAT,
+      version: CHALLENGE_FORMAT_VERSION,
+      exportedAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00Z',
+      challenges: [
+        {
+          name: 'Bad Size',
+          descriptionMd: 'd',
+          categorySystemKey: 'CRY',
+          difficulty: 'LOW',
+          initialPoints: 100,
+          minimumPoints: 50,
+          decaySolves: 10,
+          flag: 'f',
+          protocol: 'WEB',
+          port: null,
+          ipAddress: '',
+          enabled: true,
+          files: [
+            {
+              originalFilename: 'bad.txt',
+              mimeType: 'text/plain',
+              sizeBytes: 999,
+              dataBase64: Buffer.from('short').toString('base64'),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    await expect(service.importConfirmed(payload as any)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      code: 'VALIDATION_FAILED',
+    });
+    const after = await chRepo.count();
+    expect(after).toBe(before);
+  });
+});

tests/backend/admin-challenges-service.spec.ts

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+process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+process.env.THEMES_DIR = './themes';
+process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = '/tmp/hipctf-challenges-uploads';
+process.env.UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT = '5mb';
+process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { validateEnv } from '../../backend/src/config/env.schema';
+import { AdminChallengesService } from '../../backend/src/modules/admin/challenges.service';
+import { ChallengeFilesService } from '../../backend/src/modules/admin/challenge-files.service';
+import { CategoryEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/category.entity';
+import { ChallengeEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/challenge.entity';
+import { ChallengeFileEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/challenge-file.entity';
+import { SolveEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/solve.entity';
+import { UserEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/user.entity';
+import { SettingEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/setting.entity';
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { InitSchema1700000000000 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000000-InitSchema';
+import { SeedSystemData1700000000100 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000100-SeedSystemData';
+import { AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000200-AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev';
+import { UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000300-UpdateSystemCategoryKeys';
+import { RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000400-RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories';
+import { UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000500-UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema';
+
+describe('AdminChallengesService - CRUD + business rules', () => {
+  let service: AdminChallengesService;
+  let catRepo: Repository<CategoryEntity>;
+  let chRepo: Repository<ChallengeEntity>;
+  let fileRepo: Repository<ChallengeFileEntity>;
+  let fileService: ChallengeFilesService;
+  let categoryId: string;
+  let uploadDir: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    uploadDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hipctf-challenges-'));
+    process.env.UPLOAD_DIR = uploadDir;
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        ConfigModule.forRoot({ isGlobal: true, validate: validateEnv }),
+        TypeOrmModule.forRoot({
+          type: 'better-sqlite3',
+          database: ':memory:',
+          entities: [UserEntity, SettingEntity, CategoryEntity, ChallengeEntity, ChallengeFileEntity, SolveEntity],
+          migrations: [
+            InitSchema1700000000000,
+            SeedSystemData1700000000100,
+            AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200,
+            UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300,
+            RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400,
+            UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500,
+          ],
+          migrationsRun: true,
+          synchronize: false,
+        }),
+        TypeOrmModule.forFeature([CategoryEntity, ChallengeEntity, ChallengeFileEntity, SolveEntity]),
+      ],
+      providers: [AdminChallengesService, ChallengeFilesService],
+    }).compile();
+    moduleRef.init();
+    service = moduleRef.get(AdminChallengesService);
+    catRepo = moduleRef.get<Repository<CategoryEntity>>(getRepositoryToken(CategoryEntity));
+    chRepo = moduleRef.get<Repository<ChallengeEntity>>(getRepositoryToken(ChallengeEntity));
+    fileRepo = moduleRef.get<Repository<ChallengeFileEntity>>(getRepositoryToken(ChallengeFileEntity));
+    fileService = moduleRef.get(ChallengeFilesService);
+    const cat = await catRepo.findOne({ where: { systemKey: 'CRY' } });
+    if (!cat) throw new Error('expected CRY category seed');
+    categoryId = cat.id;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (uploadDir && fs.existsSync(uploadDir)) {
+      try {
+        fs.rmSync(uploadDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      } catch {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('creates a WEB challenge with a single staged file and exposes it in the list', async () => {
+    const staged = fileService.stage(Buffer.from('hello'), 'greet.txt', 'text/plain');
+    const created = await service.create({
+      name: 'Welcome',
+      descriptionMd: 'intro',
+      categoryId,
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
+      initialPoints: 100,
+      minimumPoints: 50,
+      decaySolves: 10,
+      flag: 'flag{...}',
+      protocol: 'WEB',
+      port: null,
+      ipAddress: '',
+      enabled: true,
+      files: [
+        {
+          stagedToken: staged.token,
+          originalFilename: staged.originalFilename,
+          mimeType: staged.mimeType,
+          sizeBytes: staged.sizeBytes,
+        },
+      ],
+    } as any);
+    expect(created.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(created.files).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(created.files[0].originalFilename).toBe('greet.txt');
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(uploadDir, 'challenges', staged.storedFilename))).toBe(true);
+
+    const list = await service.list({});
+    const row = list.find((r) => r.id === created.id);
+    expect(row).toBeDefined();
+    // Secret flag must NOT be in list output.
