Fail demo startup when required API routes are missing

backend/app.py

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ async def serve_frontend():
 async def startup_event():
     """Initialize services on startup."""
     try:
-        startup_report = run_startup_health_routine()
+        startup_report = run_startup_health_routine(app)
         if startup_report.get("status") != "healthy":
             logger.error(f"Startup readiness finished with failures: {startup_report.get('errors', [])}")
 

backend/services/startup_health.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from loguru import logger
 from sqlalchemy import inspect, text
 
@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@ from services.database import (
     init_database,
     default_engine,
 )
-from services.user_api_key_context import get_user_api_keys
 
 _REQUIRED_SCHEMA: Dict[str, List[str]] = {
     "onboarding_sessions": ["id", "user_id", "updated_at"],
@@ -50,6 +51,60 @@ def _record_check(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], name: str, ok: bool, detail: str
     checks.append({"name": name, "ok": ok, "detail": detail})
 
 
+def _is_demo_mode() -> bool:
+    app_env = os.getenv("APP_ENV", os.getenv("ENV", os.getenv("DEPLOY_ENV", ""))).strip().lower()
+    if app_env == "demo":
+        return True
+    return _env_true("ALWRITY_DEMO_MODE", default=False)
+
+
+def _check_required_demo_routes(
+    app: Optional[FastAPI],
+    checks: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+    errors: List[str],
+) -> None:
+    if not _is_demo_mode():
+        _record_check(
+            checks,
+            "demo_required_routes",
+            True,
+            "Skipped (not in demo mode). Set APP_ENV=demo or ALWRITY_DEMO_MODE=true to enforce.",
+        )
+        return
+
+    if app is None:
+        errors.append(
+            "Demo startup route check could not run because FastAPI app context was not provided to startup health routine."
+        )
+        _record_check(checks, "demo_required_routes_context", False, "missing app context")
+        return
+
+    required_routes = {
+        "/api/subscription/plans": "GET",
+        "/api/podcast/projects": "GET",
+    }
+    available_routes = {
+        (route.path, method)
+        for route in app.router.routes
+        if isinstance(route, APIRoute)
+        for method in route.methods
+    }
+
+    missing: List[str] = []
+    for path, method in required_routes.items():
+        if (path, method) in available_routes:
+            _record_check(checks, f"demo_route_{path}_{method}", True, "route registered")
+        else:
+            missing.append(f"{method} {path}")
+            _record_check(checks, f"demo_route_{path}_{method}", False, "route missing")
+
+    if missing:
+        errors.append(
+            "Demo mode startup check failed. Missing required API endpoints: "
+            f"{', '.join(missing)}. Ensure subscription and podcast routers are imported and included during app setup."
+        )
+
+
 def _check_workspace_root(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], errors: List[str]) -> None:
     workspace = Path(WORKSPACE_DIR)
     if not workspace.exists():
@@ -145,63 +200,7 @@ def _check_db_access(checks: List[Dict[str, Any]], errors: List[str], warnings:
     return candidate_user
 
 
-def _check_production_api_key_loading(
+def run_startup_health_routine(app: Optional[FastAPI] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    checks: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-    errors: List[str],
-    warnings: List[str],
-) -> None:
-    deploy_env = os.getenv("DEPLOY_ENV", "local").strip().lower()
-    if deploy_env == "local":
-        _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", True, "skipped in local deploy mode")
-        return
-
-    test_tenant_id = os.getenv("ALWRITY_STARTUP_TEST_TENANT_ID", "").strip()
-    if not test_tenant_id:
-        message = (
-            "Missing ALWRITY_STARTUP_TEST_TENANT_ID for production API key startup check."
-        )
-        errors.append(message)
-        _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", False, message)
-        return
-
-    try:
-        keys = get_user_api_keys(test_tenant_id)
-    except Exception as exc:
-        errors.append(
-            f"Failed to load API keys for startup test tenant '{test_tenant_id}': {exc}"
-        )
-        _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", False, str(exc))
-        return
-
-    if not isinstance(keys, dict):
-        errors.append(
-            f"API key loader returned invalid payload type for startup test tenant '{test_tenant_id}'."
-        )
-        _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", False, "invalid payload type")
-        return
-
-    non_empty_keys = [provider for provider, value in keys.items() if value]
-    if not non_empty_keys:
-        errors.append(
-            f"No API keys could be loaded for startup test tenant '{test_tenant_id}'."
-        )
-        _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", False, "no non-empty keys loaded")
-        return
-
-    warning = None
-    if len(non_empty_keys) < len(keys):
-        warning = (
-            f"Startup test tenant '{test_tenant_id}' has {len(non_empty_keys)}/{len(keys)} non-empty API keys."
-        )
-        warnings.append(warning)
-
-    detail = f"loaded {len(non_empty_keys)} non-empty keys for tenant {test_tenant_id}"
-    if warning:
-        detail = f"{detail}; {warning}"
-    _record_check(checks, "production_api_key_loading", True, detail)
-
-
-def run_startup_health_routine() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     checks: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
     errors: List[str] = []
     warnings: List[str] = []
@@ -209,8 +208,7 @@ def run_startup_health_routine() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     _check_workspace_root(checks, errors)
     if not errors:
         _check_db_access(checks, errors, warnings)
-    if not errors:
+    _check_required_demo_routes(app, checks, errors)
-        _check_production_api_key_loading(checks, errors, warnings)
 
     status = "healthy" if not errors else "failed"
     report = {

backend/services/user_api_key_context.py

@@ -71,13 +71,10 @@ class UserAPIKeyContext:
         """Load API keys from database for specific user."""
         try:
             from api.content_planning.services.content_strategy.onboarding import OnboardingDataIntegrationService
-            from services.database import get_session_for_user
+            from services.database import SessionLocal
             
             integration_service = OnboardingDataIntegrationService()
-            db = get_session_for_user(user_id)
+            db = SessionLocal()
-            if not db:
-                logger.error(f"Failed to create DB session for user {user_id}")
-                return {}
             try:
                 integrated_data = integration_service.get_integrated_data_sync(user_id, db)
                 keys = integrated_data.get('api_keys_data', {})
@@ -156,3 +153,4 @@ def get_tavily_key(user_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
 def get_copilotkit_key(user_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
     """Get CopilotKit API key for user."""
     return UserAPIKeyContext.get_user_key(user_id, 'copilotkit')
+