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Overview

Implement user authentication with Firebase and JWT, add user model and service, and update GraphQL mutations and queries

Changes Made

  • Added Firebase Admin verification for Google idTokens.
  • Added JWT access and refresh token generation.
  • Added user model, repository, and service using firebase_uid.
  • Added loginUser and signupUser GraphQL mutations.
  • Added protected me and myFavoritedGames queries.
  • Added standardized UNAUTHENTICATED GraphQL errors.

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  • New Features

    • Added Google Firebase ID token authentication for signup and login.
    • Added JWT access and refresh token support, plus a query for the current user.
    • Added user profiles with email, name, and favorite games.
    • Added GraphQL actions to add and remove favorite games.
    • Added Firebase authentication support for Docker deployments.
  • Documentation

    • Documented authentication setup, environment variables, token usage, and client flows.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of missing users and authentication failures with clear GraphQL errors.

…nd service, and update GraphQL mutations and queries
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The backend adds Firebase Google ID-token authentication, application user persistence, JWT-protected GraphQL access, user queries, and favorite-game operations. Docker and environment configuration now provide Firebase credentials.

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Firebase user authentication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Firebase runtime configuration
.env_template, README.md, app.py, docker-compose.yml, requirements.txt
The project configures Firebase credentials, initializes Firebase Admin, documents the authentication flow, and adds the Firebase Admin dependency.
User model and persistence
src/models/*, src/repositories/*, src/services/*, src/database.py
The backend adds the User model, MongoDB repository and service methods, Firebase UID indexing, and favorite-game persistence.
Firebase authentication mutations
src/mutations/login_user.py, src/mutations/signup_user.py
Signup and login verify Firebase Google ID tokens, resolve users through UserService, and return JWT credentials with UserType data.
JWT-protected GraphQL access
src/utils/graphql_errors.py, src/types.py, src/queries/user_query.py, src/queries/__init__.py, src/schema.py
The backend adds coded JWT errors, UserType, the me query, and schema wiring for user access.
Favorite-game GraphQL operations
src/mutations/favorite_game_mutations.py, src/mutations/__init__.py, src/mutations/add_favorite_game.py, src/mutations/remove_favorite_game.py, src/queries/game_query.py
Favorite-game mutations use JWT authentication and UserService. Game queries read favorite IDs through the user service.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant GraphQL
  participant FirebaseAuth
  participant UserService
  participant JWT
  Client->>GraphQL: signupUser or loginUser with id_token
  GraphQL->>FirebaseAuth: verify_id_token(id_token)
  FirebaseAuth-->>GraphQL: Firebase identity claims
  GraphQL->>UserService: create or find application user
  UserService-->>GraphQL: User
  GraphQL->>JWT: issue access and refresh tokens
  JWT-->>Client: tokens and user data
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to d421c

The authentication flow can associate a login with the wrong duplicate user and can issue application credentials to revoked or disabled Firebase accounts. These identity and access-control defects should be fixed before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately identifies the main change, backend authentication, but it is broad and less specific than the detailed Firebase and JWT implementation.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required Overview, Changes Made, and Test Coverage sections and accurately summarizes the authentication changes. Test coverage is brief and does not include reproduction …
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In `@src/database.py`:
- Around line 110-111: Update the unique-index creation error handler in the
database initialization flow to fail startup instead of logging a warning and
continuing when users.firebase_uid index creation raises DuplicateKeyError or
OperationFailure. Preserve the existing duplicate-record reconciliation as a
deployment prerequisite, and propagate or explicitly terminate on the exception
so UserRepository.find_by_firebase_uid() cannot run without identity uniqueness
enforcement.

In `@src/mutations/login_user.py`:
- Line 26: Update both login_user.py lines 26 and signup_user.py line 27 to call
firebase_auth.verify_id_token with revocation checking enabled via
check_revoked=True. In both _TOKEN_ERRORS tuples at login_user.py lines 9-13 and
signup_user.py lines 10-14, add firebase_auth.UserDisabledError so revoked or
disabled accounts are rejected before local user creation or JWT issuance.

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  • .env_template
  • README.md
  • app.py
  • docker-compose.yml
  • requirements.txt
  • src/database.py
  • src/models/__init__.py
  • src/models/user.py
  • src/mutations/__init__.py
  • src/mutations/add_favorite_game.py
  • src/mutations/favorite_game_mutations.py
  • src/mutations/login_user.py
  • src/mutations/remove_favorite_game.py
  • src/mutations/signup_user.py
  • src/queries/__init__.py
  • src/queries/game_query.py
  • src/queries/user_query.py
  • src/repositories/__init__.py
  • src/repositories/user_repository.py
  • src/schema.py
  • src/services/__init__.py
  • src/services/user_service.py
  • src/types.py
  • src/utils/graphql_errors.py
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  • src/mutations/remove_favorite_game.py
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Comment thread src/database.py Outdated
Comment on lines +110 to +111
except (DuplicateKeyError, OperationFailure) as e:
print(f"Warning: Could not create unique index on users.firebase_uid: {e}")

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

Do not continue when the Firebase UID unique index is absent.

If legacy documents contain duplicate firebase_uid values, this handler logs a warning and starts without identity uniqueness enforcement. UserRepository.find_by_firebase_uid() then uses find_one, so login can resolve the wrong duplicate user record.

Reconcile duplicate records before deployment, then fail startup if this index cannot be created.

