Harden scaffold (reviewer followups)

- main.ts awaits DatabaseInitService.init() before app.listen(), ensuring
  migrations + seed run before the HTTP server accepts traffic.
- AppModule now uses NestModule with consumer.apply() no longer needed for
  CSRF (registered globally via app.use after body parsers in main.ts).
- JwtAuthGuard extended from AuthGuard('jwt') so protected endpoints
  actually validate the bearer token.
- Admin controller now uses Zod-validated DTOs for body/path/query:
  createUser, updateUserRole, userIdParam, listUsersQuery; with @Public
  / @Roles decorators and AdminGuard applied.
- Multer upload module + controller (POST /api/v1/uploads/category-icon
  and /challenge-file) with safe-filename strategy, configured
  UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT, admin-only via AdminGuard, served via /uploads
  static handler.
- ThemeLoaderService now requires all 10 canonical theme ids at startup,
  backfilling missing themes from built-ins with a warning; validates the
  configured themeKey setting and falls back to 'classic' if invalid;
  gracefully tolerates missing setting table during early boot.
- Test suite expanded to 76 tests / 17 suites; new specs:
  admin-validation, uploads, theme-required, database-init.

tests/backend/admin-guard.spec.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
 import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { INestApplication, ValidationPipe } 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 cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
 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 route protection', () => {
   let app: INestApplication;
@@ -19,10 +23,14 @@ describe('Admin route protection', () => {
     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 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')

tests/backend/admin-validation.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+process.env.THEMES_DIR = './themes';
+process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { INestApplication, ValidationPipe } 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 { DatabaseInitService } from '../../backend/src/database/database-init.service';
+
+describe('Admin route validation (Zod DTOs)', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let adminToken: string;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({ imports: [AppModule] }).compile();
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    app.use(express.json({ limit: '1mb' }));
+    app.use(cookieParser());
+    app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe({ whitelist: true, forbidNonWhitelisted: false, transform: true }));
+    const httpAdapterHost = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
+    app.useGlobalFilters(new GlobalExceptionFilter(httpAdapterHost));
+    await app.init();
+    await app.get(DatabaseInitService).init();
+
+    const server = app.getHttpServer();
+    await request(server).post('/api/v1/auth/register-first-admin')
+      .send({ username: 'admin', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass' })
+      .expect(201);
+
+    const login = await request(server).post('/api/v1/auth/login')
+      .send({ username: 'admin', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass' })
+      .expect(201);
+    adminToken = login.body.accessToken;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  async function primeCsrf(): Promise<{ agent: any; csrf: string }> {
+    const server = app.getHttpServer();
+    const agent = request.agent(server);
+    await agent.get('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
+    const cookies: any = agent.jar.getCookies(CookieAccessInfo.All);
+    return { agent, csrf: cookies.find((c: any) => c.name === 'csrf').value };
+  }
+
+  describe('POST /api/v1/admin/users', () => {
+    it('rejects missing username with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.post('/api/v1/admin/users')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass', role: 'player' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects username with invalid characters with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.post('/api/v1/admin/users')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ username: 'bad name!', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass', role: 'player' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects weak password with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.post('/api/v1/admin/users')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ username: 'goodname', password: 'short', role: 'player' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects invalid role with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.post('/api/v1/admin/users')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ username: 'goodname', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass', role: 'god' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('accepts a well-formed body', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent
+        .post('/api/v1/admin/users')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .send({ username: 'gooduser', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass', role: 'player' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('PATCH /api/v1/admin/users/:id', () => {
+    it('rejects a non-UUID id with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.patch('/api/v1/admin/users/not-a-uuid')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ role: 'player' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects an invalid role with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.patch('/api/v1/admin/users/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+        .send({ role: 'superuser' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('DELETE /api/v1/admin/users/:id', () => {
+    it('rejects a non-UUID id with 400', async () => {
+      const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+      const res = await agent.delete('/api/v1/admin/users/not-a-uuid')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+        .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /api/v1/admin/users?limit=...', () => {
+    it('rejects limit > 200 with 400', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/api/v1/admin/users?limit=999')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects limit=0 with 400', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/api/v1/admin/users?limit=0')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects non-numeric limit with 400', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/api/v1/admin/users?limit=abc')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('accepts a valid limit and returns 200', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+        .get('/api/v1/admin/users?limit=10')
+        .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(Array.isArray(res.body)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+});

tests/backend/auth-refresh.spec.ts

@@ -6,22 +6,31 @@ import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { INestApplication, ValidationPipe } 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';
+import { DatabaseInitService } from '../../backend/src/database/database-init.service';
 
 describe('Auth refresh rotation', () => {
   let app: INestApplication;
 
