5.11 - The demo page's own pay button points at a link that is never seeded

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Complexity: Trivial - 100 Points · type:bug

Milestone: M5 - Distribution & grant

Band lever: none

Context
apps/web/app/demo/page.tsx:34 renders the flagship "Pay $25.00 with Quay"
button with data-quay-link="demo_mug_123".

Problem
No seed script creates a link with that id. Clicking the button on the page
whose entire purpose is demonstrating the widget shows "Payment link not found".
It degrades correctly rather than crashing, but the demo does not demo anything
— and this is the page a grant reviewer or a prospective integrator lands on.

What needs to be done

1. Decide the source of truth: either have scripts/demo-seed.ts create a link
   with the stable id demo_mug_123, or have the demo page create a link on
   first render and cache the id.
2. Wire whichever is chosen so a clean deployment has a working button.
3. Make the failure honest in the meantime: if the link is missing, say the demo
   needs seeding rather than showing a generic not-found.

Key files

• apps/web/app/demo/page.tsx:34 — the button
• scripts/demo-seed.ts — seeding (see also 7.8)

Done when

• Clicking the demo button on a freshly seeded deployment opens a payable link.

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Tracked in ISSUES.md — issue 5.11.

[qa-eden]

@qa-eden has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 8th wave.

maintainer, please assign this to me. I’ll fix the demo payment link by making demo_mug_123 part of the seed flow, verify it works on a clean deployment, and improve the missing-link message.

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