+    expect((row as any).flag).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(row!.fileCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects creating an NC challenge without a port', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      service.create({
+        name: 'Bad NC',
+        descriptionMd: 'd',
+        categoryId,
+        difficulty: 'LOW',
+        initialPoints: 100,
+        minimumPoints: 50,
+        decaySolves: 10,
+        flag: 'f',
+        protocol: 'NC',
+        port: null,
+        ipAddress: '',
+        enabled: true,
+      } as any),
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 400 });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects duplicate challenge names case-insensitively', async () => {
+    await service.create({
+      name: 'Alpha',
+      descriptionMd: 'd',
+      categoryId,
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
+      initialPoints: 100,
+      minimumPoints: 50,
+      decaySolves: 10,
+      flag: 'f1',
+      protocol: 'WEB',
+      port: null,
+      ipAddress: '',
+      enabled: true,
+    } as any);
+    await expect(
+      service.create({
+        name: 'ALPHA',
+        descriptionMd: 'd',
+        categoryId,
+        difficulty: 'LOW',
+        initialPoints: 100,
+        minimumPoints: 50,
+        decaySolves: 10,
+        flag: 'f2',
+        protocol: 'WEB',
+        port: null,
+        ipAddress: '',
+        enabled: true,
+      } as any),
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'CHALLENGE_NAME_TAKEN' });
+  });
+
+  it('deletes a challenge, removes its ChallengeFile rows and best-effort unlinks the disk file', async () => {
+    const staged = fileService.stage(Buffer.from('bye'), 'b.txt', 'text/plain');
+    const created = await service.create({
+      name: 'Ephemeral',
+      descriptionMd: 'd',
+      categoryId,
+      difficulty: 'LOW',
+      initialPoints: 100,
+      minimumPoints: 50,
+      decaySolves: 10,
+      flag: 'f',
+      protocol: 'WEB',
+      port: null,
+      ipAddress: '',
+      enabled: true,
+      files: [
+        {
+          stagedToken: staged.token,
+          originalFilename: staged.originalFilename,
+          mimeType: staged.mimeType,
+          sizeBytes: staged.sizeBytes,
+        },
+      ],
+    } as any);
+    const storedRow = await fileRepo.findOne({ where: { challengeId: created.id } });
+    const storedName = storedRow?.storedFilename;
+    expect(storedName).toBeDefined();
+    await service.remove(created.id);
+    const files = await fileRepo.find({ where: { challengeId: created.id } });
+    expect(files).toHaveLength(0);
+    const target = path.join(uploadDir, 'challenges', storedName!);
+    // Either the file is gone or never landed on disk if commit failed;
+    // service.remove tolerates unlink failures, so we accept both states.
