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Summary

  • add an Inactive Users cleanup target based on each account's last activity
  • use created_at for accounts that have never connected, preventing fresh accounts from being treated as long-term inactive
  • require a cutoff date for inactive cleanup and disable preview/delete until it is selected
  • expose the option in the dashboard and existing locales, and regenerate the API client

Type of change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Breaking change
  • Refactor / cleanup
  • Documentation
  • Tests / CI

Checklist

  • I tested the change locally or explained why it cannot be tested.
  • I added or updated tests for behavior changes. (No test files included per request; behavior was verified with a temporary in-memory integration check.)
  • I updated documentation, translations, or examples if needed. (Translations only; no documentation files.)
  • I checked database migrations when models or schema changed. (No database schema change.)
  • I did not include secrets, tokens, private keys, or unrelated changes.

Testing

  • ruff check app/models/user.py app/db/crud/user.py app/operation/user.py app/routers/user.py
  • ruff format --check app/models/user.py app/db/crud/user.py app/operation/user.py app/routers/user.py
  • temporary SQLite integration check covering recent, stale, never-online old, and never-online new accounts
  • npm run build

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Inactive target in the cleanup menu:

Inactive target option

A cutoff date is required before preview or deletion:

Inactive cleanup without a cutoff date

With a cutoff selected, preview and deletion become available:

Inactive cleanup with a cutoff date

Deletion confirmation:

Inactive cleanup confirmation

Notes for reviewers

inactive requires expired_before; this prevents an unbounded inactive cleanup. The effective last-activity timestamp is COALESCE(online_at, created_at).

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  • New Features

    • Added an Inactive Users cleanup option with a last-activity cutoff. Accounts that have never connected are evaluated using their creation date.
    • Added cutoff-date filtering, preview and deletion controls, confirmation prompts, and success or failure feedback in multiple languages.
    • Deleting inactive users also removes active and on-hold accounts from nodes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preview and deletion are unavailable until a cutoff date is selected for inactive-user cleanup.
  • Documentation

    • Updated cleanup guidance to explain how inactive accounts are selected.

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Walkthrough

The cleanup flow now supports an inactive target. The backend filters by online_at or created_at and requires expired_before. After a non-dry-run deletion, the operation synchronizes node removal for selected active or on-hold users. The dashboard provides cutoff-date controls and localized cleanup actions.

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Inactive user cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend inactive filtering
app/models/user.py, app/db/crud/user.py, app/operation/user.py, app/routers/user.py, dashboard/src/service/api/index.ts
The query model accepts inactive and requires expired_before. The cleanup query filters inclusively on coalesce(online_at, created_at). Operation and endpoint documentation and API target types include the new target.
Deletion results and node synchronization
app/db/crud/user.py, app/operation/user.py, tests/api/test_user_cleanup.py
Deletion returns usernames and rows for active or on-hold users. The operation synchronizes node removal after non-dry-run deletion. API tests cover activity filtering, required cutoffs, dry runs, deletion, and node removal.
Dashboard inactive cleanup controls
dashboard/src/pages/_dashboard.settings.cleanup.tsx, dashboard/public/statics/locales/*
The dashboard adds the inactive target, requires a last-activity cutoff, omits expired_after for that target, and adds translated labels, prompts, and results.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Admin
  participant CleanupPage
  participant UserAPI
  participant UserDatabase
  participant NodeSync
  Admin->>CleanupPage: Select inactive target and cutoff date
  CleanupPage->>UserAPI: Request inactive user preview or deletion
  UserAPI->>UserDatabase: Filter by online_at or created_at
  UserDatabase-->>UserAPI: Return matching users
  UserAPI-->>CleanupPage: Return preview or deletion result
  UserAPI->>NodeSync: Remove active or on-hold users after deletion
  CleanupPage-->>Admin: Show result
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Suggested reviewers: x0sina

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 12b63

Deleting an account while node messaging is unavailable can leave that account configured on nodes. Ensure removal is durably recorded before merging.

