Implementation Plan: Fix lock TTL, bad_seq detection, cache TTL, and FK cascade

[kris-nana]

Overview

This PR implements fixes for four medium-priority bugs affecting caching, error handling, database schema, and distributed locking in the ChainLearn API.

Issues Resolved

Closes #237
Closes #238
Closes #239
Closes #240

Changes Implemented

1. Issue #239: Reward History Cache TTL ✅

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• Increased reward history cache TTL from 30s to 300s (5 minutes)
• Aligns with user profile cache duration
• Improves cache hit rate for rarely-changing data
• Cache is explicitly invalidated on reward claims, so longer TTL is safe

2. Issue #240: FK Cascade on quizzes.generatedFor ✅

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• Added onDelete: "cascade" to generatedFor foreign key
• Created database migration to alter existing constraint
• Ensures consistency with all other user-referencing FKs
• Prevents orphaned quiz records on user deletion

3. Issue #237: Lock TTL for Stellar Operations ✅

Files: ,

• Increased default lock TTL from 30s to 60s
• Updated Stellar reward operations to use explicit 90s TTL
• Prevents lock expiration during network congestion
• Heartbeat now fires at 45s (90s / 2) for better safety margin

4. Issue #238: Robust bad_seq Error Detection ✅

Files: ,

• Added isBadSeqError() helper function with multiple detection methods
• Maintains backwards compatibility with current string matching
• Adds robust HTTP response structure checking as fallback
• Ensures compatibility across Stellar SDK versions
• Prevents silent breakage on SDK updates

Technical Details

Bad Seq Detection Logic

Database Migration

The migration drops and recreates the foreign key constraint with CASCADE behavior. This is safe to run on existing data as it doesn't modify any rows, only the constraint definition.

Testing

• ✅ All files compile without errors (verified with getDiagnostics)
• ✅ No breaking changes to existing APIs
• ✅ Backwards compatible implementations
• ✅ Database migration is idempotent (uses IF EXISTS)

Deployment Notes

1. Run database migration before deploying application code
2. Migration is backwards compatible and safe to run
3. All changes are non-breaking and can be deployed as single release
4. No API changes or client updates required

Review Checklist

• Code compiles without errors
• All four issues addressed with proposed solutions
• Database migration created and tested
• Backwards compatibility maintained
• No breaking changes introduced
• Security best practices followed
• Error handling improved

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