-  beforeAll(async () => {
+beforeAll(async () => {
     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 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')

tests/backend/bootstrap.integration.spec.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { HttpAdapterHost } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { AppModule } from '../../backend/src/app.module';
 import { GlobalExceptionFilter } from '../../backend/src/common/filters/global-exception.filter';
 import { csrfClient, primeCsrf } from './csrf-client';
+import { initDb } from './db-helper';
 
 describe('Bootstrap integration', () => {
   let app: INestApplication;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ describe('Bootstrap integration', () => {
     const httpAdapterHost = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
     app.useGlobalFilters(new GlobalExceptionFilter(httpAdapterHost));
     await app.init();
+    await initDb(app);
   });
 
   afterAll(async () => {

tests/backend/database-init.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { validateEnv } from '../../backend/src/config/env.schema';
+import { DatabaseModule } from '../../backend/src/database/database.module';
+import { DatabaseInitService } from '../../backend/src/database/database-init.service';
+import { CategoryEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/category.entity';
+import { SettingEntity } from '../../backend/src/database/entities/setting.entity';
+
+describe('DatabaseInitService', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let init: DatabaseInitService;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+    process.env.THEMES_DIR = './themes';
+    process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        ConfigModule.forRoot({ isGlobal: true, validate: validateEnv }),
+        DatabaseModule,
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    init = app.get(DatabaseInitService);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (app) await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it('creates the schema and seed data on first init()', async () => {
+    await init.init();
+    const ds = (init as any).dataSource;
+    expect(ds.isInitialized).toBe(true);
+    const tables: any[] = await ds.query("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'");
+    const names = tables.map((t) => t.name);
+    expect(names).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+      'user', 'setting', 'category', 'challenge', 'challenge_file',
+      'solve', 'refresh_token', 'blog_post',
+    ]));
+
+    const categories = await ds.getRepository(CategoryEntity).find();
+    const systemCats = categories.filter((c: any) => c.systemKey);
+    expect(systemCats.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(6);
+
+    const settings = await ds.getRepository(SettingEntity).find();
+    const keys = settings.map((s: any) => s.key);
+    expect(keys).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+      'pageTitle', 'logo', 'welcomeMarkdown', 'themeKey',
+      'defaultChallengeIp', 'registrationsEnabled',
+      'eventStartUtc', 'eventEndUtc',
+    ]));
+  });
+
+  it('is idempotent — calling init() twice does not duplicate migrations or seeds', async () => {
+    await init.init();
+    await init.init();
+    const ds = (init as any).dataSource;
+    const categories = await ds.getRepository(CategoryEntity).find();
+    const systemCats = categories.filter((c: any) => c.systemKey);
+    expect(systemCats.length).toBe(6);
+  });
+});

tests/backend/db-helper.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DatabaseInitService } from '../../backend/src/database/database-init.service';
+
+/**
+ * Await database initialization (migrations + seed verification) on the
+ * given Nest app. Without this, integration tests that hit controllers
+ * will hit a fresh `:memory:` SQLite database with no tables.
+ */
+export async function initDb(app: INestApplication): Promise<void> {
+  await app.get<DatabaseInitService>(DatabaseInitService).init();
+}

tests/backend/registration-rate-limit.spec.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import { RegistrationRateLimitService } from '../../backend/src/common/services/
 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 { 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('RegistrationRateLimitService', () => {
   it('allows up to 10 per minute per IP', () => {
@@ -36,9 +41,14 @@ describe('register-first-admin registration rate limit (integration)', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
     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));
     const httpAdapterHost = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
     app.useGlobalFilters(new GlobalExceptionFilter(httpAdapterHost));
     await app.init();
+    await initDb(app);
     limiter = app.get(RegistrationRateLimitService);
   });
 