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Then hops through users at the gate.
Last online, or creation day,
Guides which accounts are swept away.
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dr-hoseyn force-pushed the codex/delete-inactive-users branch from 537e916 to 31c18ef Compare September 19, 2026 08:26
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Added the screenshots directly to the PR description. Thanks for the reminder!

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dr-hoseyn force-pushed the codex/delete-inactive-users branch from 0843ae2 to 31c18ef Compare September 23, 2026 13:20
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dr-hoseyn force-pushed the codex/delete-inactive-users branch from 31c18ef to 40adb6c Compare October 8, 2026 22:29
The inactive target matches users of any status, but the cleanup delete
only removed database rows. Active users deleted this way kept working on
the nodes until the next full resync, and their released WireGuard IPs
could be handed out while the old peers were still configured. The
existing on_hold target had the same gap.

The cleanup delete now returns the deleted users that nodes still serve
(active and on_hold), and the operation dispatches their removal like the
bulk delete does. Dry runs dispatch nothing.

Tests: inactive selection by online_at with the created_at fallback, the
required cutoff, and node removal for active and on_hold users only.
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- Around line 1658-1659: Update remove_expired_users and the sync_remove_users
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Comment on lines +1658 to +1659
# Active and on_hold users are still on the nodes (the inactive target includes them).
await sync_remove_users(node_users)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- app/node/sync.py dispatch path ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- app/node/bridge.py queue and publish path ---'
nl -ba app/node/bridge.py | sed -n '1,175p'
printf '%s\n' '--- app/node/nats_memory.py queue and retry path ---'
nl -ba app/node/nats_memory.py | sed -n '330,410p;490,555p'
printf '%s\n' '--- publish and dispatch references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- '_dispatch_users_update' app
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- 'node_nats_client.publish' app
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -- 'publish(' app/node
printf '%s\n' '--- cleanup caller context ---'
nl -ba app/operation/user.py | sed -n '1615,1675p'
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printf '%s\n' '--- node_nats_client binding ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- publish declarations and queue writes ---'
rg -n -E --glob '*.py' 'class .*Nats|async def publish|def publish|enqueue|queue.*user|update_users' app/node app | head -n 240
printf '%s\n' '--- node worker consumers ---'
rg -n -E --glob '*.py' 'update_users|update_user' app/node/worker.py app/node app | head -n 240
printf '%s\n' '--- bridge enqueue/worker methods ---'
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rg -n --glob '*.py' -e 'update_users' -e 'class NodeNatsClient' -e 'async def publish' -e 'def publish' -e 'enqueue' -e 'queue' app/nats app/node app/operation
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nl -ba app/node/worker.py | sed -n '1,175p'
printf '%s\n' '--- NodeManager dispatch and queue-facing calls ---'
nl -ba app/node/__init__.py | sed -n '150,310p'
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Do not commit cleanup before durable node removal is established.

remove_expired_users commits the deletion before sync_remove_users starts background work. In the core path, NodeNatsClient.publish returns when NATS is unavailable and suppresses publish failures. The node worker and NodeManager.update_users also schedule work without waiting for queue establishment.

A publish or dispatch failure can therefore occur after the database commit but before a durable removal entry exists. The removed active or on-hold user can remain on the node without an automatic retry.

Make this cleanup path use a durable outbox or tombstone that is recorded before the deletion is finalized and retried until node removal is acknowledged. Propagate publish and dispatch failures to that mechanism. Queue retry logic cannot recover a command that was never queued.

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Review comment at @app/operation/user.py around lines 1658 - 1659:
Update remove_expired_users and the sync_remove_users flow so a durable removal
record exists before the database deletion is finalized, and retry removal until
the node acknowledges it. Ensure publish and dispatch failures reach the retry
mechanism rather than being suppressed or left as unawaited background work.

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T3ST3ST3R0N merged commit 83fe90e into PasarGuard:dev Oct 11, 2026
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