src/Yavsc.Blogs.Tests/BlogAclApiTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http.Json;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Yavsc.Abstract.BlogSpot;
 using Yavsc.Models;
@@ -50,24 +49,6 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
     private string BlogAclUrl()
         => $"{_fixture.Addresses.First(a => a.StartsWith("https://"))}/{APIPrefix}/blogacl";
 
-    /// <summary>Delete any ACL rows tied to the fixture's seeded
-    /// <c>(CircleId, BlogPostId)</c> pair. The shared SQLite store
-    /// persists across tests, so tests that POST a successful ACL
-    /// row would otherwise conflict with whichever other test runs
-    /// next against the same pair — xUnit does not guarantee
-    /// execution order. Calling this at the start of each
-    /// insert-bearing test guarantees a clean slate regardless of
-    /// the previous test's outcome.</summary>
-    private void CleanupAcl()
-    {
-        using var scope = _fixture.Services.CreateScope();
-        var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ApplicationDbContext>();
-        db.CircleAuthorizationToBlogPost
-            .Where(a => a.CircleId == _fixture.CircleId
-                     && a.BlogPostId == _fixture.PostId)
-            .ExecuteDelete();
-    }
-
     private HttpClient NewClient(string subject)
     {
         var handler = new HttpClientHandler
@@ -98,6 +79,30 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
         return http;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>PostIt sends only the FK ids (<c>CircleId</c> +
+    /// <c>BlogPostId</c>) plus scalar fields, never the navigation
+    /// properties <c>Target</c> / <c>Allowed</c>. The controller
+    /// must accept that shape and persist the ACL row.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PostCircleAuthorization_returns_201_when_adding_existing_circle_to_existing_post()
+    {
+        using var http = NewClient("alice");
+
+        // Mirror PostIt's payload: scalar FK ids only, no nav props.
+        var payload = new CircleAuthorizationToBlogPost
+        {
+            CircleId = _fixture.CircleId,
+            BlogPostId = _fixture.PostId,
+        };
+
+        var response = await http.PostAsJsonAsync(BlogAclUrl(), payload,
+        TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Expected: 201 Created (per controller line 133: return
+        // CreatedAtRoute("GetCircleAuthorizationToBlogPost", ...)).
+        Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.Created, response.StatusCode);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Reproduces the prod 500 logged on 2026-08-21 on mercure:
     /// <c>InvalidOperationException: The value of
@@ -121,9 +126,9 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
         // The prod circle already exists with Name="test", Public=true,
         // owned by the caller. We seed the same shape pre-POST so the
         // test reproduces the prod scenario end-to-end.
-        CleanupAcl();
         using var http = NewClient("alice");
 
+
         var payload = new PostAccessControlRulePayload
         {
             CircleId = _fixture.CircleId,
@@ -144,33 +149,52 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
     /// rows before sending, so every shape lands against a real
     /// principal entity and the seeded fixtures are not dead.
     /// </summary>
-    public static IEnumerable<object[]> BlogAclPayloadsForNever500()
+    public static IEnumerable<PostAccessControlRulePayload?[]> BlogAclPayloadsForNever500()
     {
 
         // circleId only (the historical bug shape, 2026-08-21 mercure):
         // must be rejected, never 500.
-         return new object[][]
+        yield return new PostAccessControlRulePayload?[]
+        {
+            new PostAccessControlRulePayload
+            {
+            },
+
+            new PostAccessControlRulePayload
+            {
+                BlogPostId = -1,
+                CircleId = 1
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Empty body: must be rejected at validation/auth, never 500.
+        yield return new PostAccessControlRulePayload?[]
+        {
+            new PostAccessControlRulePayload
+            {
+                BlogPostId = -1,
+                CircleId = -1
+            }
+        };
+
+        // blogPostId only: must be rejected, never 500.
+        yield return new PostAccessControlRulePayload?[]
         {
-            [
              new PostAccessControlRulePayload
             {
                 BlogPostId = -2,
                 CircleId = -1
             }
-            ],
-            [new PostAccessControlRulePayload
+        };
+
+        // Explicit BlogPostId = 0 (default(long)): must be rejected,
+        // never 500. This is the precise shape that EF Core's
+        // shaper used to crash on.
+        yield return new PostAccessControlRulePayload?[]
         {
-                    BlogPostId = 1,
-                    CircleId = -1
-                }
-            ],
-            [new PostAccessControlRulePayload
-                {
-                    BlogPostId = 1,
-                    CircleId = 1
-                }
-            ]
-         } ;
+             new PostAccessControlRulePayload(),
+             null
+        };
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -178,7 +202,8 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
     /// </summary>
     [Theory]
     [MemberData(nameof(BlogAclPayloadsForNever500))]
-    public async Task PostCircleAuthorization_never_returns_500(PostAccessControlRulePayload payload)
+    public async Task PostCircleAuthorization_never_returns_500(
+        Dictionary<string, PostAccessControlRulePayload?> payload)
     {
         using var http = NewClient("alice");
 
@@ -188,34 +213,4 @@ public sealed class BlogAclApiTests : IClassFixture<BlogsWebServerFixture>
 