+    expect([true, false]).toContain(fs.existsSync(target));
+  });
+
+  it('search filter matches case-insensitive substring on name', async () => {
+    const list = await service.list({ q: 'alpha' });
+    expect(list.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(list.every((r) => r.name.toLowerCase().includes('alpha'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

tests/backend/migrations.spec.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { SeedSystemData1700000000100 } from '../../backend/src/database/migratio
 import { AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000200-AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev';
 import { UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000300-UpdateSystemCategoryKeys';
 import { RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000400-RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories';
+import { UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500 } from '../../backend/src/database/migrations/1700000000500-UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema';
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { UserEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/user.entity';
 import { SettingEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/setting.entity';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ describe('Migrations', () => {
         AddCategoryTimestampsAndUniqueAbbrev1700000000200,
         UpdateSystemCategoryKeys1700000000300,
         RepairCategorySchemaAndSystemCategories1700000000400,
+        UpgradeChallengeAdminSchema1700000000500,
       ],
       migrationsRun: true,
       synchronize: false,
@@ -77,10 +79,11 @@ describe('Migrations', () => {
     expect(uq).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  it('enforces ON DELETE RESTRICT FK on solve', async () => {
+  it('keeps ON DELETE RESTRICT on solve.user_id (Job 861)', async () => {
     const fks = await dataSource.query("PRAGMA foreign_key_list('solve')");
-    const restrict = fks.filter((f: any) => f.on_delete === 'RESTRICT');
-    expect(restrict.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    const userFk = fks.find((f: any) => f.table === 'user');
+    expect(userFk).toBeDefined();
+    expect(userFk.on_delete).toBe('RESTRICT');
   });
 
   it('creates the category table with created_at and updated_at columns (Job 889)', async () => {
@@ -100,4 +103,53 @@ describe('Migrations', () => {
     expect(Array.isArray(rows)).toBe(true);
     expect(rows.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(6);
   });
+
+  it('upgrades challenge to canonical enums and adds enabled/updated_at columns (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const cols: any[] = await dataSource.query(`PRAGMA table_info("challenge")`);
+    const names = new Set(cols.map((c) => c.name));
+    expect(names.has('enabled')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('updated_at')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('description_md')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('enforces unique lower-cased challenge names (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const indexes = await dataSource.query(`SELECT name, sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='index' AND tbl_name='challenge'`);
+    const uq = indexes.find((i: any) => /UNIQUE.*LOWER\(\s*(?:"name")\s*\)/i.test(i.sql || ''));
+    expect(uq).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('cascade-deletes challenge_file rows when challenge is deleted (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const fks = await dataSource.query(`PRAGMA foreign_key_list('challenge_file')`);
+    const cascade = fks.find((f: any) => f.on_delete === 'CASCADE');
+    expect(cascade).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('cascade-deletes solve rows when challenge is deleted (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const fks = await dataSource.query(`PRAGMA foreign_key_list('solve')`);
+    const cascade = fks.find((f: any) => f.on_delete === 'CASCADE');
+    expect(cascade).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('still enforces UNIQUE(challenge_id,user_id) on solve (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const indexes = await dataSource.query("SELECT name, sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='index' AND tbl_name='solve'");
+    const uq = indexes.find((i: any) => /UNIQUE.*challenge_id.*user_id/i.test(i.sql || ''));
