trails/openspec/specs/route-management/spec.md

Purpose

Route CRUD operations, GPX import/export, sequential versioning, PostGIS spatial storage, and route metadata in the Journal app.

Requirements

Requirement: Create route

The Journal SHALL allow authenticated users to create a new route with a name and optional description.

Scenario: Create empty route

• WHEN a user clicks "New Route" and enters a name
• THEN a new route record is created in PostgreSQL and the user is redirected to the route detail page

Requirement: View route

The Journal SHALL display route details including map, metadata, and elevation stats. Access depends on the route's visibility: public routes are viewable by anyone including unauthenticated visitors, unlisted routes are viewable by anyone who has the URL, and private routes are viewable only by the owner.

Scenario: Owner views own route

• WHEN a logged-in user navigates to a route they own at any visibility
• THEN they see the route name, description, a map with the route polyline, distance, and elevation gain/loss

Scenario: Anyone views a public route

• WHEN any visitor (including unauthenticated) navigates to a public route's URL
• THEN they see the full route detail page as above

Scenario: Anyone with the URL views an unlisted route

• WHEN any visitor navigates directly to an unlisted route's URL
• THEN they see the full route detail page as above

Scenario: Non-owner is blocked from a private route

• WHEN a visitor who is not the owner requests a private route URL
• THEN the server responds with HTTP 404 (not 403), so the existence of the private route is not leaked

Scenario: Public and unlisted route pages emit social-share metadata

• WHEN a visitor loads a public or unlisted route detail page
• THEN the response emits Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags (og:title, og:description, og:type="article", og:site_name, twitter:card="summary")

Requirement: Update route

The Journal SHALL allow the route owner to update the route name, description, and GPX.

Scenario: Update route metadata

• WHEN a route owner edits the route name or description and saves
• THEN the route record is updated and a new version is created

Requirement: Delete route

The Journal SHALL allow the route owner to delete a route.

Scenario: Delete route with confirmation

• WHEN a route owner clicks "Delete" and confirms
• THEN the route and all its versions are permanently deleted

Requirement: GPX import

The Journal SHALL allow users to create or update a route by uploading a GPX file.

Scenario: Import GPX as new route

• WHEN a user uploads a GPX file on the "Import" page
• THEN a new route is created with waypoints and track parsed from the GPX, and route geometry is stored in PostGIS

Scenario: Import GPX to existing route

• WHEN a route owner uploads a GPX file on an existing route's page
• THEN the route GPX is replaced and a new version is created

Requirement: GPX export

The Journal SHALL allow users to download any route as a GPX file.

Scenario: Export route as GPX

• WHEN a user clicks "Export GPX" on a route detail page
• THEN a GPX file is downloaded containing the route track and waypoints

Requirement: Route versioning

The Journal SHALL store sequential versions of each route. Each GPX update creates a new version.

Scenario: View version history

• WHEN a route owner views the route detail page
• THEN they see a list of versions with version number, date, and contributor

Requirement: Route list

The Journal SHALL display a list of the authenticated user's routes.

Scenario: View my routes

• WHEN a logged-in user navigates to their route list
• THEN they see all their routes with name, distance, and last updated date

Requirement: PostGIS spatial storage

Route geometries SHALL be stored as PostGIS LineString geometries extracted from the GPX.

Scenario: Spatial data stored on import

• WHEN a GPX file is imported or a route is saved from the Planner
• THEN the route geometry is extracted and stored as a PostGIS LineString for future spatial queries

Requirement: Route data includes geometry for rendering

Route and activity loaders SHALL return GeoJSON geometry when available.

Scenario: Route list returns simplified geometry

• WHEN the routes list loader runs
• THEN each route includes a geojson field containing the geometry as a GeoJSON string
• AND the geometry is simplified server-side via ST_Simplify() for list page performance

Scenario: Route detail returns full geometry

• WHEN the route detail loader runs and the route has geometry
• THEN the route includes a geojson field with the full-resolution GeoJSON geometry

Requirement: Route metadata envelope

Routes SHALL be stored with a metadata envelope containing computed statistics (distance, elevation gain/loss), routing profile, contributor list, and tags.

Scenario: Metadata computed on save

• WHEN a route GPX is saved
• THEN distance and elevation statistics are computed from the GPX and stored in the metadata

Requirement: Route visibility

The Journal SHALL persist a visibility value on every route and SHALL allow the owner to change it.

Scenario: New routes default to private

• WHEN a route is created without an explicit visibility
• THEN the route row is persisted with visibility = 'private'

Scenario: Owner changes a route's visibility

• WHEN a route owner selects a different visibility (private, unlisted, public) in the edit flow and saves
• THEN the stored visibility is updated and subsequent access checks use the new value immediately

Scenario: Non-owner cannot change visibility

• WHEN a request to update visibility arrives from a user who is not the route owner
• THEN the server rejects it with HTTP 403 or 404 (matching the current update-route behaviour), and the stored value is unchanged

Requirement: Route listings respect visibility

Any listing that exposes routes beyond the owner's own dashboard SHALL only include routes with visibility = 'public'.

Scenario: Public profile lists only public routes

• WHEN a visitor loads /users/:username
• THEN the rendered list of routes includes only the user's public routes; unlisted and private routes are omitted

Scenario: Owner's own routes list is unchanged

• WHEN a logged-in user views their own routes list at /routes
• THEN the list includes all of their own routes regardless of visibility

Requirement: Synthetic route flag

The Journal SHALL persist a synthetic boolean on every route so automated / demo content can be distinguished from user-created content.

Scenario: User-created routes default to non-synthetic

• WHEN a route is created through any user-facing flow (New Route, GPX import, Planner handoff)
• THEN the route row is persisted with synthetic = false

Scenario: Bot inserts flag their rows as synthetic

• WHEN the demo-activity-bot inserts a route
• THEN the row is persisted with synthetic = true

Scenario: Synthetic flag is not user-editable

• WHEN a route owner edits a route via any user-facing action
• THEN the stored synthetic value is not changed by the edit