         Assert.NotEqual(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, response.StatusCode);
     }
-
-    [Fact]
-    async Task PostCircleAuthorization_dosent_return_500 ()
-    {
-        CleanupAcl();
-        await PostCircleAuthorization_never_returns_500(
-
-            new PostAccessControlRulePayload
-            {
-                BlogPostId = -1,
-                CircleId = _fixture.CircleId
-            }
-        );
-
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    async Task PostCircleAuthorization_dosent_return_500_on_success ()
-    {
-        CleanupAcl();
-        await PostCircleAuthorization_never_returns_500(
-
-            new PostAccessControlRulePayload
-            {
-                BlogPostId = _fixture.PostId,
-                CircleId = _fixture.CircleId
-            }
-        );
-
-    }
 }

src/Yavsc.Blogs.Tests/BlogsWebServerFixture.cs

@@ -200,66 +200,6 @@ public sealed class BlogsWebServerFixture : WebHostFixture
         app.UseAuthentication();
         app.UseAuthorization();
         app.MapControllers();
-
-        // EnsureCreated + seed alice, run once at host startup.
-        // EnsureCreated is idempotent (creates only the tables that
-        // don't exist yet) and runs against the shared
-        // SqliteConnection (Cache=Shared), so every DbContext that
-        // resolves through this fixture's host sees the same schema.
-        // We do NOT call EnsureDeleted: the SqliteConnection is held
-        // open at the static level and closing it destroys the
-        // :memory: store for every other DbContext — the org
-        // fixture can afford EnsureDeleted because its store is
-        // built fresh per fixture, but the blogs fixture's static
-        // connection outlives a single fixture instance.
-        using (var seedScope = app.Services.CreateScope())
-        {
-            var db = seedScope.ServiceProvider
-                .GetRequiredService<ApplicationDbContext>();
-            db.Database.EnsureCreated();
-            if (!db.Users.Any(u => u.Id == "alice"))
-            {
-                db.Users.Add(new ApplicationUser
-                {
-                    Id = "alice",
-                    UserName = "alice",
-                    Email = "alice@example.com",
-                    EmailConfirmed = true,
-                    FullName = "Alice Dupont",
-                    Avatar = "/avatars/alice.png",
-                });
-                db.SaveChanges();
-
-                // Inline the seed of the circle + post. We don't
-                // call SeedCircle/SeedBlogPost (the instance helpers)
-                // because those resolve through this.Services, which
-                // is null until WebHostFixture.InitializeAsync has
-                // finished wiring the shared slot — i.e. after this
-                // method returns. Use app.Services directly.
-                var circle = new Circle
-                {
-                    OwnerId = "alice",
-                    Name = "test",
-                    Public = true,
-                };
-                db.Circle.Add(circle);
-                db.SaveChanges();
-                CircleId = circle.Id;
-
-                var post = new BlogPost
-                {
-                    AuthorId = "alice",
-                    Title = "Billet ACL test",
-                    Article = "Test article body.",
-                    DateCreated = DateTime.UtcNow,
-                    DateModified = DateTime.UtcNow,
-                };
-                db.BlogSpot.Add(post);
-                db.SaveChanges();
-                PostId = post.Id;
-            }
-        }
-
         await Task.CompletedTask;
         return app;
     }
@@ -348,6 +288,30 @@ public sealed class BlogsWebServerFixture : WebHostFixture
 
 
 
+    /// <summary>Reset the in-memory database and seed <c>alice</c>.
+    /// The shared SQLite <c>:memory:</c> store persists across
+    /// requests, so each test starts from a clean slate.</summary>
+    private void ResetDatabaseWithAlice()
+    {
+        using var scope = Services.CreateScope();
+        var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ApplicationDbContext>();
+        db.Database.EnsureDeleted();
+        db.Database.EnsureCreated();
+
+        db.Users.Add(new ApplicationUser
+        {
+            Id = "alice",
+            UserName = "alice",
+            Email = "alice@example.com",
+            EmailConfirmed = true,
+            FullName = "Alice Dupont",
+            Avatar = "/avatars/alice.png",
+        });
+        db.SaveChanges();
+        CircleId = SeedCircle("alice", "test", isPublic: true);
+        PostId = SeedBlogPost("alice", "Billet ACL test");
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Create a circle owned by <paramref name="ownerId"/>
     /// directly in the SQLite store and return its server-assigned
     /// id.</summary>

src/Yavsc.Blogs/Controllers/BlogAclApiController.cs

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Yavsc.Blogs.Controllers
                 return BadRequest();
             }
 
-            if (!await CheckOwnerAsync(circleAuthorizationToBlogPost.CircleId))
+            if (!CheckOwner(circleAuthorizationToBlogPost.CircleId))
             {
                 return new ChallengeResult();
             }
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ namespace Yavsc.Blogs.Controllers
 
             return new StatusCodeResult(StatusCodes.Status204NoContent);
         }
-        private async Task<bool> CheckOwnerAsync (long circleId)
+        private bool CheckOwner (long circleId)
         {
+
             var uid = User.FindFirstValue(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
-            if (uid==null) return false;
-            var circle = await _context.Circle.FirstOrDefaultAsync(c=>c.Id==circleId);
-            if (circle == null) return false;
-            return circle.OwnerId == uid;
+            var circle = _context.Circle.First(c=>c.Id==circleId);
+            _context.Entry(circle).State = EntityState.Detached;
+            return (circle.OwnerId == uid);
         }
         // POST: api/BlogAclApi
         [HttpPost]
@@ -111,16 +111,7 @@ namespace Yavsc.Blogs.Controllers
             {
                 return BadRequest(ModelState);
             }
-            // No 500: a missing or zero BlogPostId is a client
-            // error, not an EF Core FK violation waiting to happen.
-            // The 2026-08-21 prod 500 was this exact path (PostIt
-            // sent only circleId, server saw BlogPostId = 0 and
-            // SaveChangesAsync threw InvalidOperationException).
-            if (circleAuthorizationToBlogPost.BlogPostId <= 0)
-            {
-                return BadRequest("BlogPostId is required and must be > 0.");
-            }
-            if (!await CheckOwnerAsync(circleAuthorizationToBlogPost.CircleId))
+            if (!CheckOwner(circleAuthorizationToBlogPost.CircleId))
             {
                 return new ChallengeResult();
             }