The test_db fixture calls Base.metadata.create_all on a fresh test DB. That only creates tables for models that have been imported (and thus registered with Base.metadata) by the time the fixture runs. app.main imports app.core.database (which gives us Base) but does NOT eagerly import the model modules — most are pulled in lazily inside scheduler functions (archive_stale_ai_sessions etc.) and route modules. At fixture-setup time, only the handful of models touched by those eager imports are on the metadata, so any test that exercises PSA, network diagrams, ratings, escalations, etc. fails with \`UndefinedTableError: relation "X" does not exist\` and a cascade of 500s on every endpoint that queries the missing table. Adding \`from app import models as _models\` (rather than the bare \`import app.models\` which would shadow the \`app\` FastAPI instance imported just above) pulls in app/models/__init__.py, which itself imports every model module — registering all ~60 tables with Base.metadata before create_all runs. Verified locally: tests/test_psa_writeback_phase4.py went from 1 failed / 6 errors → 4 failed / 3 passed (the cascading errors were masking the actual passes). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Troubleshooting Decision Tree - Backend API
FastAPI backend for the Troubleshooting Decision Tree application.
Quick Start
1. Set up Python environment
cd backend
python -m venv venv
# Windows
venv\Scripts\activate
# macOS/Linux
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Start PostgreSQL database
Using Docker:
docker-compose up -d
Or install PostgreSQL locally and create a database:
CREATE DATABASE decision_tree;
3. Configure environment
Copy the example env file and update as needed:
cp .env.example .env
4. Run database migrations
alembic upgrade head
5. Start the server
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
The API will be available at:
- API: http://localhost:8000
- Docs: http://localhost:8000/api/docs
- ReDoc: http://localhost:8000/api/redoc
API Endpoints
Authentication
POST /api/v1/auth/register- Register new userPOST /api/v1/auth/login- Login (form data)POST /api/v1/auth/login/json- Login (JSON body)POST /api/v1/auth/refresh- Refresh tokenGET /api/v1/auth/me- Get current userPOST /api/v1/auth/logout- Logout
Trees
GET /api/v1/trees- List all treesGET /api/v1/trees/categories- List categoriesGET /api/v1/trees/search?q=query- Search treesGET /api/v1/trees/{id}- Get specific treePOST /api/v1/trees- Create tree (engineer/admin)PUT /api/v1/trees/{id}- Update tree (engineer/admin)DELETE /api/v1/trees/{id}- Delete tree (admin)
Sessions
GET /api/v1/sessions- List user's sessionsGET /api/v1/sessions/{id}- Get specific sessionPOST /api/v1/sessions- Start new sessionPUT /api/v1/sessions/{id}- Update sessionPOST /api/v1/sessions/{id}/complete- Complete sessionPOST /api/v1/sessions/{id}/export- Export session
Development
Create new migration
alembic revision --autogenerate -m "description"
Run migrations
alembic upgrade head
Rollback migration
alembic downgrade -1
Project Structure
backend/
├── alembic/ # Database migrations
│ └── versions/
├── app/
│ ├── api/
│ │ ├── endpoints/ # API route handlers
│ │ ├── deps.py # Dependencies (auth, etc.)
│ │ └── router.py # Main router
│ ├── core/
│ │ ├── config.py # Settings
│ │ ├── database.py # DB connection
│ │ └── security.py # JWT, password hashing
│ ├── models/ # SQLAlchemy models
│ ├── schemas/ # Pydantic schemas
│ └── main.py # FastAPI app
├── tests/
├── alembic.ini
├── docker-compose.yml
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md