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ describe('register-first-admin registration rate limit (integration)', () => {
 
     const server = app.getHttpServer();
     const agent = request.agent(server);
-    await agent.post('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
+    await agent.get('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
     const cookies: any = agent.jar.getCookies(require('cookiejar').CookieAccessInfo.All);
     const csrf = cookies.find((c: any) => c.name === 'csrf');
 

tests/backend/theme-loader.spec.ts

@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@ import { ThemeLoaderService } from '../../backend/src/common/utils/theme-loader.
 
 describe('ThemeLoaderService', () => {
   const config = { get: jest.fn() } as any;
+  // ThemeLoaderService now takes SettingsService for the configured-theme
+  // validation step. We pass a stub that always returns 'classic' so the
+  // existing tests focus on disk loading + lookup behavior.
+  const settings = { get: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('classic') } as any;
 
   it('falls back to default and warns on unknown theme id', () => {
     const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmp, 'classic.json'), JSON.stringify({ id: 'classic', name: 'Classic', tokens: { primary: '#000', secondary: '#111', accent: '#222', surface: '#fff', text: '#000', success: '#0f0', warning: '#ff0', danger: '#f00', fontFamily: 'sans', radii: { sm: '1px', md: '2px', lg: '3px' }, spacingScale: [4, 8] } }));
     config.get.mockImplementation((k: string, d: any) => (k === 'THEMES_DIR' ? tmp : d));
-    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config);
-    svc.onModuleInit();
-    const t = svc.getTheme('does-not-exist');
-    expect(t.id).toBe('classic');
-    expect(t.tokens.primary).toBe('#000');
+    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config, settings);
+    return svc.onModuleInit().then(() => {
+      const t = svc.getTheme('does-not-exist');
+      expect(t.id).toBe('classic');
+      expect(t.tokens.primary).toBe('#000');
+    });
   });
 
   it('loads a valid theme by id', () => {
@@ -22,21 +27,23 @@ describe('ThemeLoaderService', () => {
     const theme = { id: 'classic', name: 'Classic', tokens: { primary: '#000', secondary: '#111', accent: '#222', surface: '#fff', text: '#000', success: '#0f0', warning: '#ff0', danger: '#f00', fontFamily: 'sans', radii: { sm: '1px', md: '2px', lg: '3px' }, spacingScale: [4, 8] } };
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmp, 'classic.json'), JSON.stringify(theme));
     config.get.mockImplementation((k: string, d: any) => (k === 'THEMES_DIR' ? tmp : d));
-    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config);
-    svc.onModuleInit();
-    const t = svc.getTheme('classic');
-    expect(t.id).toBe('classic');
-    expect(t.tokens.spacingScale).toEqual([4, 8]);
+    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config, settings);
+    return svc.onModuleInit().then(() => {
+      const t = svc.getTheme('classic');
+      expect(t.id).toBe('classic');
+      expect(t.tokens.spacingScale).toEqual([4, 8]);
+    });
   });
 
   it('skips invalid theme files', () => {
     const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmp, 'classic.json'), JSON.stringify({ id: 'classic', name: 'Classic', tokens: { primary: '#000' } })); // missing required
     config.get.mockImplementation((k: string, d: any) => (k === 'THEMES_DIR' ? tmp : d));
-    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config);
-    svc.onModuleInit();
-    // Falls back to builtins; classic should be findable via builtins
-    const t = svc.getTheme('classic');
-    expect(t).toBeDefined();
+    const svc = new ThemeLoaderService(config, settings);
+    return svc.onModuleInit().then(() => {
+      // Falls back to builtins; classic should be findable via builtins
+      const t = svc.getTheme('classic');
+      expect(t).toBeDefined();
+    });
   });
 });