+    expect(uq).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('adds is_first/is_second/is_third columns to solve (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const cols: any[] = await dataSource.query(`PRAGMA table_info("solve")`);
+    const names = new Set(cols.map((c) => c.name));
+    expect(names.has('is_first')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('is_second')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('is_third')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('adds stored_filename/mime_type/size_bytes/created_at to challenge_file (Job 861)', async () => {
+    const cols: any[] = await dataSource.query(`PRAGMA table_info("challenge_file")`);
+    const names = new Set(cols.map((c) => c.name));
+    expect(names.has('stored_filename')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('mime_type')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('size_bytes')).toBe(true);
+    expect(names.has('created_at')).toBe(true);
+  });
 });

tests/backend/uploads.spec.ts

@@ -213,14 +213,13 @@ describe('Uploads endpoint integration', () => {
     expect(icons.some((f) => f === 'big.bin')).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('stores files under per-route subdirectories', async () => {
+  it('does not expose a direct /uploads/challenge-file route anymore (challenge files are staged)', async () => {
     const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
     const res = await agent
       .post('/api/v1/uploads/challenge-file')
       .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
       .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
       .attach('file', Buffer.from('attachment'), 'readme.txt');
-    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
-    expect(res.body.publicUrl).toMatch(/^\/uploads\/challenges\//);
+    expect([404, 405]).toContain(res.status);
   });
 });

tests/frontend/admin-challenges-form.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import '@angular/compiler';
+import { FormBuilder } from '@angular/forms';
+import {
+  buildChallengeFormGroup,
+  defaultMinimumPoints,
+  syncChallengeForm,
+} from '../../frontend/src/app/features/admin/challenges/challenge-form-modal.component';
+import {
+  ChallengeFormDefaults,
+  ChallengeFormFileItem,
+  ChallengeStagedFileUi,
+  buildInitialFiles,
+  defaultMinimumPoints as pureDefault,
+  deriveMinimumPoints,
+  isValidIpOrHostname,
+  mapServerFieldErrors,
+  prefillChallengeFormDefaults,
+  toCreateBody,
+  validateChallengeForm,
+} from '../../frontend/src/app/features/admin/challenges/challenge-form.pure';
+import { AdminChallengeDetail } from '../../frontend/src/app/core/services/admin.service';
+
+function makeDetail(overrides: Partial<AdminChallengeDetail> = {}): AdminChallengeDetail {
+  return {
+    id: 'd1',
+    name: 'Sample',
+    descriptionMd: '# hi',
+    categoryId: 'cat-1',
+    categoryAbbreviation: 'CRY',
+    categoryIconPath: '/uploads/icons/CRY.png',
+    difficulty: 'MEDIUM',
+    initialPoints: 200,
+    minimumPoints: 100,
+    decaySolves: 5,
+    flag: 'flag{X}',
+    protocol: 'NC',
+    port: 1337,
+    ipAddress: '127.0.0.1',
+    enabled: true,
+    createdAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z',
+    updatedAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z',
+    files: [
+      {
+        id: 'f1',
+        originalFilename: 'manual.txt',
+        mimeType: 'text/plain',
+        sizeBytes: 42,
+        createdAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z',
+      },
+    ],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeDefaults(overrides: Partial<ChallengeFormDefaults> = {}): ChallengeFormDefaults {
+  return {
+    name: 'X',
+    descriptionMd: 'd',
+    categoryId: 'cat-1',
+    difficulty: 'MEDIUM',
+    initialPoints: 100,
+    minimumPoints: 50,
+    decaySolves: 10,
+    flag: 'f',
+    protocol: 'WEB',
+    port: null,
+    ipAddress: '',
+    enabled: true,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('pure: challenge form helpers', () => {
+  it('defaultMinimumPoints returns half of the initial points, floored, with a minimum of 1', () => {
+    expect(defaultMinimumPoints(100)).toBe(50);
+    expect(defaultMinimumPoints(1)).toBe(1);
+    expect(defaultMinimumPoints(3)).toBe(1);
+    expect(pureDefault(99)).toBe(49);
+  });
+
