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name: oe-backend-prod-hardening description: Production hardening review for the OpenEvent backend. Use when scanning for LLM smells, noisy prints, swallowed exceptions, dev-only defaults, fallback diagnostic leakage, and inconsistent error/logging patterns; produce a prioritized, PR-sized cleanup plan.

oe-backend-prod-hardening

Audit workflow (tight + actionable)

1. Scan for runtime smells:

   • rg -n "print\\(" backend
   • rg -n "except Exception\\s*:\\s*(pass)?$" backend
   • rg -n "OE_FALLBACK_DIAGNOSTICS|FALLBACK" backend
   • rg -n "ENABLE_DANGEROUS_ENDPOINTS" backend

2. Classify findings:

   • User-visible (must not leak diagnostics)
   • Ops-visible (structured logs, trace events)
   • Dev-only (move to scripts / gated)

3. Convert into a PR ladder:

   • One concern per PR: logging, error handling, config defaults, MCP bootstrap, etc.

Canonical reference

• Add/maintain items in docs/internal/BACKEND_REFACTORING_PLAN_DEC_2025_ADDENDUM.md.