tests/backend/theme-required.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
+import { validateEnv, SETTINGS_KEYS } from '../../backend/src/config/env.schema';
+import { ThemeLoaderService } from '../../backend/src/common/utils/theme-loader.service';
+import { SettingsModule, SettingsService } from '../../backend/src/modules/settings/settings.module';
+import { CommonModule } from '../../backend/src/common/common.module';
+import { DatabaseModule } from '../../backend/src/database/database.module';
+import { DatabaseInitService } from '../../backend/src/database/database-init.service';
+import { THEME_IDS } from '../../backend/src/common/types/theme-ids';
+
+describe('ThemeLoaderService - require 10 + validate configured key', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let svc: ThemeLoaderService;
+
+  async function buildApp(themeDir: string, themeKey: string): Promise<void> {
+    process.env.THEMES_DIR = themeDir;
+    process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+    process.env.FRONTEND_DIST = './frontend/dist';
+
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        ConfigModule.forRoot({ isGlobal: true, validate: validateEnv }),
+        DatabaseModule,
+        SettingsModule,
+        CommonModule,
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    await app.get(DatabaseInitService).init();
+    const settings = app.get(SettingsService);
+    await settings.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.THEME_KEY, themeKey);
+    svc = app.get(ThemeLoaderService);
+    await svc.onModuleInit();
+  }
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (app) await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it('exposes all 10 canonical theme ids even when THEMES_DIR is empty', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-empty-'));
+    await buildApp(tmp, 'classic');
+    const ids = svc.listThemes().map((t) => t.id).sort();
+    expect(ids).toEqual([
+      'classic', 'crimson', 'cyber', 'forest', 'midnight',
+      'monochrome', 'neon', 'ocean', 'paper', 'sunset',
+    ]);
+    expect(svc.listThemes().length).toBe(THEME_IDS.length);
+  });
+
+  it('backfills missing disk themes with built-ins (per-id warn)', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-partial-'));
+    // Only write 3 of the 10 themes to disk.
+    for (const id of ['classic', 'midnight', 'cyber']) {
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmp, `${id}.json`), JSON.stringify({
+        id,
+        name: id,
+        tokens: {
+          primary: '#000', secondary: '#111', accent: '#222', surface: '#fff', text: '#000',
+          success: '#0f0', warning: '#ff0', danger: '#f00',
+          fontFamily: 'sans', radii: { sm: '1px', md: '2px', lg: '3px' },
+          spacingScale: [4, 8],
+        },
+      }));
+    }
+    await buildApp(tmp, 'classic');
+    expect(svc.listThemes().length).toBe(THEME_IDS.length);
+  });
+
+  it('uses the configured themeKey as default when valid', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
+    await buildApp(tmp, 'ocean');
+    expect(svc.getDefaultId()).toBe('ocean');
+    const theme = svc.getTheme('ocean');
+    expect(theme.id).toBe('ocean');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to classic and warns when configured themeKey is invalid', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
+    await buildApp(tmp, 'this-theme-does-not-exist');
+    expect(svc.getDefaultId()).toBe('classic');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to classic and warns when configured themeKey is empty', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
+    await buildApp(tmp, '');
+    expect(svc.getDefaultId()).toBe('classic');
+  });
+
+  it('getTheme() returns a real theme for any canonical id', async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'themes-'));
+    await buildApp(tmp, 'classic');
+    for (const id of THEME_IDS) {
+      expect(svc.getTheme(id).id).toBe(id);
+    }
+  });
+});

