Pre-Beta: Final Checklist — Security, Monitoring & Launch Readiness

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Summary

Final gate before inviting beta merchants. Every item must be checked off before any real-money transactions.

Security Checklist

• All placeholder secrets replaced with cryptographically strong values
• JWT secret is min 64 bytes random
• No secrets committed to git (run git log -p | grep -E "(secret|key|password)" | grep -v example)
• API key hashing uses bcrypt (not MD5/SHA1)
• Webhook signatures verified on all inbound webhooks (Stripe, bank)
• CORS allows only known origins (dashboard, checkout, www)
• Rate limiting active on auth endpoints (prevent brute force)
• Helmet middleware active (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options)
• SQL injection impossible (Prisma parameterized queries — verify no raw SQL)
• Smart contracts have emergency pause (from Soroban & EVM HTLC: Add Emergency Pause Mechanism #98)
• Smart contracts have re-init guard (from Soroban Fee Collector: Add Re-Initialization Guard #99)
• Storage TTL extended on all Soroban entries (from Soroban HTLC: Fix Storage TTL — Prevent Fund Loss on Entry Expiry #97)

Monitoring Checklist

• Sentry configured for API — errors reported with stack traces
• Sentry configured for Dashboard + Checkout frontends
• Relay service has structured logging (every state transition logged)
• BullMQ dashboard accessible for job monitoring (Bull Board or similar)
• Uptime monitoring configured (UptimeRobot or Better Uptime — free tier)
• Alert on: relay crash, payment stuck > 10 min, webhook exhaustion rate > 5%

Operational Checklist

• Database backups configured (daily, 7-day retention minimum)
• Redis persistence enabled (AOF or RDB)
• prisma migrate deploy runs in CI before deployment
• Health check endpoint: GET /health returns 200 with DB + Redis status
• Graceful shutdown: API drains in-flight requests before stopping
• Relay: pending HTLC jobs survive restart (BullMQ persistence verified)

Beta Merchant Readiness

• Merchant registration flow tested end-to-end
• Email verification working
• API key generation and rotation working
• Webhook configuration + test delivery working
• Dashboard shows real testnet transaction data
• Support contact channel ready (email or Discord)

Pass Criteria

All items checked. Zero critical/high severity issues open. Full testnet payment lifecycle passes for:

• Stellar-native payment (Testnet: Stellar-Native Payment — Full End-to-End Test #117)
• EVM cross-chain payment (Testnet: EVM→Stellar Cross-Chain Payment — Full End-to-End Test #118)
• Card payment (Testnet: Card Payment — Full End-to-End Test with Stripe Test Mode #119)
• Payment link flow (Testnet: Payment Link & Invoice Full Flow Test #121)
• Invoice flow (Testnet: Payment Link & Invoice Full Flow Test #121)