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In `@src/database.py` around lines 110 - 111, Update the unique-index creation
error handler in the database initialization flow to fail startup instead of
logging a warning and continuing when users.firebase_uid index creation raises
DuplicateKeyError or OperationFailure. Preserve the existing duplicate-record
reconciliation as a deployment prerequisite, and propagate or explicitly
terminate on the exception so UserRepository.find_by_firebase_uid() cannot run
without identity uniqueness enforcement.

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Consider raising here instead. We need the UID index because we don't really check elsewhere in the code that these UIDs are actually unique (for example, seems like generally, we rely on find_one for look-up, so we'd likely leave rows unaddressed otherwise)

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@cejiogu, agreed. The index must be mandatory.

If users.firebase_uid index creation fails, setup_database_indexes() should propagate the exception and stop startup. This prevents find_one from selecting an arbitrary user when duplicate Firebase UIDs exist.


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File: src/database.py:110-111
Timestamp: 2026-09-07T20:11:15.695Z
Learning: In `src/database.py`, the unique sparse MongoDB index on `users.firebase_uid` is required for Firebase identity integrity. If creation raises `DuplicateKeyError` or `OperationFailure`, startup must fail because `UserRepository.find_by_firebase_uid()` uses `find_one` and cannot safely resolve duplicate Firebase UID documents.

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def mutate(self, info, id_token):
try:
decoded = firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token)

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For Firebase Admin Python SDK 7.3.0, confirm whether firebase_admin.auth.verify_id_token(id_token) checks revoked tokens and disabled users unless check_revoked=True is passed.

💡 Result:

In the Firebase Admin Python SDK 7.3.0, the function firebase_admin.auth.verify_id_token(id_token) does not check for revoked tokens or disabled users by default [1][2][3]. These checks only occur when the check_revoked parameter is explicitly set to True [1][2][3]. When check_revoked=True is passed: - The SDK verifies if the ID token has been revoked [1][2][3]. - The SDK also checks if the corresponding user record is disabled [1][4]. If the token is revoked, the SDK raises a RevokedIdTokenError [2][3]. If the user record is disabled, it raises a UserDisabledError [1][2][3]. When the parameter is set to its default value of False, these specific state-based checks are skipped [1][3].

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- login_user.py ---'
cat -n src/mutations/login_user.py
printf '%s\n' '--- signup_user.py ---'
cat -n src/mutations/signup_user.py
printf '%s\n' '--- related exception handling and token issuance ---'
rg -n -C 3 'TOKEN_ERRORS|verify_id_token|UserDisabledError|create_access|create_refresh|issue|refresh' src/mutations src

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Reject revoked and disabled Firebase accounts before issuing local JWTs.

Both mutations call firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token) before creating the local user or issuing JWTs. Firebase Admin Python SDK 7.3.0 skips revocation and disabled-user checks unless check_revoked=True is passed. Enable this check and add firebase_auth.UserDisabledError to both _TOKEN_ERRORS tuples.

Proposed change in both mutations
 _TOKEN_ERRORS = (
     firebase_auth.InvalidIdTokenError,
     firebase_auth.ExpiredIdTokenError,
     firebase_auth.RevokedIdTokenError,
+    firebase_auth.UserDisabledError,
 )

- decoded = firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token)
+ decoded = firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token, check_revoked=True)
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decoded = firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token)
_TOKEN_ERRORS = (
firebase_auth.InvalidIdTokenError,
firebase_auth.ExpiredIdTokenError,
firebase_auth.RevokedIdTokenError,
firebase_auth.UserDisabledError,
)
decoded = firebase_auth.verify_id_token(id_token, check_revoked=True)
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  • src/mutations/login_user.py#L26-L26 (this comment)
  • src/mutations/login_user.py#L9-L13
  • src/mutations/signup_user.py#L27-L27
  • src/mutations/signup_user.py#L10-L14
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In `@src/mutations/login_user.py` at line 26, Update both login_user.py lines 26
and signup_user.py line 27 to call firebase_auth.verify_id_token with revocation
checking enabled via check_revoked=True. In both _TOKEN_ERRORS tuples at
login_user.py lines 9-13 and signup_user.py lines 10-14, add
firebase_auth.UserDisabledError so revoked or disabled accounts are rejected
before local user creation or JWT issuance.

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Looks great Claire, and is much cleaner now with the UserRepository abstraction. I think the CodeRabbit comments are valid, and I left like a few other smaller ones too

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This looks good, love the consolidation! Especially noticed that you abstracted the read/writes using UserService, which looks much cleaner

if not GameService.get_game_by_id(game_id):
raise GraphQLError("Game not found.")
if not UserService.add_favorite_game(user_id, game_id):
raise GraphQLError("User not found.")

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Not sure about this error message. We just asserted via our if not UserService.require_user(user_id) check that the User is found, I think a different error message more related to this specific action may be better for future developers

user_id = get_jwt_identity()
if not UserService.require_user(user_id):
raise GraphQLError("User not found.")
UserService.remove_favorite_game(user_id, game_id)

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Just as in the previous mutation, should this line by preceded by a check on whether the game exists?

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except (DuplicateKeyError, OperationFailure) as e:
print(f"Warning: Could not create unique index on users.firebase_uid: {e}")

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Consider raising here instead. We need the UID index because we don't really check elsewhere in the code that these UIDs are actually unique (for example, seems like generally, we rely on find_one for look-up, so we'd likely leave rows unaddressed otherwise)

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looks good to me

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