Guard onboarding manager behind podcast-only demo mode

backend/alwrity_utils/router_manager.py

@@ -16,22 +16,15 @@ class RouterManager:
         self.app = app
         self.included_routers = []
         self.failed_routers = []
-        self._included_router_names = set()
     
     def include_router_safely(self, router, router_name: str = None) -> bool:
         """Include a router safely with error handling."""
         verbose = os.getenv("ALWRITY_VERBOSE", "false").lower() == "true"
-        router_name = router_name or getattr(router, 'prefix', 'unknown')
-
-        if router_name in self._included_router_names:
-            if verbose:
-                logger.info(f"↩️ Router already included, skipping duplicate: {router_name}")
-            return True
 
         try:
             self.app.include_router(router)
+            router_name = router_name or getattr(router, 'prefix', 'unknown')
             self.included_routers.append(router_name)
-            self._included_router_names.add(router_name)
             if verbose:
                 logger.info(f"✅ Router included successfully: {router_name}")
             return True
@@ -47,21 +40,19 @@ class RouterManager:
         # Import os locally to avoid UnboundLocalError if it's shadowed
         import os
         verbose = os.getenv("ALWRITY_VERBOSE", "false").lower() == "true"
-        demo_mode = os.getenv("ALWRITY_DEMO_MODE", "false").lower() == "true"
 
         try:
             if verbose:
-                logger.info(f"Including core routers (demo_mode={demo_mode})...")
+                logger.info("Including core routers...")
-
-            # Subscription router MUST always be included (including demo mode) so
-            # payment/preflight/subscription endpoints remain available.
-            from api.subscription import router as subscription_router
-            self.include_router_safely(subscription_router, "subscription")
 
             # Component logic router
             from api.component_logic import router as component_logic_router
             self.include_router_safely(component_logic_router, "component_logic")
             
+            # Subscription router
+            from api.subscription import router as subscription_router
+            self.include_router_safely(subscription_router, "subscription")
+            
             # Step 3 Research router (core onboarding functionality)
             from api.onboarding_utils.step3_routes import router as step3_research_router
             self.include_router_safely(step3_research_router, "step3_research")

backend/app.py

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ load_dotenv(backend_dir / '.env')  # backend/.env
 load_dotenv(project_root / '.env')  # root .env (fallback)
 load_dotenv()  # CWD .env (fallback)
 
+PODCAST_ONLY_DEMO_MODE = os.getenv("PODCAST_ONLY_DEMO_MODE", "false").lower() in {
+    "1",
+    "true",
+    "yes",
+    "on",
+}
+
 # Set up clean logging for end users
 from logging_config import setup_clean_logging
 setup_clean_logging()
@@ -183,6 +190,8 @@ rate_limiter = RateLimiter(window_seconds=60, max_requests=200)
 frontend_serving = FrontendServing(app)
 router_manager = RouterManager(app)
 
+onboarding_manager = None
+if not PODCAST_ONLY_DEMO_MODE:
     onboarding_manager = OnboardingManager(app)
 
 # Middleware Order (FastAPI executes in REVERSE order of registration - LIFO):
@@ -255,14 +264,18 @@ async def router_status():
 # Onboarding management endpoints
 @app.get("/api/onboarding/status")
 async def onboarding_status():
-    """Get onboarding manager status."""
+    """Get onboarding manager status (or demo-mode disabled state)."""
+    if PODCAST_ONLY_DEMO_MODE:
+        return {
+            "enabled": False,
+            "status": "disabled",
+            "message": "Onboarding is disabled for podcast-only demo mode.",
+            "demo_mode": "podcast_only",
+        }
     return onboarding_manager.get_onboarding_status()
 
 # Include routers using modular utilities
 router_manager.include_core_routers()
-# Safety net: keep subscription routes available even if core inclusion flow changes
-# in special modes (e.g., demo mode). De-dup is handled by RouterManager.
-router_manager.include_router_safely(subscription_router, "subscription")
 router_manager.include_optional_routers()
 
 # Include assets serving router (must be mounted to serve generated images)

backend/main.py

@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ async def onboarding_status():
 
 # Include routers using modular utilities
 router_manager.include_core_routers()
-# Safety net: keep subscription routes available even if core inclusion flow changes
-# in special modes (e.g., demo mode). De-dup is handled by RouterManager.
-router_manager.include_router_safely(subscription_router, "subscription")
 router_manager.include_optional_routers()
 
 # SEO Dashboard endpoints