All automated tests for the credit system have PASSED.
- All credit costs are properly defined
- Resume: 1 credit
- Presentation: 1 credit per slide
- Diagram: 1 credit
- Letter: 1 credit
- ATS Check: 1 credit
- Cover Letter: 1 credit
All test cases passed:
- Total: 20, Used: 5 → Remaining: 15 ✓
- Total: 20, Used: 20 → Remaining: 0 ✓
- Total: 20, Used: 25 → Remaining: 0 (correctly handles negative) ✓
- Total: 100, Used: 0 → Remaining: 100 ✓
- Future date (30 days ahead): Does not reset ✓
- Past date (1 day ago): Triggers reset ✓
All 5 endpoints have been verified to include:
1. Diagram Generation (/api/generate/diagram/route.ts)
- ✓ Authentication check
- ✓ Credit balance check
- ✓ Credit deduction
- ✓ Usage logging
2. Letter Generation (/api/generate/letter/route.ts)
- ✓ Authentication check
- ✓ Credit balance check
- ✓ Credit deduction
- ✓ Usage logging
3. ATS Analysis (/api/analyze-ats/route.ts)
- ✓ Authentication check
- ✓ Credit balance check
- ✓ Credit deduction
- ✓ Usage logging
4. Resume ATS Score (/api/resume/ats-score/route.ts)
- ✓ Authentication check
- ✓ Credit balance check
- ✓ Credit deduction
- ✓ Usage logging
5. Presentation Generation (/api/generate/presentation/route.ts)
- ✓ Authentication check
- ✓ Credit balance check
- ✓ Credit deduction
- ✓ Usage logging
- 5 slides → 5 credits ✓
- 10 slides → 10 credits ✓
- 1 slide → 1 credit ✓
- 100 slides → 100 credits ✓
- Rejects slide count of 0 ✓
- Rejects slide count over 100 ✓
To thoroughly test the credit deduction functionality in a live environment, follow these steps:
- Have a test user account with sufficient credits (at least 20)
- Access to the Supabase database to verify credit changes
- API client (Postman, curl, or browser dev tools) for testing
Steps:
- Note current credit balance
- Generate a diagram via
/api/generate/diagram - Verify credits decreased by 1
- Check
credit_usage_logtable for entry
Expected Result:
- Status: 200 OK
- Credits used: 1
- Database shows credit deduction
- Usage log entry created
Steps:
- Note current credit balance
- Generate a letter via
/api/generate/letter - Verify credits decreased by 1
- Check
credit_usage_logtable for entry
Expected Result:
- Status: 200 OK
- Credits used: 1
- Database shows credit deduction
- Usage log entry created
Steps:
- Note current credit balance
- Analyze resume via
/api/analyze-ats - Verify credits decreased by 1
- Check
credit_usage_logtable for entry
Expected Result:
- Status: 200 OK
- Credits used: 1
- Database shows credit deduction
- Usage log entry created
Steps:
- Note current credit balance
- Calculate ATS score via
/api/resume/ats-score - Verify credits decreased by 1
- Check
credit_usage_logtable for entry
Expected Result:
- Status: 200 OK
- Credits used: 1
- Database shows credit deduction
- Usage log entry created
Steps:
- Note current credit balance
- Generate 5-slide presentation via
/api/generate/presentation - Verify credits decreased by 5
- Check
credit_usage_logtable for entry
Expected Result:
- Status: 200 OK
- Credits used: 5 (1 per slide)
- Database shows credit deduction
- Usage log entry created with slide count
Steps:
- Set user credits to 0 or less than required
- Attempt to generate any content
- Verify error response
Expected Result:
- Status: 402 Payment Required
- Error message: "Not enough credits"
- No credit deduction
- No content generated
Steps:
- Make request without Bearer token
- Verify error response
Expected Result:
- Status: 401 Unauthorized
- Error message: "Authentication required"
- No credit deduction
Steps:
- Make request with invalid/expired token
- Verify error response
Expected Result:
- Status: 401 Unauthorized
- Error message: "Authentication required"
- No credit deduction
Credits reset on the 1st day of each calendar month at 00:00:00 UTC, ensuring users get their full monthly credit allowance consistently.
How It Works:
- When a user first uses the service (or when credits are created),
credits_reset_atis set to the 1st day of the next month - Before each generation request, the system checks if the current date has passed the reset date
- If yes,
credits_usedis reset to 0 andcredits_reset_atis updated to the 1st of the next month - This ensures credits reset monthly on the 1st, giving users their full monthly allowance
Example Timeline:
- Jan 5: User signs up, gets 20 credits, reset_at = Feb 1
- Jan 20: User has 10 credits left
- Feb 1: Credits automatically reset to 20, reset_at = Mar 1
- Feb 15: User has 15 credits left
- Mar 1: Credits automatically reset to 20, reset_at = Apr 1
Test Results:
- ✅ Reset date correctly calculated as 1st of next month at 00:00 UTC
- ✅ Verified across different dates (mid-month, end-of-month, year transitions)
- ✅ Free tier: 20 credits per month (confirmed)
- ✅ Past reset dates correctly trigger credit reset
- ✅ Future reset dates correctly prevent premature reset
SELECT * FROM user_credits WHERE user_id = '<user_id>';SELECT * FROM credit_usage_log
WHERE user_id = '<user_id>'
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 10;SELECT
uc.user_id,
uc.credits_total,
uc.credits_used,
(uc.credits_total - uc.credits_used) as credits_remaining,
COUNT(cul.id) as total_actions,
SUM(cul.credits_used) as total_credits_logged
FROM user_credits uc
LEFT JOIN credit_usage_log cul ON uc.user_id = cul.user_id
WHERE uc.user_id = '<user_id>'
GROUP BY uc.user_id, uc.credits_total, uc.credits_used;- Authentication: All endpoints require valid Bearer token
- No Hardcoded Keys: Removed hardcoded API key fallback
- API Key Validation: Checks API key availability before processing
- SQL Injection: Uses parameterized queries via Supabase
- Race Conditions: Refetches credits before deduction in presentation route
- Status: PASSED
- Vulnerabilities Found: 0
- Date: 2026-01-06
- Authentication: 1 query (getUser)
- Credit Check: 1-2 queries (select, possible insert/update for reset)
- Content Generation: Variable (external API calls)
- Credit Deduction: 2 queries (select for refetch, update)
- Usage Logging: 1 query (insert)
Total: ~5-7 database operations per generation request
- Credits are fetched twice (initial check + refetch) to prevent race conditions
- Consider using database transactions for atomic operations
- Cache credit data for short periods (with caution)
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Content Generated but Logging Failed: If credit deduction fails after content generation, user receives content with warning message. This is intentional to prioritize user experience.
-
No Rollback on Failure: If an error occurs after credit deduction but before content generation completes, credits are not automatically rolled back. Manual intervention may be required.
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Concurrent Requests: Multiple simultaneous requests from same user may cause race conditions despite refetch logic. Consider implementing request locking for heavy concurrent usage.
✅ All automated tests PASSED ✅ All 5 endpoints properly implement credit system ✅ Security scan shows 0 vulnerabilities ✅ ESLint shows 0 warnings/errors
The credit deduction system is READY FOR PRODUCTION pending manual testing validation.
Date: 2026-01-06
Tester: GitHub Copilot Agent
Test Script: test-credits-system.js
Result: ALL TESTS PASSED ✅