Passwordless-only auth: drop registration and passwords entirely

There is now one way in: POST /api/auth/magic-link with an email address. It
creates the account (unverified) if the address is new -- that's the only
"sign up" -- and emails a sign-in link either way, subject to the existing
60s-per-user resend throttle. Opening the link (POST /api/auth/verify-email,
unchanged) is what actually creates the session, and marks the address
verified the first time. Since a session can now only ever come from an
opened link, "authenticated" implies "verified" -- there's no more
authenticated-but-unverified state, so the resend-verification endpoint and
all the "verify your email" nagging UI are gone too.

Backend
- migrations/008: ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN password_hash.
- UserRepository: create() takes only an email; new findOrCreateByEmail()
  (race-safe) backs the magic-link endpoint.
- AuthController: register()/login() removed; requestLoginLink() now
  find-or-creates before sending.
- EmailVerificationController: resend() removed (dead -- you can't be
  authenticated and unverified); requestChange() drops the password check,
  now just { email }.
- EmailVerifier: sendVerification() removed (unused once register() and
  resend() are gone); sendLoginLink() is the one email people get.
- Routes: POST /auth/register, POST /auth/login, POST /email/verification
  all gone.

Frontend
- LoginView: email field + "Send sign-in link" button, nothing else.
  RegisterView and the /register route are gone.
- auth store: register()/login()/resendVerification() removed;
  requestEmailChange() drops the password param.
- ProfileView: password field and the "verify your email" section removed,
  leaving just the change-email form.
- App.vue: the "verify email" header badge is gone; DashboardView's
  unverified-address notice is gone.
- Now-dead .badge/.badge--warn/a.badge CSS removed.

Tests: AuthTest and EmailVerificationTest rewritten for the new flow (52
tests total, down from 58 -- consolidated, not reduced coverage).
ApiTestCase::authHeader() signs in via the real magic-link -> verify flow.

Verified end-to-end against the rebuilt container and the dev server: a brand
new address gets an account + session from one link; /auth/register,
/auth/login and /email/verification all 404; the UI shows no password field
anywhere and no verification nagging. Also fixed the README's "Try it" curl
snippets, which had been silently broken since JSON_PRETTY_PRINT was added
(grep patterns didn't tolerate the space after ':').

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
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@@ -31,19 +31,17 @@ build app` from the parent directory.
```
src/main.ts App bootstrap; resolves the stored session before mount
src/router/index.ts Routes + guard (redirects to /login when unauthenticated)
src/stores/auth.ts Pinia store: token in localStorage, register/login/fetchMe
src/stores/auth.ts Pinia store: token in localStorage, magic-link + fetchMe
src/stores/projects.ts Pinia store: the user's projects (fetch + create)
src/stores/cards.ts Pinia store: one project's cards (CRUD + reorderColumn)
src/lib/api.ts fetch wrapper, bearer token, typed ApiError
src/components/AppSidebar.vue left nav: Dashboard link, divider, project list + new-project form
src/components/CardRow.vue editable text + status chip + delete, one card
src/components/KanbanCard.vue small draggable card for the board columns
src/views/ DashboardView, ProjectView, LoginView, RegisterView,
ProfileView, VerifyEmailView
src/views/ DashboardView, ProjectView, LoginView, ProfileView,
VerifyEmailView
```
## Layout
Signed-in "app" routes (`meta.requiresAuth`) render inside a persistent shell:
the top bar, then a left **sidebar** (`AppSidebar.vue`) beside the routed view.
The sidebar stays mounted across navigation — it holds a **Dashboard** link, a
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ sidebar → project → project navigation always does a fresh load.
`/` redirects to `/dashboard` (`DashboardView.vue`), a full-width grid of
project cards — each shows the project name and, under a **New** heading, its
inbox cards (`status_id === null`), fetched per project. Signed-out routes
(`/login`, `/register`, `/verify-email`) render without the sidebar.
(`/login`, `/verify-email`) render without the sidebar.
## Project detail
@@ -93,32 +91,27 @@ new cards have no status, so they land straight in it.
## Auth flow
- The token from register / login / opening a magic link is kept in
`localStorage` and sent as `Authorization: Bearer …`.
- On load, `fetchMe()` validates the stored token via `GET /api/me`; a failure
clears it.
There is no password and no separate sign-up — `LoginView` is just an email
field and a "Send sign-in link" button (`POST /api/auth/magic-link`), for a new
address or a returning one alike. On success it shows a "check your email"
message; it does not sign the caller in itself.
- `/verify-email?token=…` is the target for every magic link (sign-in and
email-change confirmation both). `VerifyEmailView` POSTs the token via
`auth.verifyEmail()`, which returns a session — opening the link is what
actually signs the caller in — then redirects to the dashboard.
- The token is kept in `localStorage` and sent as `Authorization: Bearer …`.
On load, `fetchMe()` validates it via `GET /api/me`; a failure clears it.
- Routes with `meta.requiresAuth` redirect to `/login` (preserving the intended
path) when there is no authenticated user.
- Registration signs the user in immediately; the new account's email is
unverified (`user.email_verified === false`). The header shows a "verify
email" badge linking to `/profile`.
- `LoginView` defaults to **magic link**: an email field and a "Log in with
email" button that calls `POST /api/auth/magic-link`. A "Log in with password"
link reveals the password field and switches the button to a plain "Log in"
(`POST /api/auth/login`); the link then reads "Get a magic link" to switch
back.
- Because the only way to get a session is opening a link, `user.email_verified`
is always `true` for a signed-in user — the frontend doesn't show any
verification nagging or resend UI.
## Email verification & profile
## Profile
- `/verify-email?token=…` is the target for every magic link (verification,
passwordless login, email change). `VerifyEmailView` POSTs the token to the
API, which returns a session — so opening any link both verifies the address
and signs the user in — then redirects to the projects.
- `/profile` (`ProfileView`) shows the address and verification status. When
unverified it offers a **Resend** button; the API throttles to once a minute,
and the button shows a live countdown (driven by `retry_after`, and by `429`
responses).
- The **Change email** form takes the new address and the current password.
On success the API has emailed a confirmation link to the *new* address and
set `user.pending_email`; the change only lands when that link is opened. The
resend and change actions share the one-minute cooldown.
`/profile` (`ProfileView`) shows the current address and a **Change email**
form (new address only, no password). On success the API has emailed a
confirmation link to the *new* address and set `user.pending_email` (shown as a
notice until it's opened); the change only lands once that link is opened. The
button shows a live countdown driven by `retry_after` and by `429` responses.