retention

.gitignore

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 # testing
 /coverage
 
-# next.js
+# next.js
-/.next/
+/.next/
-/.next-stale-module-cache/
+/.next-stale-module-cache/
-/out/
+/out/
 
 # production
 /build
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ next-env.d.ts
 docker-compose.override.yml
 *.sql
 !prisma/migrations/**/*.sql
+# Hand-applied schema changes and analysis queries belong in history.
+# Backup dumps land in the repo root, so they stay ignored.
+!sql/**/*.sql
 /backups/
 
 # logs
@@ -71,22 +74,22 @@ tmp/
 .codex-temp/
 *.report.html
 *.report.json
-tmp_*.js
+tmp_*.js
-test_email.py
+test_email.py
-meta-fix.js
+meta-fix.js
-read-inbox.mjs
+read-inbox.mjs
-quora_antwort_statisch_dynamisch.txt
+quora_antwort_statisch_dynamisch.txt
-
+
-# Local blog audit reports and temporary snapshots
+# Local blog audit reports and temporary snapshots
-scratch_blog_analysis.json
+scratch_blog_analysis.json
-scratch_scored_blog_posts.json
+scratch_scored_blog_posts.json
-src/lib/blog-data.snapshot-*.ts
+src/lib/blog-data.snapshot-*.ts
-
+
-# Local developer-package workspaces and unreferenced generated media
+# Local developer-package workspaces and unreferenced generated media
-/packages/
+/packages/
-/public/Events/
+/public/Events/
-/public/Gyms/
+/public/Gyms/
-/public/Hotels/
+/public/Hotels/
-/public/Real Estate/
+/public/Real Estate/
-/public/restaurant/
+/public/restaurant/
-/.qr-master-api-health-state
+/.qr-master-api-health-state

prisma/schema.prisma

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ model User {
   thirtyDayNudgeSentAt    DateTime?
   limitReachedNudgeSentAt DateTime?
   firstScanNudgeSentAt    DateTime?
+  qrPulseSentAt           DateTime?
+
+  /// When the user last looked at their own scan numbers. A live session is not
+  /// the same as someone having seen a number, so this is what "inactive" means.
+  lastAnalyticsViewAt DateTime?
 
   // RevOps attribution
   signupSource             String?

src/app/(main)/api/analytics/summary/route.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { getSessionUserId } from '@/lib/session';
 import { db } from '@/lib/db';
 import { rateLimit, getClientIdentifier, RateLimits } from '@/lib/rateLimit';
+import { touchAnalyticsView } from '@/lib/analyticsActivity';
 import { TrendData } from '@/types/analytics';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
       return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Unauthorized' }, { status: 401 });
     }
 
+    // Serves both the analytics page and the dashboard, so this is the one
+    // place that knows the user actually saw their numbers. Fire and forget.
+    touchAnalyticsView(userId);
+
     // Get date range from query params (default: last 30 days)
     const { searchParams } = request.nextUrl;
     const range = searchParams.get('range') || '30';

src/lib/analyticsActivity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { db } from '@/lib/db';
+
+/**
+ * Records that a signed-in user looked at their own scan numbers.
+ *
+ * This exists because "inactive" cannot be answered from anything else we
+ * store. A session can stay alive for weeks without the user ever opening their
+ * analytics, so a login timestamp would call someone active who has not seen a
+ * number in a month. PostHog cannot answer it either - capture there is gated on
+ * cookie consent and runs client-side, so it covers an unknown subset.
+ *
+ * Written server-side, on the endpoint that serves the numbers. That endpoint is
+ * the single choke point for both the analytics page and the dashboard.
+ */
+
+/** Repeat views inside this window do not cause another write. */
+const THROTTLE_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+export function touchAnalyticsView(userId: string): void {
+  const now = new Date();
+  const staleBefore = new Date(now.getTime() - THROTTLE_MS);
+
+  // updateMany, not update: the throttle lives in the WHERE clause, so a repeat
+  // view inside the window matches no rows instead of racing a read.
+  db.user
+    .updateMany({
+      where: {
+        id: userId,
+        OR: [
+          { lastAnalyticsViewAt: null },
+          { lastAnalyticsViewAt: { lt: staleBefore } },
+        ],
+      },
+      data: { lastAnalyticsViewAt: now },
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      // Fire and forget. Analytics must still render if this write fails - it
+      // also fails harmlessly if the column has not been added yet.
+      console.error('Failed to record analytics view:', error);
+    });
+}