# Launch Readiness Status
**Last Updated**: 2025-12-01 05:25 UTC
## P0 Critical Blocker - RESOLVED ✅
### Issue: Missing Platform Anthropic API Key
**Status**: ✅ **FIXED**
**Problem**: FREE tier users could not use chat without providing their own API key, contradicting the pricing promise of "10 free queries".
**Solution Implemented**:
1. ✅ Verified `anthropic-api-key` secret exists in GCP Secret Manager (created 2025-12-01T05:17:49)
2. ✅ Granted Cloud Run service account access:
```bash
gcloud secrets add-iam-policy-binding anthropic-api-key \
--member="serviceAccount:canadagpt-frontend-sa@canada-gpt-ca.iam.gserviceaccount.com" \
--role="roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor"
```
3. ✅ Updated deployment script (`scripts/deploy-frontend-cloudrun.sh`) to include ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
4. ✅ Deployed new revision: `canadagpt-frontend-00052-jvf`
5. ✅ Verified environment variable configuration in Cloud Run
**Verification**:
```bash
# Secret exists
gcloud secrets describe anthropic-api-key
# Created: 2025-12-01T05:17:49.646061Z
# IAM policy grants access
gcloud secrets get-iam-policy anthropic-api-key
# Role: roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor
# Cloud Run configuration
gcloud run services describe canadagpt-frontend --region=us-central1
# Environment: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY → secretKeyRef: anthropic-api-key:latest
```
**Chat API Logic** (packages/frontend/src/app/api/chat/route.ts:248-258):
- Checks for user BYOK keys (Anthropic or OpenAI)
- Falls back to `process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` if no BYOK key found
- Platform key is now available for FREE tier users
---
## Remaining Issues
### P1 - High Priority (Implement Soon After Launch)
#### Issue: No Response Caching
**Impact**: High cost risk - every query generates fresh AI response
**Problem**:
- Popular questions asked hundreds of times = 100x API costs
- Example: "Who are current MPs?" could be cached for 24 hours
- Estimated 30-40% cost savings with basic caching
**Quick Win Solutions**:
1. Cache tool call results (GraphQL queries) - 2 days
2. Pre-compute daily summaries - 1 week
3. Implement Redis for response caching - 2 weeks
### P2 - Medium Priority (Fix Before Scale)
#### Issue: Tier Definition Inconsistencies
**Impact**: Potential quota bypass, billing disputes, support confusion
**Problems Identified**:
1. **Case sensitivity**:
- `auth.ts:153` sets `subscription_tier: 'FREE'` (uppercase)
- `quota/route.ts:134` checks `subscription.tier === 'free'` (lowercase)
2. **Query limit mismatch**:
- Pricing page promises "200 queries per month" (BASIC), "1,000 queries per month" (PRO)
- `quota/route.ts:143-150` implements daily quota checks, not monthly
3. **Multiple definition locations**:
- Tiers defined in 5+ files (auth.ts, tierLimits.ts, pricing page, migrations)
- No single source of truth
**Solution**: Consolidate tier definitions into single constants file
---
## Testing Required
### Manual Testing Checklist
- [ ] **FREE tier chat flow**:
- [ ] Sign up new FREE user (no BYOK key)
- [ ] Send a chat query
- [ ] Verify response uses platform API key (check logs: "Using platform key")
- [ ] Verify quota decrements correctly
- [ ] Test 10-query limit enforcement
- [ ] Verify error message when quota exhausted
- [ ] **BYOK flow**:
- [ ] Add user's Anthropic API key in settings
- [ ] Send chat query
- [ ] Verify response uses user's key (check logs: "Using user Anthropic key")
- [ ] Verify quota doesn't decrement for BYOK users
- [ ] **Tier upgrades**:
- [ ] Upgrade FREE → BASIC (BYOK option)
- [ ] Upgrade FREE → BASIC (+Usage option)
- [ ] Verify quota limits change correctly
- [ ] Verify billing starts/stops appropriately
### Automated Testing Needed
- [ ] Unit tests for quota enforcement
- [ ] Integration tests for chat API key selection logic
- [ ] End-to-end tests for tier transitions
---
## Architecture Notes
### Chat Flow
```
User Message
↓
Chat API (/api/chat/route.ts)
├─ Check quota (can_user_query RPC)
├─ Check for user's BYOK key (Anthropic/OpenAI)
├─ Fallback to platform key (NOW AVAILABLE ✅)
↓
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (streaming)
├─ 17 tools available
├─ Multi-round tool calling
↓
Tool Executor (toolExecutor.ts)
├─ Maps to GraphQL queries
├─ Apollo Client (cache-first)
↓
GraphQL API (@neo4j/graphql)
↓
Neo4j Database (2M+ nodes)
```
### Current Caching Layers
1. ✅ Apollo Client (GraphQL data) - 60-80% hit rate
2. ✅ Next.js ISR (static pages) - 1 hour TTL
3. ❌ AI response caching - **NONE** (P1 to implement)
4. ❌ Daily summaries - **NONE** (P1 to implement)
---
## Deployment Details
**Deployment Script**: `scripts/deploy-frontend-cloudrun.sh`
**Key Changes Made**:
- Line 62: Added documentation for `anthropic-api-key` secret
- Line 137: Added `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=anthropic-api-key:latest` to `--set-secrets`
**Service Configuration**:
- Service: `canadagpt-frontend`
- Region: `us-central1`
- Latest Revision: `canadagpt-frontend-00052-jvf`
- Service Account: `canadagpt-frontend-sa@canada-gpt-ca.iam.gserviceaccount.com`
- URL: `https://canadagpt-frontend-i7veukpr2q-uc.a.run.app`
- Custom Domain: `https://canadagpt.ca` (via domain mapping)
**Secrets Configured**:
- supabase-url, supabase-anon-key, supabase-service-role-key
- canadagpt-auth-secret (NextAuth)
- google-client-id, google-client-secret, github-client-id, github-client-secret, facebook-client-id, facebook-client-secret, linkedin-client-id, linkedin-client-secret (OAuth)
- encryption-key (for BYOK key encryption)
- stripe-secret-key, stripe-publishable-key, stripe-webhook-secret
- **anthropic-api-key** ← **NEWLY ADDED**
---
## Next Steps
### Immediate (Before Public Launch)
1. **Manual Testing**: Test FREE tier chat flow end-to-end with real user
2. **Monitor Costs**: Track API usage for first 24-48 hours
3. **Set Alerts**: Configure billing alerts for unexpected API costs
### Short-Term (Week 1-2)
1. **Implement Response Caching**: Start with tool result caching (2 days)
2. **Fix Tier Inconsistencies**: Consolidate to single source of truth (1 day)
3. **Add Pre-Query Warnings**: Alert users at 80% quota (4 hours)
### Medium-Term (Month 1)
1. **Pre-compute Daily Summaries**: Cache common queries (1 week)
2. **Implement Redis**: Full response caching layer (2 weeks)
3. **Add Monitoring**: Track quota usage patterns, identify abuse (1 week)
---
## Questions for User
1. **Manual Testing**: Would you like to test the FREE tier chat flow now, or wait until after launch?
2. **Cost Monitoring**: Should we set a daily API cost alert threshold? (Recommended: $50/day)
3. **Tier Inconsistencies**: Should we prioritize fixing the case sensitivity issue before launch? (Recommended: Yes)
4. **Response Caching**: What's your priority - implement before launch or shortly after?