DEPLOYMENT_STATUS.md

HF Spaces Deployment Summary

✅ Completed

1. Dockerized Flask app for Hugging Face Spaces
2. Database initialization - auto-creates tables on startup
3. Login/Registration - fully functional
4. Secrets configuration - SECRET_KEY set in .env
5. Logging added - debug auth routes

🔧 Current Configuration

• App URL: https://crackbit-ai-learning-path-generator.hf.space
• Port: 7860 (HF Spaces default)
• Workers: 1 worker + 4 threads (prevents CSRF issues)
• Database: SQLite (ephemeral - resets on restart)
• Session: Secure cookies disabled for HF internal HTTP
• CSRF: Temporarily disabled (WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = False)

📝 Testing Checklist

• Register new user → Should redirect to home with success message
• Login with registered user → Should redirect to home with greeting
• Generate learning path → Should work without login (guest mode)
• Check logs for login/registration messages

⚠️ Known Issues

1. Database is ephemeral - User data resets on Space restart
   • Fix: Use external database (Supabase, Neon, etc.)
2. CSRF disabled - For security, should be re-enabled with session backend
   • Fix: Use Flask-Session with Redis or database backend

🔐 Security TODOs

1. Remove/regenerate API keys from .env (currently in git)
   • Move to HF Space Repository Secrets instead
2. Regenerate these keys:
   • OPENROUTER_API_KEY
   • PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
3. Re-enable CSRF with persistent session backend

📊 File Structure

hf-space/
├── Dockerfile              # HF Spaces compatible
├── start.sh               # Database init + gunicorn startup
├── requirements.txt       # All Python dependencies
├── .env                   # Environment variables (move to secrets!)
├── config.py             # Flask configuration
├── run.py                # App entry point
├── web_app/
│   ├── __init__.py       # App factory
│   ├── auth_routes.py    # Login/registration (with logging)
│   ├── models.py         # Database models
│   ├── templates/        # HTML templates
│   └── static/           # CSS, JS
├── src/                  # Learning path generation
├── backend/              # API routes
└── migrations/           # Database migrations

🚀 Next Steps

1. Test login/registration functionality
2. For persistent data, configure external database
3. Move secrets from .env to HF Spaces Repository Secrets
4. Re-enable CSRF with Flask-Session backend
5. Add monitoring/error tracking (Sentry, etc.)