Fresh installs land on the Community tier. The 14-day Admiral trial is now
issued by Lemon Squeezy via their hosted checkout: the user enters email +
card, receives a license key by email, and pastes it into the existing
Settings > License activation field.
Backend changes:
- LicenseService.initialize() no longer auto-creates a license_status='trial'
row on first boot. It now only ensures an instance_id exists and starts
periodic validation.
- Drop the TRIAL_DURATION_DAYS constant.
- Drop the status='trial' early-return in getVariant() so LS-issued trials
resolve through the normal variant metadata path (variant_name / product_name).
- Trial branches in getTier() and getLicenseInfo() are retained for future
work that may detect trial state from Lemon Squeezy metadata; they are
currently unreachable via the Sencho code paths.
Frontend changes:
- Settings > License surfaces a new "Try Admiral free for 14 days" CTA block
with Start monthly trial and Start annual trial buttons that open Lemon
Squeezy hosted checkout. The CTA is visible only when the user has no paid
access and is not already on a trial.
- Reserve the Admiral upgrade card for the Skipper-active upgrade path so
unlicensed users see one Admiral path (the trial CTA) instead of two.
- Pull the inline Lemon Squeezy checkout URLs into named module constants so
the Skipper, Admiral monthly, and Admiral annual endpoints are defined in
one place.
Test changes:
- license-service.test.ts covers the no-auto-trial startup path and updates
the trial-variant test to reflect the metadata-driven resolution.
- afterAll in the initialize() describe block calls destroy() so the 72-hour
validation interval does not leak into sibling test files.
Docs:
- Rewrite the Free trial section in features/licensing.mdx to document the
new LS checkout flow (email + card required, auto-converts on day 14 unless
cancelled).
- Add an operations/troubleshooting entry for cases where the trial license
key email does not arrive.
Lemon Squeezy variant names describe billing periods ("Lifetime",
"Monthly", "Annual") without containing the tier name. resolveVariantType
now checks both variant_name and product_name (e.g. "Sencho Admiral") to
correctly identify the tier. Fixes Admiral licenses being misidentified
as Skipper when the LS variant name is just "Lifetime".
Rename internal variant values from 'personal'/'team' to 'skipper'/'admiral',
aligning code with user-facing tier names. Variant type is now resolved once
at activation/validation and stored in DB via license_variant_type, instead
of string-matching the Lemon Squeezy variant_name on every read. Also captures
variant_id for future lookups. Pre-existing installs auto-migrate on first
getVariant() call.
* fix(licensing): resolve Admiral variant detection and lifetime license handling
The Lemon Squeezy variant name for Admiral licenses contains "Admiral"
(not "Team"), but getVariant() only checked for "team" and "personal".
This caused Admiral licenses to be misidentified as Skipper, locking all
Admiral-exclusive features.
- Map "admiral" variant names to internal "team" value, "skipper" to "personal"
- Add isLifetime field to LicenseInfo API response
- Hide "Manage Subscription" button for lifetime licenses (no billing portal)
- Show "Duration: Lifetime" instead of empty renewal date
- Hide upgrade cards for active Admiral users
- Add 23 unit tests covering variant resolution, tier computation, and lifetime detection
- Add troubleshooting entries for wrong tier label, locked features, and billing portal errors
* fix(licensing): address code review findings
- Fix nested ternary in LicenseSection JSX; restore conditional rendering
to avoid showing an empty "N/A" row for non-subscription states
- Clean up test file: use shared svc variable, remove redundant comments,
add trialDaysRemaining assertions, rename describe block
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