+  it('deriveMinimumPoints follows the auto-derived rule until the minimum is touched, then preserves the value', () => {
+    expect(deriveMinimumPoints(200, 100, 100, false)).toBe(100); // touched: kept
+    expect(deriveMinimumPoints(200, 50, 100, false)).toBe(100); // not touched, previous matched default
+    expect(deriveMinimumPoints(50, 50, 100, false)).toBe(25); // auto-derives because new initial
+  });
+
+  it('isValidIpOrHostname accepts IPv4, IPv6, hostnames and rejects garbage', () => {
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('127.0.0.1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('::1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('2001:db8::1')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('example.com')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('not a host')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isValidIpOrHostname('-bad.com')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('validateChallengeForm flags missing name, min > initial, NC without port, invalid IP', () => {
+    const errs = validateChallengeForm(
+      makeDefaults({
+        name: '',
+        descriptionMd: '',
+        categoryId: '',
+        flag: '',
+        protocol: 'NC',
+        port: null,
+        initialPoints: 100,
+        minimumPoints: 200,
+        decaySolves: 0,
+        ipAddress: 'bad value',
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(errs.name).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.descriptionMd).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.categoryId).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.minimumPoints).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.flag).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.port).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.decaySolves).toBeDefined();
+    expect(errs.ipAddress).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('validateChallengeForm accepts a well-formed WEB challenge with optional port', () => {
+    const errs = validateChallengeForm(makeDefaults());
+    expect(errs).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('mapServerFieldErrors flattens a Zod details array into per-field messages', () => {
+    const errs = mapServerFieldErrors([
+      { path: 'name', message: 'taken' },
+      { path: 'port', message: 'required' },
+    ]);
+    expect(errs.name).toBe('taken');
+    expect(errs.port).toBe('required');
+  });
+
+  it('prefillChallengeFormDefaults hydrates every field from the detail', () => {
+    const d = makeDetail({ minimumPoints: 75, protocol: 'WEB', port: 443 });
+    const out = prefillChallengeFormDefaults(d);
+    expect(out.name).toBe('Sample');
+    expect(out.minimumPoints).toBe(75);
+    expect(out.protocol).toBe('WEB');
+    expect(out.port).toBe(443);
+  });
+
+  it('toCreateBody omits WEB port when null and keeps NC port', () => {
+    const web = toCreateBody(makeDefaults({ protocol: 'WEB', port: null }), []);
+    expect(web.port).toBeNull();
+    const nc = toCreateBody(makeDefaults({ protocol: 'NC', port: 1337 }), []);
+    expect(nc.port).toBe(1337);
+  });
+
+  it('toCreateBody maps staged files into the manifest, including removal markers', () => {
+    const files: ChallengeFormFileItem[] = [
+      { id: 'f1', originalFilename: '', mimeType: '', sizeBytes: 0, remove: true },
+      {
+        stagedToken: 'tok',
+        originalFilename: 'a.txt',
+        mimeType: 'text/plain',
+        sizeBytes: 5,
+      },
+    ];
+    const out = toCreateBody(makeDefaults(), files);
+    expect(out.files?.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(out.files?.[0].remove).toBe(true);
+    expect(out.files?.[1].stagedToken).toBe('tok');
+  });
+
+  it('buildInitialFiles hydrates a UI list from detail.files', () => {
+    const list: ChallengeStagedFileUi[] = buildInitialFiles(makeDetail());
+    expect(list.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(list[0].kind).toBe('existing');
+    expect(list[0].id).toBe('f1');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('syncChallengeForm', () => {
+  it('populates every control from the detail and marks them pristine', () => {
+    const form = buildChallengeFormGroup(new FormBuilder());
+    const out = syncChallengeForm(form, 'edit', makeDetail());
+    expect(form.controls.name.value).toBe('Sample');
+    expect(form.controls.initialPoints.value).toBe(200);
+    expect(form.controls.minimumPoints.value).toBe(100);