tests/backend/uploads.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-uploads-test';
+process.env.UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT = '1mb';
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+import { safeFilename, parseUploadSizeLimit } from '../../backend/src/common/utils/upload';
+
+describe('safeFilename', () => {
+  it('strips directory traversal', () => {
+    expect(safeFilename('../../etc/passwd')).not.toMatch(/\.\./);
+    expect(safeFilename('/etc/passwd')).not.toMatch(/^\//);
+  });
+
+  it('lowercases and restricts charset to [a-z0-9._-]', () => {
+    const out = safeFilename('My File (1).TXT');
+    expect(out).toMatch(/^[a-z0-9._-]+$/);
+    expect(out).toMatch(/\.txt$/);
+  });
+
+  it('always returns a non-empty unique name with a random suffix', () => {
+    const a = safeFilename('icon.png');
+    const b = safeFilename('icon.png');
+    expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+    expect(a).toMatch(/^icon-[0-9a-f]{8}\.png$/);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to "file" when nothing usable is left', () => {
+    expect(safeFilename('///')).toMatch(/^file-[0-9a-f]{8}$/);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseUploadSizeLimit', () => {
+  it('parses kb/mb/gb', () => {
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit('1kb')).toBe(1024);
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit('5mb')).toBe(5 * 1024 * 1024);
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit('2gb')).toBe(2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit('512b')).toBe(512);
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to 50mb on invalid input', () => {
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit(undefined)).toBe(50 * 1024 * 1024);
+    expect(parseUploadSizeLimit('garbage')).toBe(50 * 1024 * 1024);
+  });
+});
+
+// Integration: hit the real endpoint via supertest.
+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('Uploads endpoint integration', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let adminToken: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    if (fs.existsSync(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!)) {
+      fs.rmSync(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+    fs.mkdirSync(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, { recursive: true });
+
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({ imports: [AppModule] }).compile();
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    app.use(cookieParser());
+    app.use(express.json({ limit: '1mb' }));
+    // Mirror production: serve /uploads static so we can verify public fetch.
+    app.use('/uploads', express.static(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!));
+    const csrfMw = new CsrfMiddleware(app.get(ConfigService));
+    app.use((req: any, res: any, next: any) => csrfMw.use(req, res, next));
+    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 login = await request(server).post('/api/v1/auth/login')
+      .send({ username: 'admin', password: 'Sup3rSecret!Pass' })
+      .expect(201);
+    adminToken = login.body.accessToken;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    if (fs.existsSync(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!)) {
+      fs.rmSync(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  async function primeCsrf(): Promise<{ agent: any; csrf: string }> {
+    const server = app.getHttpServer();
+    const agent = request.agent(server);
+    await agent.get('/api/v1/auth/csrf');
+    const cookies: any = agent.jar.getCookies(CookieAccessInfo.All);
+    return { agent, csrf: cookies.find((c: any) => c.name === 'csrf').value };
+  }
+
+  it('rejects upload without auth (or CSRF)', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post('/api/v1/uploads/category-icon')
+      .attach('file', Buffer.from('hello'), 'icon.png');
+    // Without a session AND without a CSRF cookie, the CSRF middleware
+    // short-circuits first with 403. Either 401 (auth) or 403 (csrf) is
+    // a valid rejection; the test asserts the upload is rejected.
+    expect([401, 403]).toContain(res.status);
+  });
+
+  it('uploads a small file successfully', async () => {
+    const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+    const res = await agent
+      .post('/api/v1/uploads/category-icon')
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+      .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+      .attach('file', Buffer.from('hello world'), 'icon.png');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(res.body.id).toMatch(/^icon-[0-9a-f]{8}\.png$/);
+    expect(res.body.publicUrl).toBe(`/uploads/icons/${res.body.id}`);
+    // File actually written under UPLOAD_DIR/icons
+    const written = path.join(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, 'icons', res.body.id);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(written)).toBe(true);
+    // Public-served via /uploads static handler.
+    const fetched = await request(app.getHttpServer()).get(res.body.publicUrl).expect(200);
+    expect(fetched.body?.toString()).toBe('hello world');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects oversize uploads (limit=1mb, file=2mb)', async () => {
+    const { agent, csrf } = await primeCsrf();
+    const big = Buffer.alloc(2 * 1024 * 1024, 'a'); // 2MB
+    const res = await agent
+      .post('/api/v1/uploads/category-icon')
+      .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${adminToken}`)
+      .set('X-CSRF-Token', csrf)
+      .attach('file', big, 'big.bin');
+    // Multer's LIMIT_FILE_SIZE surfaces as 500 by default; we accept 4xx/5xx
+    // and just verify the file was NOT saved.
+    expect([400, 413, 500]).toContain(res.status);
+    const icons = fs.existsSync(path.join(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, 'icons'))
+      ? fs.readdirSync(path.join(process.env.UPLOAD_DIR!, 'icons'))
+      : [];
+    expect(icons.some((f) => f === 'big.bin')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('stores files under per-route subdirectories', 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\//);
+  });
+});