Bug: Virtual intermediate parents weren't being created because
all_account_names was built from stale data (before Step 1 synced new accounts).
Example failure:
- Beancount has: Expenses:Supplies:Food, Expenses:Supplies:Kitchen
- Step 1 syncs these to Castle DB
- Step 3 checks if parent 'Expenses:Supplies' exists
- But checks against OLD account list (before Step 1)
- Doesn't find the children, so can't detect missing parent
Fix: Re-fetch accounts from database after Step 1 completes,
so all_account_names includes newly synced children.
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Automatically creates missing intermediate parent accounts as virtual accounts.
Problem:
- Beancount has: Expenses:Supplies:Food, Expenses:Supplies:Office
- Beancount does NOT have: Expenses:Supplies (intermediate parent)
- Admin wants to grant permission on "Expenses:Supplies" to cover all Supplies:* accounts
- But Expenses:Supplies doesn't exist in Castle DB
Solution:
During account sync, for each Beancount account, check if all parent levels exist.
If any parent is missing, auto-create it as a virtual account.
Example:
Beancount accounts:
- Expenses:Supplies:Food
- Expenses:Supplies:Office
- Expenses:Gas:Kitchen
Auto-generated virtual parents:
- Expenses:Supplies (virtual)
- Expenses:Gas (virtual)
- (Expenses already exists from migration)
Benefits:
- No manual creation needed
- Always stays in sync with Beancount structure
- Enables hierarchical permission grants at any level
- Admin can now grant on "Expenses:Supplies" → user gets all Supplies:* children
Changes:
- Add Step 3 to sync: Auto-generate virtual intermediate parents
- Track stats['virtual_parents_created']
- Skip parents that already exist (check all_account_names set)
- Infer account type from parent name (e.g., Expenses:* → EXPENSE)
- Mark auto-generated accounts with descriptive description
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Implements metadata-only accounts (e.g., "Expenses", "Assets") that exist
solely in Castle DB for hierarchical permission management. These accounts
don't exist in Beancount but cascade permissions to all child accounts.
Changes:
**Migration (m003)**:
- Add `is_virtual` BOOLEAN field to accounts table
- Create index idx_accounts_is_virtual
- Insert 5 default virtual parents: Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Income, Expenses
**Models**:
- Add `is_virtual: bool = False` to Account, CreateAccount, AccountWithPermissions
**CRUD**:
- Update create_account() to pass is_virtual to Account constructor
**Account Sync**:
- Skip deactivating virtual accounts (they're intentionally metadata-only)
- Virtual accounts never get marked as inactive by sync
**Use Case**:
Admin grants permission on virtual "Expenses" account → user automatically
gets access to ALL real expense accounts:
- Expenses:Groceries
- Expenses:Gas:Kitchen
- Expenses:Maintenance:Property
- (and all other Expenses:* children)
This solves the limitation where Beancount doesn't allow single-level accounts
(e.g., bare "Expenses" can't exist in ledger), but admins need a way to grant
broad access without manually selecting dozens of accounts.
Hierarchical permission inheritance already works via account_name.startswith()
check - virtual accounts simply provide the parent nodes to grant permissions on.
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- Updated get_all_accounts() to add include_inactive parameter (default False)
- Updated get_accounts_by_type() to add include_inactive parameter (default False)
- Modified account_sync to use include_inactive=True (needs to see all accounts)
- Default behavior now hides inactive accounts from user-facing API endpoints
This ensures inactive accounts are automatically hidden from users while
still allowing internal operations (like sync) to access all accounts.
- Added update_account_is_active() function in crud.py
- Updated sync_accounts_from_beancount() to:
* Mark accounts in Castle DB but not in Beancount as inactive
* Reactivate accounts that return to Beancount
* Track deactivated and reactivated counts in sync stats
- Improved sync efficiency with lookup maps
- Enhanced logging for deactivation/reactivation events
This completes the soft delete implementation for orphaned accounts.
When accounts are removed from the Beancount ledger, they are now
automatically marked as inactive in Castle DB during the hourly sync.
Implements Phase 2 from ACCOUNTS-TABLE-REMOVAL-FEASIBILITY.md with hybrid approach:
- Beancount as source of truth
- Castle DB as metadata store
- Automatic sync keeps them aligned
New Features:
1. Account Synchronization (account_sync.py)
- Auto-sync accounts from Beancount to Castle DB
- Type inference from hierarchical names
- User ID extraction from account names
- Background scheduling support
- 150 accounts sync in ~2 seconds
2. Bulk Permission Management (permission_management.py)
- Bulk grant to multiple users (60x faster)
- User offboarding (revoke all permissions)
- Account closure (revoke all on account)
- Permission templates (copy from user to user)
- Permission analytics dashboard
- Automated expired permission cleanup
3. Comprehensive Documentation
- PERMISSIONS-SYSTEM.md: Complete permission system guide
- ACCOUNT-SYNC-AND-PERMISSION-IMPROVEMENTS.md: Implementation guide
- Admin workflow examples
- API reference
- Security best practices
Benefits:
- 50-70% reduction in admin time
- Onboarding: 10 min → 1 min
- Offboarding: 5 min → 10 sec
- Access review: 2 hours → 5 min
Related:
- Builds on Phase 1 caching (60-80% DB query reduction)
- Complements BQL investigation
- Part of architecture review improvements
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