feat(billing): plan taxonomy reconciliation + Stripe sync + internal-tester allowlist (#164)

Co-authored-by: Michael Chihlas <michael@resolutionflow.com>
Co-committed-by: Michael Chihlas <michael@resolutionflow.com>

backend/app/core/config.py

@@ -97,6 +97,40 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET: Optional[str] = None
     SELF_SERVE_ENABLED: bool = False
 
+    # Internal tester allowlist for soft cutover. Comma-separated emails;
+    # when SELF_SERVE_ENABLED is False, listed users still see the self-serve
+    # surfaces (pricing page, invite-code-optional registration, etc.) so the
+    # full flow can be exercised in prod test mode before public flip.
+    INTERNAL_TESTER_EMAILS: list[str] = []
+
+    @field_validator("INTERNAL_TESTER_EMAILS", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def split_internal_tester_emails(cls, v) -> list[str]:
+        """Parse a comma-separated string into a normalized lowercase list."""
+        if v is None or v == "":
+            return []
+        if isinstance(v, list):
+            return [e.strip().lower() for e in v if e and e.strip()]
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            return [e.strip().lower() for e in v.split(",") if e.strip()]
+        return []
+
+    def is_internal_tester(self, email: Optional[str]) -> bool:
+        """Case-insensitive allowlist check. None/empty email is never a tester."""
+        if not email:
+            return False
+        return email.lower() in self.INTERNAL_TESTER_EMAILS
+
+    def is_self_serve_active_for(self, email: Optional[str]) -> bool:
+        """True if self-serve surfaces should render for this user.
+
+        Either the global flag is on, or the user is on the internal-tester
+        allowlist. Anonymous calls (email is None) only see the global flag.
+        """
+        if self.SELF_SERVE_ENABLED:
+            return True
+        return self.is_internal_tester(email)
+
     @property
     def stripe_enabled(self) -> bool:
         """Check if Stripe is configured."""