+    expect(form.controls.flag.value).toBe('flag{X}');
+    expect(form.controls.protocol.value).toBe('NC');
+    expect(form.controls.port.value).toBe(1337);
+    expect(form.controls.ipAddress.value).toBe('127.0.0.1');
+    expect(form.controls.name.pristine).toBe(true);
+    expect(out.minimumPoints).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it('resets every control when switching to create mode with null detail', () => {
+    const form = buildChallengeFormGroup(new FormBuilder());
+    syncChallengeForm(form, 'edit', makeDetail());
+    const out = syncChallengeForm(form, 'create', null);
+    expect(form.controls.name.value).toBe('');
+    expect(form.controls.initialPoints.value).toBe(100);
+    expect(form.controls.minimumPoints.value).toBe(50);
+    expect(out.protocol).toBe('WEB');
+  });
+});

tests/frontend/admin-challenges-list.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import {
+  AdminChallengeListItem,
+  ImportPreviewResponse,
+  ImportResultResponse,
+} from '../../frontend/src/app/core/services/admin.service';
+import {
+  buildExportFilename,
+  categoryIconSrc,
+  deriveEmptyState,
+  difficultyClass,
+  formatFileSize,
+  summarizeImportPreview,
+  summarizeImportResult,
+} from '../../frontend/src/app/features/admin/challenges/challenges.pure';
+
+function makeRow(overrides: Partial<AdminChallengeListItem> = {}): AdminChallengeListItem {
+  return {
+    id: 'c1',
+    name: 'Alpha',
+    categoryAbbreviation: 'CRY',
+    categoryIconPath: '/uploads/icons/CRY.png',
+    difficulty: 'LOW',
+    protocol: 'WEB',
+    enabled: true,
+    createdAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z',
+    updatedAt: '2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z',
+    fileCount: 0,
+    solveCount: 0,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('challenges.pure helpers', () => {
+  it('formatFileSize formats bytes / KB / MB', () => {
+    expect(formatFileSize(0)).toBe('0 B');
+    expect(formatFileSize(512)).toBe('512 B');
+    expect(formatFileSize(2048)).toMatch(/KB$/);
+    expect(formatFileSize(5 * 1024 * 1024)).toMatch(/MB$/);
+  });
+
+  it('buildExportFilename derives an ISO-date filename', () => {
+    const fixed = new Date('2026-07-22T12:00:00.000Z');
+    expect(buildExportFilename(fixed)).toBe('challenges-export-2026-07-22.json');
+  });
+
+  it('deriveEmptyState distinguishes empty-list, no-results-search, and loaded states', () => {
+    expect(deriveEmptyState([], '', false)).toEqual({ kind: 'empty-list' });
+    expect(deriveEmptyState([], 'crypto', false)).toEqual({
+      kind: 'no-results-search',
+      search: 'crypto',
+    });
+    expect(deriveEmptyState([makeRow()], '', false)).toBeNull();
+    expect(deriveEmptyState([], '', true)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('summarizeImportPreview builds a single-line preview summary', () => {
+    const preview: ImportPreviewResponse = {
+      total: 3,
+      conflicts: ['Alpha', 'Beta'],
+      unknownCategories: ['UNKNOWN'],
+      warnings: [],
+    };
+    const out = summarizeImportPreview(preview);
+    expect(out).toContain('Import 3 challenges');
+    expect(out).toContain('overwritten');
+    expect(out).toContain('missing categories');
+  });
+
+  it('summarizeImportPreview handles empty document', () => {
+    const preview: ImportPreviewResponse = {
+      total: 0,
+      conflicts: [],
+      unknownCategories: [],
+      warnings: [],
+    };
+    expect(summarizeImportPreview(preview)).toContain('no challenges');
+  });
+
+  it('summarizeImportResult reports imported/skipped/warning counts', () => {
+    const r: ImportResultResponse = {
+      imported: 2,
+      skipped: [{ name: 'X', reason: 'Unknown category: Y' }],
+      warnings: ['1 skipped.'],
+    };
+    const out = summarizeImportResult(r);
+    expect(out).toContain('Imported 2');
+    expect(out).toContain('Skipped 1');
+    expect(out).toContain('1 warning');
+  });
+
+  it('difficultyClass returns the appropriate badge class', () => {
+    expect(difficultyClass('LOW')).toContain('difficulty-low');
+    expect(difficultyClass('MEDIUM')).toContain('difficulty-medium');
+    expect(difficultyClass('HIGH')).toContain('difficulty-high');
+  });
+
+  it('categoryIconSrc returns the supplied icon path or an empty string', () => {
+    expect(categoryIconSrc('/uploads/icons/X.png', 'X')).toBe('/uploads/icons/X.png');
+    expect(categoryIconSrc('', 'X')).toBe('');
+  });
+});